America in the 1970's

[Cacti Rat]

A beach scene in America in the 1970's. I don't see anybody that is significantly overweight.

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[Papa]

How I remember it.

[PRC 74]

That was not that long ago. Amazing how quickly things have changed.

[LawDog]

The kids that everybody made fun of for being fat when I was a kid wouldn't even be considered mildly overweight today. I went through a chubby phase around age 6, and remember feeling "fat." I probably had an unnecessary extra three pounds of fat on my belly, but it was enough for me to get some ribbing from my friends. Fortunately it didn't survive soccer season.

[Pablo Thunderglock]

The result of ultra-processed food, a food industry out of control, and a population that slowly became more and more sedentary.

[Mike OTDP]

Maybe. But I'd love to see the gut biome from around 1970. There seems to have been a distinct upturn in the obesity percentages around 1973-4, and another upturn around 2010. And I have long suspected that the gut bacteria have something to do with it...that, and possibly the increasing use of antibiotics to fatten up food animals. How much of those are making their way into our own bodies? With what effect?

[Gabriel Suarez]

Well...with what I have written here and now with what I am doing through Suarez Fitness, there is no reason on earth for any of my students to look like John Candy or Burl Ives.

[AZRiding]

Maybe. But I'd love to see the gut biome from around 1970. There seems to have been a distinct upturn in the obesity percentages around 1973-4, and another upturn around 2010. And I have long suspected that the gut bacteria have something to do with it...that, and possibly the increasing use of antibiotics to fatten up food animals. How much of those are making their way into our own bodies? With what effect?

This is a very interesting area that is just beginning to get the attention it deserves. I've seen the gut biome linked to obesity, leaky gut syndrome and autonomic pathologies such as RLS and Asperger's.

[Fat]

The result of ultra-processed food, a food industry out of control, and a population that slowly became more and more sedentary.

And a government that encourages all of the above.

I wonder why? (in sarcasm font)

[Papa]

And a government that encourages all of the above.

I wonder why? (in sarcasm font)

To badly paraphrase one of my favorite movie villians:

"If God did not want them to be eaten, he would not have made them food."


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