I like beer more than I care about being fat... - Page 2

glatt · 03-27-2008, 07:56 PM

Article in the paper this morning said that a new study found a very strong correlation between a fat belly at age 40 and dementia later in life. You are two times more likely to have Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia if you have a big gut in your 40's than if you don't. Overall fat, or fat in other areas of the body doesn't seem to matter here. It's just the big gut. [/wet blanket]

lumberjim · 03-27-2008, 08:32 PM

theyre coming to take me away!

Drax · 03-27-2008, 08:35 PM

Bullshit! It's just another scare tactic.

monster · 03-27-2008, 09:21 PM

So I'll get dementia. Not MY problem

I think I'll use it as leverage on my kids.... behave or i'll drink another beer and be even more embarrassing when you have to look after me...

Drax, if your mom has to help you physically, then I'd say she's allowed to make comment on your weight. Other than that, find a store with online ordering and delivery

Furthermore, the research is not bullshit, although it may be being used as part of a scare tactic. The correletion between belly-fat and dementia does not imply causality. It may be the belly fat causes dementia. It maybe that the first symptom of dementia is belly fat. It may be another disiease entirely which has both belly fat and dementia as symptoms. They may be completely unrelated. This research is in it's early days and discovering the relationship is merely the first step. But calling it bullshit because you don't like the potential implications is imbecilic

Cicero · 03-27-2008, 10:01 PM

Oh please...I'll be the first with dementia, and skinny as a rail. Thinking of the dementia wards I worked in...naaaaah! Did you know that the most mobile people that had there stuff together enough to walk around all smoked? Just noticed that..that's all....

Radar · 03-27-2008, 11:55 PM

It's not dementia....it's being drunk.

Cicero · 03-28-2008, 12:03 AM

I like beer more than I care that LJ and Radar are drunk.

Drax · 03-28-2008, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Drax, if your mom has to help you physically, then I'd say she's allowed to make comment on your weight.

I never said she had to help me physically.

Flint · 03-28-2008, 08:58 AM

Really? Because your mom helps me physically.

LabRat · 03-28-2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

~snip~ The correletion between belly-fat and dementia does not imply causality. ~snip~ This research is in it's early days and discovering the relationship is merely the first step.

The following is the abstract from a recent review on this very subject in January's issue of Nature Neuroscience Reviews:

Be smart, exercise your heart: exercise effects on brain and cognition.
Hillman CH, Erickson KI, Kramer AF.

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An emerging body of multidisciplinary literature has documented the beneficial influence of physical activity engendered through aerobic exercise on selective aspects of brain function. Human and non-human animal studies have shown that aerobic exercise can improve a number of aspects of cognition and performance. Lack of physical activity, particularly among children in the developed world, is one of the major causes of obesity. Exercise might not only help to improve their physical health, but might also improve their academic performance. This article examines the positive effects of aerobic physical activity on cognition and brain function, at the molecular, cellular, systems and behavioural levels. A growing number of studies support the idea that physical exercise is a lifestyle factor that might lead to increased physical and mental health throughout life.

monster · 03-28-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Drax

I never said she had to help me physically.

That why I said IF, mushbrain

monster · 03-28-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Really? Because your mom helps me physically.

Drax · 03-28-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

That why I said IF, mushbrain

Ok

, but the way that you said makes it seem like you think I'm completely helpless. IF that's not the case, then I apologize for my misunderstanding. Please forgive me, oh wise one. :p.

monster · 03-28-2008, 06:22 PM

Nope. Shan't. The way you read it maybe, but the way I said it was just fine and reinforced by the alternative I offered. So there.

Drax · 03-28-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Nope. Shan't.

BITCH!!!!

03-27-2008, 08:32 PM	#17
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	theyre coming to take me away! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-27-2008, 09:21 PM	#19
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So I'll get dementia. Not MY problem I think I'll use it as leverage on my kids.... behave or i'll drink another beer and be even more embarrassing when you have to look after me... Drax, if your mom has to help you physically, then I'd say she's allowed to make comment on your weight. Other than that, find a store with online ordering and delivery Furthermore, the research is not bullshit, although it may be being used as part of a scare tactic. The correletion between belly-fat and dementia does not imply causality. It may be the belly fat causes dementia. It maybe that the first symptom of dementia is belly fat. It may be another disiease entirely which has both belly fat and dementia as symptoms. They may be completely unrelated. This research is in it's early days and discovering the relationship is merely the first step. But calling it bullshit because you don't like the potential implications is imbecilic __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-27-2008, 10:01 PM	#20
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Oh please...I'll be the first with dementia, and skinny as a rail. Thinking of the dementia wards I worked in...naaaaah! Did you know that the most mobile people that had there stuff together enough to walk around all smoked? Just noticed that..that's all.... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-27-2008, 11:55 PM	#21
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	It's not dementia....it's being drunk. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

03-28-2008, 12:03 AM	#22
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I like beer more than I care that LJ and Radar are drunk. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-27-2008, 07:56 PM	#16
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Article in the paper this morning said that a new study found a very strong correlation between a fat belly at age 40 and dementia later in life. You are two times more likely to have Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia if you have a big gut in your 40's than if you don't. Overall fat, or fat in other areas of the body doesn't seem to matter here. It's just the big gut. [/wet blanket]

03-27-2008, 08:35 PM	#18
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	Bullshit! It's just another scare tactic.

03-28-2008, 08:58 AM	#24
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Really? Because your mom helps me physically. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-28-2008, 06:22 PM	#29
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Nope. Shan't. The way you read it maybe, but the way I said it was just fine and reinforced by the alternative I offered. So there. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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