deebeelicious
03-05-2008, 06:33 AM
Hmmm - didn't we have a thread on here for weight loss? :confused:
Have we lost a lot of old threads because of the move? :cry:
Oh well, I'm gonna keep posting reasons to lose weight, hoping that (if you suffer from this), one of the reasons will be your 'tipping' point to action? (And also to re-enthuse me to keep going - I'm only just in the 'normal' BMI now! :()
Some more reasons to lose the fat!
1. Immune response is blunted by obesity.
2. More liable to gum disease, ie your teeth are more likely to fall out if you are fat!
"fat mice were slower to kill the bacterium because their immune response was blunted. ... Within 10 days of infection, obese mice infected at the gum also showed 40 per cent more bone loss in their tooth sockets."
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19626345.100-obesity-increases-susceptibility-to-gum-disease.html
Have we lost a lot of old threads because of the move? :cry:
Oh well, I'm gonna keep posting reasons to lose weight, hoping that (if you suffer from this), one of the reasons will be your 'tipping' point to action? (And also to re-enthuse me to keep going - I'm only just in the 'normal' BMI now! :()
Some more reasons to lose the fat!
1. Immune response is blunted by obesity.
2. More liable to gum disease, ie your teeth are more likely to fall out if you are fat!
"fat mice were slower to kill the bacterium because their immune response was blunted. ... Within 10 days of infection, obese mice infected at the gum also showed 40 per cent more bone loss in their tooth sockets."
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19626345.100-obesity-increases-susceptibility-to-gum-disease.html