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Study: Belly Fat Officially the Worst
The Atlantic ^ | August 28, 2012 | Lindsay Abrams

Posted on 08/30/2012 12:37:39 PM PDT by neverdem

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To: brytlea
Of course, it didn’t look very good anyway, with that spandex trying to hide those bellies and muffin tops. Do guys think that’s sexy?!

The ones that get me are the big butt obese women in the gym who wear super tight yoga pants..I almost feel embarrassed for them..what are they thinking???. I'm glad they are working out but wear sensible clothes until the weight comes off.

61 posted on 08/30/2012 4:03:56 PM PDT by trailhkr1
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To: Chickensoup

That is a really good question, but there may not be a good answer for it, yet. MAST cells are an essential part of the immune system, the complexity of which gets into nosebleed territory very fast.

Some MAST cells, in the sinuses, are responsive to ordinary antihistamines. However, that is the tip of the iceberg, as MAST cells are found throughout the body, in all tissues and organs, and can behave very differently.

Those MAST cell clusters in the fat are likely most responsive just to weight loss. Lose the fat, lose the MAST cells clusters in it.


62 posted on 08/30/2012 4:08:00 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: trailhkr1

I think there is a scarcity of mirrors. It’s something the liberals need to look into and probably start a movement about.


63 posted on 08/30/2012 7:10:35 PM PDT by brytlea (An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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To: Lazamataz

That's actually not the sort of thing the article is talking about.

64 posted on 08/31/2012 7:07:37 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Now THAT IS the sort of thing the article is talking about. I look more like the first one, just not quite that far gone.

65 posted on 08/31/2012 7:09:26 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: brytlea
Do guys think that’s sexy?!

That's the beauty of it. Some do, although most don't. I know of one guy, the father of two of my great nieces, who has 5 kids by three women, one of which he was married to. All very round ladies, or girls really at the time. Plus he's now with a somewhat older gal, who fits the profile too. And he had a really young gal that he was going after who also did. Fortunately for her, her father saw him for the scumbag he is, and put the kibosh on that relationship. She was only 19 I think, probably hadn't had a serious, or any, boyfriend before the douche-bag. At least his current lady is old enough to know what she's doing, and to have child from a previous relationship herself.

66 posted on 08/31/2012 7:17:48 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: brytlea
Do guys think that’s sexy?!

That's the beauty of it. Some do, although most don't. I know of one guy, the father of two of my great nieces, who has 5 kids by three women, one of which he was married to. All very round ladies, or girls really at the time. Plus he's now with a somewhat older gal, who fits the profile too. And he had a really young gal that he was going after who also did. Fortunately for her, her father saw him for the scumbag he is, and put the kibosh on that relationship. She was only 19 I think, probably hadn't had a serious, or any, boyfriend before the douche-bag. At least his current lady is old enough to know what she's doing, and to have child from a previous relationship herself.

67 posted on 08/31/2012 7:17:57 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: EEGator
Just yesterday on FR, there was an article showing woman working in color pictures from the 40’s. They all looked thin. Whatever has changed since then, needs to change back.

People who do not get enough to eat generally are thin. These ladies were working hard on a (government mandated) limited calorie diet. Prior to that they were on a poverty mandated limited calorie diet.

The ladies you were looking at likely suffered or had suffered from such delightful things as Rickets, Tetany, goiters, anemia, beriber, Pellagra and Scurvy. They also had a higher tendency to miscarry and when they carried to term their children were more likely to be sickly.

I would rather things not change back.

68 posted on 08/31/2012 7:36:57 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Fate plays chess and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along)
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To: brytlea

Some men, for whatever reason, are happy to think & believe & follow whatever their women say. And if a woman doesn’t see her “spillage,” the guy doesn’t either.


69 posted on 08/31/2012 7:47:21 PM PDT by Cruising For Freedom
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To: Cruising For Freedom; El Gato

Interesting. I would never dress to accentuate that aspect. :) I guess I was thinking of men in general. Then again, what human males find attractive is somewhat hardwired and then somewhat culturally programmed. I sometimes forget that.


70 posted on 09/01/2012 12:53:47 PM PDT by brytlea (An ounce of chocolate is worth a pound of cure)
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