tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post119835236425768515..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: Is obesity caused by "food addiction"?John Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-57037026559968375152011-04-07T20:25:30.995-04:002011-04-07T20:25:30.995-04:00I'm fat. I'm fat because I eat more calori...I'm fat. I'm fat because I eat more calories than I burn every day.<br /><br />It pretty much doesn't matter if the calories consist of carbs, fats, proteins or pixie dust, because I eat more calories every day than I burn, the excess is converted into fat by my body.<br /><br />To lose weight eat fewer calories than you burn each day.<br /><br />To stay thin, eat about the same amount of calories you burn every day.<br /><br />Any questions?mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-80233600297508623622011-04-07T19:06:08.036-04:002011-04-07T19:06:08.036-04:00As a formerly obese person, I can testify that muc...As a formerly obese person, I can testify that much of what Ms Barling wrote is false. I was a fat kid (then about 50% over ideal weight for my height) growing up in the 1950's. There were no genetically modified foods available then, nor factory farmed meats, nor were chemical additives a big part of my diet. My mother didn't trust commercial sodas,or most restaurants. I got fat eating her home cooked meat and potatoes, and plenty of bakery bread and butter. I don't know if childhood obesity was then the epidemic it appears to be today, but there must have been plenty of fat kids in Manhattan then since the "husky" section at Barneys did a big trade. (in those unsophisticated days, Barney's down on 7th avenue was a lower price mens clothing store)<br /><br />The factors Ms Barling cites may indeed contrbute to obesity, but if they are "the cause"of weight gain, why have there been obese people for centuries?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-92226168352200321962011-04-07T10:33:27.403-04:002011-04-07T10:33:27.403-04:00It's about not having that spigot that most ca...<i>It's about not having that spigot that most can turn down and off once we get started.</i><br /><br />You're making it sound like there are some people who just <i>have</i> to eat all the time; they have no choice. I'm not convinced of this. I certainly don't assume that those who are enthusiastically propounding this view have pure motives. <a href="http://jaltcoh.blogspot.com/2010/03/do-addicts-have-self-control.html" rel="nofollow">Related.</a> (<a href="http://jaltcoh.blogspot.com/2010/04/addiction-and-choice-part-2.html" rel="nofollow">Follow-up.</a>)<br /><br />The fact is, everyone wants to eat every day. Everyone <i>has</i> to eat multiple times a day. Obviously, some people enjoy it more than others. And some people do it more than others, but this is a choice. Where do you draw a dividing line between those who are "normal" and those we're supposed to stigmatize with a disease-like label and the notion that they lack an adult level of autonomy?John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-25801700390498526202011-04-07T09:37:09.385-04:002011-04-07T09:37:09.385-04:00My question is: if food addiction is the real prob...<i>My question is: if food addiction is the real problem, aren't we all suffering from it? </i><br /><br />No. It's about how and why triggers get switched on when we partake. It's about not having that spigot that most can turn down and off once we get started.kjbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205930548533839170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-91650442340924008292011-04-07T08:56:52.382-04:002011-04-07T08:56:52.382-04:00Some people never drink alcoholic beverages. Some ...Some people never drink alcoholic beverages. Some people do, but only occasionally. Doesn't really work with food.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-8499095029805547822011-04-07T08:55:51.379-04:002011-04-07T08:55:51.379-04:00My question is: if food addiction is the real prob...<em>My question is: if food addiction is the real problem, aren't we all suffering from it? </em><br /><br />Are we all alcoholics?<br /><br />Nope.<br /><br />There's your answer.paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-59385455777455765502011-04-07T08:35:11.041-04:002011-04-07T08:35:11.041-04:00The problem is wheat and fructose, and what they d...The problem is wheat and fructose, and what they do to insulin and leptin. There is a reason the obesity/overweight rate doubled since the introduction of high fructose corn syrup.<br /><br />If you want to have an intelligent conversation about this subject, watch this 90 minute presentation by <br />Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric neuroendrocrinologist at UCSF.<br />Sugar: The Bitter Truth<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM<br /><br />It's for a lay audience---but I wish every physician in this country was required to view it.<br /><br />Vital information.<br />If you don't have time to watch it, quit eating processed food, and confine yourself to one piece of fruit a day. Don't worry about animal fat---it's good for you.<br /><br />Dr. MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-60733368324452684362011-04-07T07:02:53.339-04:002011-04-07T07:02:53.339-04:00A friend of mine wrote a book on the thin line tha...A friend of mine wrote a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670022586/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=litmisatt-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670022586" rel="nofollow">book</a> on the thin line that separates pleasure from addiction--why do some of us get "hooked" on things to the point that they are destructive to us?<br /><br />I'm curious about Fat Head, which seems to use completely different premises about eating at McDonald's than Morgan Spurlock did . . . and he lost weight by eating fast food! He's a believer in moderation with respect to carbs, so that's part of it . . .Joy McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118211736622666732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-66034427033116138802011-04-06T11:37:39.321-04:002011-04-06T11:37:39.321-04:00This is a typical example of the way nervous moder...This is a typical example of the way nervous modern folk turn normal behavior into a disease. I think they're diseased.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-91132716517332810672011-04-05T16:35:09.478-04:002011-04-05T16:35:09.478-04:00The cause of weight gain, obesity and food addicti...The cause of weight gain, obesity and food addiction is the genetically modified foods, factory farmed meats and addictive chemical additives such as MSG, Maltodextrin and high fructose corn syrup. The industry has been trying to and successfully addicting Americans with these chemcials for the last 20 years.<br /><br />It should be noted that people did not get fat on McDonald's in the 50's, 60s or 70s when even NcDonalds was organic. This all started after the introduction of GMO foods in the late 90s.<br /><br />Mannie Barling and Ashley F. Brooks, R.N., are the authors of award winning books – Arthritis, Inflammation, Gout, Crohn’s, IBD and IBS – How to Eliminate Pain and Extend your Life (Books and Authors 2010 Best Books in the Health, Diet & Reference Categories) and Mannie’s Diet and Enzyme Formula – A Change of Lifestyle Diet Designed for Everyone (Blogger News Net 2010 Best Health And Nutrition Book Award winner) available at HowToEliminatePain.com, Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and other booksellers around the world.Mannie Barlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13446759704721957070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-85122626310080017712011-04-05T13:15:15.453-04:002011-04-05T13:15:15.453-04:00I find it very hard to resist a milkshake -- or ce...I find it very hard to resist a milkshake -- or certain other foods, some sweet and some savory. The question is, faced with the temptation, the choice, why do some people succumb and some, who are also by temperament susceptible, make the hard effort not to?Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.com