Wellness

[gazelle77]

On 9/25/2014 KittyLouWhoToo said:

On 9/25/2014 ical said:

I dunno. Soon every female will be told to hide under a tent and only eat what's approved to be thrown at them once or twice a day. imo.

I doubt very much it's just about what we eat.

It's more likely a composite of genetics and how we eat, think, react, love, hate, exercise, sleep, etc. etc. etc.

we are what we eat! We are what is in our environment. Yes, genetics plays a huge part in our health history....and future. And also our mental state... but food and what we eat is going to be seen as even more important down the road. This includes supplementation as well. Mushroom extracts, Broccoli extracts, flax lignan extracts, and more.

[Clover29]

Isn't this just like the slightly older theory that apple shaped women are more at risk of various illnesses than pear shaped women?

[jaxs mom]

During the course of the study 1,090 women, or 1.2 percent, developed breast cancer.

This really should be the headline. 1.2 %

Enough with the doom and gloom. And I am a cancer survivor but I didn't have breast cancer.

[VioletEyes]

Nothing new.... The medical community has been saying that being overweight is the cause of almost every illness out there. I find it just more scare tactics.

Eating a healthy diet , staying at a normal weight and getting plenty of exercise, is a no-brainer. What I find fault with is that no one really knows what causes breast cancer because it is a multi faceted disease with many different causes.

[sfnative]

I the job from which I retired last year, it was required of me to read the results of many research studies. Never did I read the words, "We were pleased to find..." Am glad they're happy about their findings, but was somewhat surprised at the language use.

(I don't believe in toxic gut. Fat is fat. If you intake more calories than your body requires to run its "plant" every day, the calories will be turned into fat. The pattern of fat distribution largely depends on the historically deposit of fat in your family. For instance, in one half of my mother's family they are German haus fraus and carry their weight on their hips, as do I. I've never had much of a gut, but you can find my fat on my hips. No fat on arms, back lower legs, etc.)

[VioletEyes]

On 9/25/2014 jaxs mom said:

During the course of the study 1,090 women, or 1.2 percent, developed breast cancer.

This really should be the headline. 1.2 %

Enough with the doom and gloom. And I am a cancer survivor but I didn't have breast cancer.

I agree with the bolded sentence in your post.

[expatgal]

IMO, they still don't have a clue about breast cancer. Each study and/or study group is so flawed and erroneous conclusions drawn. What overall percentage of women at around age 60 or 5 years after menopause actually wear the same size she wore when she was 25? Fact still remains, they don't have a clue.

[gazelle77]

On 9/25/2014 sfnative said:

I the job from which I retired last year, it was required of me to read the results of many research studies. Never did I read the words, "We were pleased to find..." Am glad they're happy about their findings, but was somewhat surprised at the language use.

(I don't believe in toxic gut. Fat is fat. If you intake more calories than your body requires to run its "plant" every day, the calories will be turned into fat. The pattern of fat distribution largely depends on the historically deposit of fat in your family. For instance, in one half of my mother's family they are German haus fraus and carry their weight on their hips, as do I. I've never had much of a gut, but you can find my fat on my hips. No fat on arms, back lower legs, etc.)

This fact of the fat surrounding your organs in the belly region has been proven to be detrimental to your health. Diabetes among other deadly condtions is caused by the hormones that this fat creates... almost like it's own little world.

Belly fat doesn't just lay idle at your beltline. Researchers describe it as an active "organ" in your body -- one that churns out hormones and inflammatory substances.

"Abdominal fat is thought to break down easily into fatty acids, which flow directly into the liver and into muscle," says Lewis Kuller, MD, DPH, professor and past chair of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.

When these excess fatty acids drain into the liver, they trigger a chain reaction of changes -- increasing the production of LDL 'bad' cholesterol and triglycerides. During this time insulin can also become less effective in controlling blood sugar, so insulin resistance sets in, he explains.

Blood sugars start to get out of balance. Fats and clots get into the bloodstream, and that sets the stage for diabetes, heart disease, and more.

And research shows that abdominal fat triggers a change in angiotensin, a hormone that controls blood vessel constriction -- increasing the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack, Kuller explains.

Indeed, belly fat is a key indicator of "metabolic syndrome," a cluster of abnormalities that include high levels of blood sugar, blood pressure, and triglycerides, as well as low levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. This combination of risks has an impact on mortality from heart disease.

[Black Cat Back]

I exercise every day. I walk an hour a day. I lift weights 3x a week. I don't eat refined sugars, no desserts, no white flour. I eat a lot of fruits, veggies, whole grains. I don't eat red meat. I'm 50 and I still have abdominal girth/bloat. It's not "fat" per se, but I have issues getting into size 4 pants I used to wear. Yet, size 4 pants I bought 10 years ago, fit. Perhaps it's the way the designers are making clothes, they don't make them for proportions, they make them for style only. I can fit into my size 4 skirts. So what does that mean?

I just had a physical and all my labs looked excellent.

I'm doing everything I can possibly do to be healthy. You can't stop hormonal changes or gas or whatever causes abdominal expansion. If we all adhered to all the studies, etc. we would never leave our homes out of fear.

They used to say women who never gave birth will get more cancer. Yet, all my friends or women I know who have had breast or ovarian cancer all had kids.

Living is one big risk, but we forge on.

Don't let these studies scare you. Some of it may be "true" some just theory. Remember, companies who do research get a lot of money to come up with results. Don't let it scare you or control you.

If you have an unhealthy lifestyle, you need to find ways to change it. Do it for you, not because some study told you to be scared.

Just my 2 cents.

[151949]

On 9/25/2014 expatgal said:

IMO, they still don't have a clue about breast cancer. Each study and/or study group is so flawed and erroneous conclusions drawn. What overall percentage of women at around age 60 or 5 years after menopause actually wear the same size she wore when she was 25? Fact still remains, they don't have a clue.

Ain't that the truth!!!