tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post425573113779231607..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Health Update: Day 33Kevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-45857209926937461412013-03-05T23:43:20.443+09:002013-03-05T23:43:20.443+09:00Charles & Sperwer,
I'll try interpreting ...Charles & Sperwer,<br /><br />I'll try interpreting Taubes more charitably. It's likely that, in making his argument, he wasn't talking about radical extremes like starvation.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-63265395270553115382013-03-05T17:58:41.953+09:002013-03-05T17:58:41.953+09:00Sperwer speaks the truth; I am skinny as a bone, b...Sperwer speaks the truth; I am skinny as a bone, but my fat-to-muscle ratio is crap because I've let myself go to seed. That's why I have started exercising every morning, and I plan to start running again once the weather warms up (which it seems to be doing right now!).<br /><br />Anyway, congrats on the weight loss!Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-66257749149903929832013-03-05T17:00:15.646+09:002013-03-05T17:00:15.646+09:00BTW, OMRON makes very good wrist-mounted BP meters...BTW, OMRON makes very good wrist-mounted BP meters - mine is model BP652. Here's the amazon write-up:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Omron-Bp652-Series-Blood-Pressure/dp/B004D9P1A8/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&srs=2530054011&ie=UTF8&qid=1362470147&sr=1-2&keywords=omron&tag=xunjiacom0e-20<br /><br />I don't think you need a blood glucose meter, unless you're actually diabetic.<br /><br /><br />Sperwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923936105650166276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-77219851558723916152013-03-05T14:47:46.067+09:002013-03-05T14:47:46.067+09:00"Skinny-fat." Interesting term."Skinny-fat." Interesting term.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-79793080154533032432013-03-05T14:00:22.381+09:002013-03-05T14:00:22.381+09:00Taubes' argument against the thermodynamic not...Taubes' argument against the thermodynamic notion of WEIGHT gain/loss does seem counter-intuitive to say the least. But I think it needs to be understood in context. Although it may have started out as an attempt to explain weight gain/loss, Taubes' project, as I recall it, morphed into an account of the metabolic etiology of all the diseases with which the deposition of FAT as a result of excessive weight gain is associated. It's perfectly possible to be "obese", i.e., suffer from excessive stores of body fat, and be skinny. I know people in Korea who could sleep on chalk ledges but have upwards of 50% body fat. I even know people who do massive amounts of cardio and still are skinny fat, because their diet consists of too much grain and other crabs readily converted to sugars. They stay skinny by burning so much energy with exercise, but still have unhealthy amounts of fat (and related metabolic problems) because of how they eat.Sperwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923936105650166276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-64432911921075680752013-03-05T13:33:01.128+09:002013-03-05T13:33:01.128+09:00You can get free blood sugar monitors. It's th...You can get free blood sugar monitors. It's the little things you use IN the monitor that are pricey. Amazingly pricey.Bratfinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199795989064872696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-72843900600062815242013-03-05T08:05:27.403+09:002013-03-05T08:05:27.403+09:00Great job!Great job!Johnhttp://www.mccrarey.comnoreply@blogger.com