tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post7188554938707405109..comments2023-11-02T13:43:32.053+00:00Comments on Andrew Reeves' Running Blog - but what am I running for.....: GM foods, additives, preservatives and obesityAndrew Reeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07693106687465032781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545428530989218019.post-43332461703221062052010-06-22T12:39:41.591+01:002010-06-22T12:39:41.591+01:00Growing old doesn't necessarily mean growing o...Growing old doesn't necessarily mean growing out, it means time & attention need to be directed to adapting our habits to take our changing bodies into consideration. There are drug-free men in their 50s who are smokin' hot!<br /><br />Human metabolism slows down as we age, one of it's fastest points is during puberty. The metabolic furnace of a 17 year old is very different from a 45 year old. If you're eating now what you ate when you were 17 it'd be bizzare _not_ to put on weight.<br /><br />Obesity in men has a cyclic effect. It reduces the testosterone produced by the body (directly reducing the metabolism) and lets the naturally produced oestrogen take a firmer hold leading to more female biological characteristics, such as retaining more weight in general and gynocomastia at it's extreme.<br />The more obese we get, the more we condition our bodies to be an environment where obesity is easy.<br /><br />'Additives' may have some unknown effect, but the sheer amount of food & physical activity levels are factors that we know for certain have an effect, but better than that, we know they can be changed. <br />Now if only we can change the age factor :)Hewlnoreply@blogger.com