Food, Water, Air and Obesity

Like, water and air, optimal nutrition is essential for life, but the obesity epidemic in children and in adults is not caused by insufficient physical activity and/or excessive food intake.

It is impossible to explain in a few words because there is so much of a preconceived mind about the cause and solution for obesity that is born out of the wrong science of weight gain/weight loss.

1. Causes of the obesity epidemic are misunderstood.

2. The basic science of Weight Gain/weight loss is wrong.

3. The weight loss induced by weight loss surgeries is misunderstood.

4. The weight loss induced by starvation or any other diet is misunderstood. (The article which explains the mechanism underlining weight loss induced by a starvation diet will be posted on my website in a few days.)

The obesity epidemic can be relatively easy to combat, but it is hard to explain. One reason that makes it hard to explain is that the entire established science of obesity was created without knowing that the human body excretes some energy in food intake. ( Until recently, the established scientific community didn’t know that some amount of energy in food intake human body excrete as metabolic waste  - they didn’t know that stool contains calories.) You may like to read more about “The Bad Science of Obesity”.

Huffington Post: Obesity Surgery Doesn't Help Older Men Live Longer

My comment posted in Huffington Post (09:15 PM on 6/13/2011)

Weight loss surgery is a terrible medical practice based on a misunderst­anding of the biological basis of fat formation and the mechanisms underlinin­g fat mass distributi­on.

For bariatric surgeons, it is very comfortabl­e to talk about weight loss surgeries because weight loss surgeries are not for medical doctors.

To my knowledge, no medical doctors or their family members have had to undergo weight loss surgery. If you know any medical doctor or a member of the family that has had to undergo weight-los­s surgery, please let me know.

People involved in the prevention and treatment of obesity should ask the question; why have patients experience­d weight loss if any other program/me­thod for weight loss has not caused any meaningles­s weight loss.

In the end, WLS isn’t so effective weight loss treatment because, after WLS, patients lose mostly muscle mass and bone mass. Fat in excessive skin has to be surgically removed in at least one additional (cosmetic) surgery.

The mechanism underlinin­g weight loss induced by WLS is explained in the article: “Weight Loss Surgeries, Weight Loss, Diabetes and the Biomechanics of Sitting and Walking”. The same article explains the mechanism underlinin­g remission/­cure of Type 2 Diabetes.

Human society must confront the terrible blunder in medical science and practice.

 Luke Tunyich

 Modern Science of Biomechani­cs – The Real Science of Weight Gain/Weigh­t Loss

The Myths about the Food and Obesity

My reply to the comment posted by enjutz @ 12:49 AM on 5/20/2011 on HuffPost – “How to Burn Calories Without going to The Gym”

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"The article you link to is very poorly written."

I am sorry for that, but it is difficult to find words to explain that until recently, the scientists involved in the research, treatment and prevention of obesity did not know that the human body excretes calories. I think the arguments are more important on such an important issue.

An extensive reply to the rest of your comments I have posted on my blog. I hope you and other people will find it interesting.

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 “Embarrassi­ngly so. Humans evolved to store energy when food was abundant so that they could survive when food was not.”

Humans don’t eat food as a means to gain weight; they also do not excrete calories to control body weight.

The human body doesn’t store water or air so that it can survive when water or air is not abundant.

The theory, “Humans evolved to store energy when food was abundant so that they could survive when food was not”, is flawed. Namely, it was created when scientists didn’t know that the human body excretes calories.

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“Food is very abundant now and people don't expend the kind of energy they did even 200 years ago.”

That is what the majority of people like to believe. The fact is that people eat better and exercise more, but they still get more obese than just a few decades ago. For example, Japan is not affected by the obesity epidemic; that is just one fact that shows that an abundance of food is not a reason for the obesity epidemic. Furthermore, in the USA nowadays, more people are hungry than a few decades ago, but obesity is still far more prevalent today than what was the case just two decades ago. 

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“Sure some calories may be excreated as waste,“

For many, it is hard to confront the fact that the human body excretes calories because the entire science of obesity and the opinion on the causes and solutions for obesity were created without knowing that the human body excretes calories.

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“but if you eat 3000Kc and only burn 2000Kc the rest is not going to magically leave your body.”

It is not simple like that. The excretion and excreting mechanism are very complex. At this moment of discussion, what is relevant is the fact that obesity scientists didn’t know that the human body excretes calories.