Thursday, January 3, 2013

FEAR OF FAT...? OVERRATED...?

ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO "CAN'T GAIN WEIGHT"...OR ARE "NATURALLY THIN"...

MAY HAVE SOME SERIOUS UNDERLYING MEDICAL PROBLEMS... SEE TITLE LINK FROM THE NYTIMES.

REMEMBER IN PRIMATIVE SOCIETIES...THE ABILITY TO "BULK UP" ON FAT IN PREPARATION FOR THE INEVITABLE "HARD TIMES" WAS KEY...

SOME PEOPLE...LIKE THE PAPAGO INDIANS IN ARIZONA WHERE SO ABLE TO "BULK UP" QUICKLY...THAT NOW WITH EASY ACCESS TO FOOD THEY ARE WAY TOO FAT...AND SUBJECT TO DIABETES...!

NET NET...THE ABILITY TO GAIN WEIGHT FAST...IS A GOOD THING...FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY VIEWPOINT....

AND BEING "NATURALLY THIN"...OR UNABLE TO GAIN WEIGHT...IS LIKELY A SIGN OF UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY...OR PROBLEMS DEVELOPING...!