The disease Fat does not exist, vindicated by
petrossa on Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:34 am
A while back i wrote a post about the idiocy of the ongoing Fat is Bad craze. You can find it here, http://petrossa.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/the-disease-fat-does-not-exist/ it's too long to post here.
What's interesting are the latest findings from the Erasmus University in the Netherlands:
Genetic Study Shows That Low Body Fat May Not Lower Risk for Heart Disease and Diabetes
Having a lower percentage of body fat may not always lower your risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to a study by an international consortium of investigators, including two scientists from the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS).
The Institute researchers, Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., M.P.H., and David Karasik, Ph.D., who are working with the Framingham Heart Study, identified a gene that is linked with having less body fat, but also with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, examples of so-called "metabolic diseases."
"We've uncovered a truly fascinating genetic story and, when we found the effect of this gene, we were very intrigued by the unexpected finding," says Dr. Kiel, a senior scientist at the Institute for Aging Research and a professor of medicine at HMS. "People, particularly men, with a specific form of the gene are both more likely to have lower percent body fat, but also to develop heart disease and type 2 diabetes. In simple terms, it is not only overweight individuals who can be predisposed for these metabolic diseases."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110626145303.htm
Since i said as much in my article 2 years ago i'm mighty chuffed.