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Posted by Kathleen on February 29, 2008, 4:58 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> Juno wrote:
>
>>
>> I've never found a diet that worked for me. I have taken to eating
>> less at meals,but still eat my goodies. That keeps me fairly stable,
>> but far from thinner. Notice I do not say thin. The only time I was
>> ever thin in my life was after been rather ill for 6 weeks,when I was
>> in my 20's. You know what my doctor told me. Fatten up a little,
>> you're too thin. Never heard that since.
>> Juno
>
>
> There is a problem with older people who are thin and become ill. They
> have no reserves, and can lose the battle. I am quite safe from that, I
> could weather devastating illness and not starve to death. I wouldn't
> say that being significantly overweight is good, but I do think that the
> obsession to be very thin, to get rid of all fat, is not a very good
> idea, and makes people look sick even if they aren't. I see a lot of
> people on television who look like they could benefit from a good meal.
And the contestants on "Survivor" who start off really thin do not seem
to fare well when facing up to 39 days of near-starvation.
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