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#1 Obesity, the condition of having excess fat, is typically viewed as bad and unhealthy. However, obesity is a savior that allows animals to survive deadly winters or droughts.
#2 Animals that migrate and hibernate increase their food intake in the fall to prepare for the cold winter ahead. By eating more while using less energy, more of the food they eat is turned into fat.
#3 The law of nature states that the fittest survive, but in some situations, it may be the fattest that survive. Fat provides a key protection when food is unavailable.
#4 Gandhi led campaigns for the independence of India from the British Empire. He would dress in a loincloth traditionally worn by the poor, and only ate vegetables because he did not believe in killing animals for food. He would protest by walking in long marches.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	22 mars 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669357582
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

Obesity, the condition of having excess fat, is typically viewed as bad and unhealthy. However, obesity is a savior that allows animals to survive deadly winters or droughts.

#2

Animals that migrate and hibernate increase their food intake in the fall to prepare for the cold winter ahead. By eating more while using less energy, more of the food they eat is turned into fat.

#3

The law of nature states that the fittest survive, but in some situations, it may be the fattest that survive. Fat provides a key protection when food is unavailable.

#4

Gandhi led campaigns for the independence of India from the British Empire. He would dress in a loincloth traditionally worn by the poor, and only ate vegetables because he did not believe in killing animals for food. He would protest by walking in long marches.

#5

When we do not eat, we have to rely on the food we store in our tissues: our fat. The more fat we have, the longer we can fast.

#6

The ideal weight for a person to live longer is considered to be a BMI of 27. Being mildly overweight is associated with improved survival for people at risk for severe illness, such as cancer, heart disease, or kidney failure, and for individuals more than seventy years old.

#7

The theory is that the cost of storing fat is some oxidative stress to our energy factories, which leads to reduced function in and even the loss of these factories over time. This is why reducing caloric intake can make you both look younger and live longer.

#8

There is not an ideal percentage of body fat that a person should have, as the optimal amount depends on the situation. If you are skinny and keep your caloric intake low in a society in which food is abundant, you will do well and live a long life. However, if you have a chronic illness or are older, it is better to have some extra fat on board.

#9

While extra body fat is not as important for survival in modern society, it was extremely important for women in our past. It was important because it provided them with enough nutrients to carry a baby to term and breastfeed for three months.

#10

The first humans left Africa about 75,000 years ago, and by 45,000 years ago, had arrived in Europe. They were hunters who specialized in hunting big game, such as mammoths, horse, and reindeer. But they soon began to starve as the climate changed and the glaciers advanced.

#11

Obesity is not just important for animals in the wild, but also for humans. It is not a disease, but a sign of health. It is beautiful, and it is powerful. It is not unnatural.

#12

The cause of obesity is fat. It was once a valuable tool for survival, but today we have forgotten its importance. We need to change our thinking about fat from a worthless layer of tissues that weigh on our body to a tool meant to help us when food is not available.

#13

We often take water for granted. It is the most valuable resource for those who live day to day in the jungle with no assurance of what lies ahead.

#14

Many animals have evolved ingenious ways to survive when water supplies dry up. For example, there is a frog that lives in the deserts of Australia that can survive up to five years without water.

#15

The hump of the camel is made up of fat to hold on to water. When fat is broken down, it provides not only the energy we need to survive, but also water. This is because burning fat generates water as one of its by-products.

#16

The need for metabolic water is a reason why desert animals are fat. Marine mammals are also fat because they do not drink seawater, but they get some fresh water from the fish and invertebrates they eat.

#17

The process of gaining fat to survive food and water shortages is similar to the process of putting on fat when you know you will have to weather periods in which food is not available.

#18

Starving animals, for example, reduce how much energy they use while resting to compensate for energy used while foraging, so that overall they burn less energy than an animal that is not starving.

#19

The same constellation of signs is observed in people who are overweight or obese, called metabolic syndrome. It is frequently accompanied by increased triglycerides in the blood, a reduction in good cholesterol, and mild elevations in blood pressure.

#20

Animals regulate their weight tightly, but they will increase their foraging for food and eat much more than usual when they sense that food or water may soon become less available, such as during winter.

#21

The process of animals maintaining a weight within a narrow range until a challenge to their survival activates various biological processes that allow them to put on additional fat. This is not unique to animals. We humans also share this process, and it leads to metabolic syndrome.

#22

The overnutrition hypothesis states that we are gaining weight because food is cheaper and more available, and we are exercising less and sitting more. However, the root of the problem is biological.

#23

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