In my profession as an exercise physiologist, I have interest in the fatness of mankind. In fact, my Doctoral mentor, Dr. Kirk Cureton, was an expert on measuring body composition, and I learned a good deal about measurement from him.
As you may have noticed, our US population, along with many others in the world, suffers from a pandemic of obesity. I am loathe to even mention it, because people are very sensitive to this and I lose a lot of friends when I talk about this issue.
However, maybe this short post will be impersonal enough not to offend anyone - that is my sincere desire.
I have the privilege of traveling around the world in my work, so I get to eat a lot of different foods. I like the foods in every country I have visited, but I often lose weight.On my last trip to Costa Rica, about which I posted several stories, I only lost one pound. I was surprised a bit, but not much. We ate 3 hardy meals a day, mostly rice and beans, but hardy, filling meals each time. There was little sugar, and thus I expected to lose a few pounds.
Hmm, no.
Admittedly I did less exercise in the jungle. Most of the time I was teaching, but though I put in a lot of energy, that doesn't compare to a workout.
As I have mentioned, I think the flora and fauna in our digestive system are impacted by travel- different foods, preservatives, and different native flora and fauna that interact with our own.
Our physiology is extremely complex, which keeps me in business. Weight loss is still a thermodynamic equation of energy storage being relative to Energy ABSORPTION (not eaten) - Energy expenditure.
But that Energy absorption is more complex than I appreciated in the past. Not anymore!
Now keep that in mind for Thanksgiving!!
As you may have noticed, our US population, along with many others in the world, suffers from a pandemic of obesity. I am loathe to even mention it, because people are very sensitive to this and I lose a lot of friends when I talk about this issue.
However, maybe this short post will be impersonal enough not to offend anyone - that is my sincere desire.
I have the privilege of traveling around the world in my work, so I get to eat a lot of different foods. I like the foods in every country I have visited, but I often lose weight.On my last trip to Costa Rica, about which I posted several stories, I only lost one pound. I was surprised a bit, but not much. We ate 3 hardy meals a day, mostly rice and beans, but hardy, filling meals each time. There was little sugar, and thus I expected to lose a few pounds.
Hmm, no.
Admittedly I did less exercise in the jungle. Most of the time I was teaching, but though I put in a lot of energy, that doesn't compare to a workout.
As I have mentioned, I think the flora and fauna in our digestive system are impacted by travel- different foods, preservatives, and different native flora and fauna that interact with our own.
Our physiology is extremely complex, which keeps me in business. Weight loss is still a thermodynamic equation of energy storage being relative to Energy ABSORPTION (not eaten) - Energy expenditure.
But that Energy absorption is more complex than I appreciated in the past. Not anymore!
Now keep that in mind for Thanksgiving!!
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