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  Fat is not innocent tissue
Jun 24, 2011
Fat is active tissue that secretes biochemicals called adipokines that fuel inflammation in other tissues and promote insulin resistance. It is an active site of inflammation. It intrudes into other tissues such as the liver, the pancreas, and the pericardium of the heart. What do you call tissue that grows without limit, is attacked by the immune system, and intrudes into organs and tissues, stealing their space and nutrients and interfering with their function? A tumor.
This fat tumor can bring about type 2 diabetes. This has been known for some time, but here is a new study in the BBC that makes it clear that diabetes can be reversed by a reduction of fat mass.
  So Many Women
May 3, 2011
Not here at my house; in fact, only WW's little dog and I are here while she is away to Atlantic City. But, far more than half of our new members lately are women. They are quite active on the Members Forum, so they are a very nice addition to what has been a mostly male readership.

I want to make sure that all the new female members take a look at Dawn and her transformation when she began Evolutionary Fitness, as set forth here and in The New Evolution Diet.
  Watch for The Daily Beast
Feb 3, 2011
The Daily Beast just published my Super Bowl article.
  Tubby Men
Jan 5, 2011
The Daily Mail over across the pond for us has a refreshingly wise commentary on why men get tubby.
  Another visitor to our house loses 31 pounds in 12 days
Dec 13, 2010
Kids, adults, overweight or not, it seems everyone who stays any length of time with us drops weight spectacularly. They eat all they want of WW's great New Evolution Diet cuisine and their pants are on the ground in a week.
  Mainstream Medicine is Singing My Song, Again
Sep 1, 2010
Following yesterday's article at the NYT is another that supports my long-stated critique of the BMI, body mass index. At long last, the problem of using BMI to judge body fatness versus muscle is under critical examination. 
  Body Fat in Athletes
Jul 12, 2010
Since we have been talking about body fat, I am posting Dr. Fleck's results for elite athletes.
  Greedy Fat
Dec 12, 2009
Humans are the only animal that can make glucose from fat. This is an evolutionary clue to the importance of fat to brain function. That fat you carry is there for your muscle and your brain. But, if you carry too much of it, those greedy fat cells begin to steal nutrients and to intrude into your organs and muscle.
  Carbs on Display
Dec 7, 2009
I have noticed that Mexicans in Puerto Vallarta are a bit heavy, with a sort of uniform mild obesity that seems to affect a high percentage of the populace. On the other hand, I have seen no extreme cases of obesity of the kind you can encounter every day in most American cities. Then again, we do know that the world's fattest man lives in a small village in Mexico and there is another man in Mexico who just behind.