Fat may NOT be bad...

[duane_kc]

Found in Neil Gaiman's journal...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1200549,00.html

Think I'll go have a burger now. [wanders off whistling]

Comments

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

A bit misleading, as they term Brad Pitt, Russel Crowe, etc as 'obese', but BMI does not work for bodybuilders because they have extra muscle weight despite being in wonderful physical condition. The military uses a fat index in these cases, and find that many bodybuilders are borderline anorexic despite having a BMI of 30-32 (Morbidly Obese). Of course you can't compare these guys to Kate Moss, so they call them agamorphic or something.

Weight propaganda is just as misleading as political propaganda. Of course our view is skewed because we are HUGE compared to most other cultures, and not just weight-wise. We are the new-age northmen, made giants by our diet. Japanese teenagers that came from Americanized parents tower two feet over everyone else in the village out there. It is a weird sight. I have even seen progressive Indians that look like linebackers because they grew up with AC/DC and Coca-Cola.

And if a guy met weight standards? If I was 165 pounds? I would be a scrawny wimp. (Ok ok, MORE so than now though)

I still say the hormones in milk/beef/chicken are part of a early 20th century master plan to make us the new Northmen, to make us agressive and intimidating. The corn-fed farmboy is the epitome of this desired image. Chris Farley is a bit too far though... so now we get tax breaks to go to the gym. So we get huge by eating too much, and then we get to double-stimulate the economy by paying for gym memberships. So we get lean, mean, dollar-spending machines!

And for the record, when I was working out and got buffed up, I had this aura about me that I could rip the arms off anyone who pissed me off. And I was walking around looking for people who might piss me off. I don;t think that was very healthy either.

My biggest motivator has been watching SCA folks deteriorate and die though... I don't want to go there. ;-)