tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post5863866763639990289..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Flame Retardants in Children's Blood: Another Cause of the "Obesity Epidemic"Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-57721786271829782992008-09-18T07:12:00.000-04:002008-09-18T07:12:00.000-04:00Anna is spot on, and the corollary is also true, j...Anna is spot on, and the corollary is also true, just as there are many obese non-diabetics so there are many slim diabetics. The current media stereotypes do not fit the real world at all well (so no surprise there then).<BR/><BR/>Maybe eating crap would have made me fat, but not eating crap sure as hell didn't stop me being diabetic. The only thing I've so far found to make me gain weight was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-77965740913769909552008-09-16T20:47:00.000-04:002008-09-16T20:47:00.000-04:00Don,For every overweight person that consumes junk...Don,<BR/><BR/>For every overweight person that consumes junk food and crappy beverages, dines out many times a week at low quality restaurants, there is another skinny or normal weight person who does the same. <BR/><BR/>One can say the same things for people, both overweight and not, who eat home-cooked, unprocessed food, rarely dine out, and tend to favor higher quality restaurants. <BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-49259577269579532702008-09-14T15:53:00.000-04:002008-09-14T15:53:00.000-04:00More on the subject of endocrine disruptorshttp://...More on the subject of endocrine disruptors<BR/><BR/>http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/index.htm<BR/><BR/>Many if not most of the diseases which are increasing have at least some genetic comonent,but something(s) appear to be causing the genes to express.<BR/><BR/>Dietary influences are some but probably not all of it. And some of the environmental factors also affect other species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-4718757204599689682008-09-08T03:01:00.000-04:002008-09-08T03:01:00.000-04:00For every overweight person that blames their weig...For every overweight person that blames their weight on these chemicals, I would like to personally see the contents of their refrigerator and pantry. How much junk food do they have?? What beverages do they drink? And more important how many times a week do they eat out and what type of restaurants do they eat at??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-85909521419226591302008-09-04T14:34:00.000-04:002008-09-04T14:34:00.000-04:00Sigh!Sigh!Khürt Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04453372345745661802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-31325802498414174052008-09-04T12:14:00.000-04:002008-09-04T12:14:00.000-04:00Jenny, I completely agree. I was a child in the 80...Jenny, I completely agree. I was a child in the 80s and I was the only fat girl in my class. Today, if you walk by a school yard, I would have been on the larger side of average.<BR/><BR/>I think autism, ADHD and bipolar are strongly related to environmental toxins - these aren't fad diagnoses, there really *is* an epidemic of people's brains not working correctly.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I sometimes ItsTheWooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057537399918684119noreply@blogger.com