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Aristus

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17. It's the type of food, and how much of it they are eating.

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 03:14 PM

Mar 2019

You hear stories on these shows that talk about the subject eating 10 Big Macs for lunch, washing it down with 2 liters of Coke, and then a gallon of ice cream for dessert.

Aside from being a huge amount of food, the soda is sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup, which, in addition to just being bad for you, suppresses the secretion of a hormone called leptin, which is what makes you feel full after the stomach has stretched to a certain extent. Without leptin to tell your brain that you're full, you keep eating and eating and eating.

Also, the family members who continually bring these huge amounts of food their house-bound, and often bed-ridden, loved ones bear a certain amount of the blame.

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My 600 lb. Life [View all] Blueplanet Mar 2019 OP

There are a lot of things that can cause weight gain. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #1

There's a show called My 600lb life lunatica Mar 2019 #16

welcome to 21st Century America PupCamo Mar 2019 #31

I don't get your comment lunatica Mar 2019 #39

I took the commment as a remark on the sad state of television "entertainment" in 21st catbyte Mar 2019 #59

that's what I meant PupCamo Mar 2019 #69

Thanks. Welcome to DU lunatica Mar 2019 #72

of course, yes MFM008 Mar 2019 #2

I agree. Blueplanet Mar 2019 #6

Believe me MFM008 Mar 2019 #78

Actually, ... it is Empty Calories that is the addiction. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #28

I do watch this show from time to time... Shell_Seas Mar 2019 #3

What I always think is this: ginnyinWI Mar 2019 #51

Watch the show a couple of times - Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #57

I have watched it a few times. True Blue American Mar 2019 #64

There's always an enabler. milestogo Mar 2019 #67

I think years of eating it can. These folks didn't get to Raven Mar 2019 #4

I can't watch it malaise Mar 2019 #5

Do a quick tour of the South Malaise. You're see how people get that heavy. Blue_true Mar 2019 #22

Got that right!!! get the red out Mar 2019 #37

So you know what it is like. Blue_true Mar 2019 #44

YES get the red out Mar 2019 #60

Yep. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #74

Let me tell you something you don't know malaise Mar 2019 #61

One poster mentioned people eating 5+ Whopper or Big Mac type burgers and then Blue_true Mar 2019 #75

It's frightening hearing about all these kids with Type 2 diabetes malaise Mar 2019 #76

With kids. Blue_true Mar 2019 #79

That's the truth re the stresses malaise Mar 2019 #80

71.6% of all Americans are overweight; 39.8% obese janterry Mar 2019 #7

I've seen some episodes on YouTube. Many of the subjects are sexual abuse victims. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #8

They all have enablers too. Initech Mar 2019 #12

650+ pound anything sitting naked in a bedroom playing video games all day Blue_true Mar 2019 #24

Agreed! Initech Mar 2019 #33

They must have enablers Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #29

The enablers are usually obese, also. kskiska Mar 2019 #48

Fast food and processed food is actually engineered to be addictive. fierywoman Mar 2019 #9

Yes. Blueplanet Mar 2019 #14

Here's one link. But there are many many articles and books, too. fierywoman Mar 2019 #20

Thanks for the link fierywoman Blueplanet Mar 2019 #82

Yep. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #25

I watch every episode. Croney Mar 2019 #10

Weighing 700-800 pounds Blueplanet Mar 2019 #15

That's what I've seen, too, but DeminPennswoods Mar 2019 #26

I remember seeing one of the patients during the first season, Christine, I think. She lost so much catbyte Mar 2019 #63

Amazing! Yes, skin removal is important to their well-being. Croney Mar 2019 #65

Mostprocessed foods are engineered to make addictive, with sugars, simple carbs, etc. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #11

And the keto hangover! robbob Mar 2019 #18

Do you workout? Blue_true Mar 2019 #36

My exercise regimen is mostly dedicated to stretching/strengthening back and legs... robbob Mar 2019 #70

Sounds like you are doing the right things. Blue_true Mar 2019 #73

You are mistaken about foods being stricty forbidden - Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #58

Yes you're right robbob Mar 2019 #68

For a while - yes. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #81

You're lucky you don't get keto something else below the belt. Blue_true Mar 2019 #35

Thank you! get the red out Mar 2019 #40

I watch it ocassionally, but it's so sad fleur-de-lisa Mar 2019 #13

It's the type of food, and how much of it they are eating. Aristus Mar 2019 #17

Some of the people manage to do well, but many of them seem to think the surgery Vinca Mar 2019 #19

Discrimination Runningdawg Mar 2019 #21

That's a great point, Dawg. I hadn't thought of that. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2019 #23

Treating anorexics is not easy hack89 Mar 2019 #30

I only know the show in passing Runningdawg Mar 2019 #34

They are sent to a therapist get the red out Mar 2019 #41

For how long? Before or after? Runningdawg Mar 2019 #43

They usually end up at a clinic in Houston kskiska Mar 2019 #49

And there's your discrimination factor. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #83

Surgery isn't done on anorexics to help them eat more. Mariana Mar 2019 #86

Never said the surgery is "shaming" them. The trope about "willpower" is. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #88

I'm obese phylny Mar 2019 #66

I have always struggled with weight. Contrave finally worked but was $117/mo. Then I talked to Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #84

Your caring, thoughtful post made me smile phylny Mar 2019 #85

Like programs about hoarders and little people, I find it voyeuristic. Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #27

Same - I don't watch shows that make money off others misery or make light of their situations. Runningdawg Mar 2019 #42

Yes I have watched this show. Really is eye opener. FloridaBlues Mar 2019 #32

The one thing I have noticed is how many more chubby to obese children there are these days. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #38

When I grew up in the 50s kskiska Mar 2019 #50

Don't let sugar off the hook here. GumboYaYa Mar 2019 #45

It is hard for the enabler - hard to say no. Maybe foods need to be Doodley Mar 2019 #46

How, exactly, would that be done? nt. Mariana Mar 2019 #53

Just needs imagination. Doodley Mar 2019 #62

Whose imagination? Mariana Mar 2019 #87

The enablers. Doodley Mar 2019 #89

An odd business model. Codeine Mar 2019 #54

10,000 calories per day will do that NickB79 Mar 2019 #47

Any calorie-dense food Codeine Mar 2019 #52

Calories consumed calories expended. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #55

When you consume 30,000 empty calories a day and don't move, it adds up catbyte Mar 2019 #56

I've watched it several times Raine Mar 2019 #71

I have seen it. Different Drummer Mar 2019 #77

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