tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post6424423132059812399..comments2024-03-17T10:07:53.205-07:00Comments on The Well-Rounded Mama: Nutrient Deficits in People of SizeWell-Rounded Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129621631406155340noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-65396201298396097202011-05-31T09:50:59.072-07:002011-05-31T09:50:59.072-07:00Nancy took the words right out of my mouth. Are th...Nancy took the words right out of my mouth. Are there statistically significant differences between obese and smaller people in terms of nutritional deficits? I've read that our food is becoming less nutritious due to depleted soil, therefore, even if you eat lots of fruit, veggies, good protein, etc., you might not be getting as much of a given nutrient as one would have in generations past. Also, is there any data on whether taking vitamins corrects the deficits?psychsarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-19888228819075274672011-05-26T00:18:05.907-07:002011-05-26T00:18:05.907-07:00Is there anything known about nutrient deficiencie...Is there anything known about nutrient deficiencies in the general population?Nancy Lebovitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068537632391466902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-21619639825597362792011-05-25T19:34:22.311-07:002011-05-25T19:34:22.311-07:00Perhaps some of the reasons people are overweight ...Perhaps some of the reasons people are overweight are the reason they have a definciency. For example - me. I have a very nervous stomach and sometimes I can hardly handle eating anything that isn't sweet. For some reason sweet things are easier to digest for me and my digestive system is less likely to decide to "purge" my meal IBS-style. This keeps my diet pretty darn high in sugar and I'm talking candy, pastries, etc. Sometimes all I really want is some vegetables, but all my stomach can handle is skittles. It is maddening to not be able to eat what my body is telling me that I need. Sometimes I wonder if I'd weigh less if I was able to eat a more balanced diet (who knows) and I definitely feel malnourished when I'm not able to eat a balanced diet - otherwise called a nutritional deficit. <br />I have gone to several doctors since my childhood (I'm 32 today) and no one has been able to figure out what is wrong with me, but plenty of docs have tried to give me sermons about weight. <br />I also suspect that I am just a naturally fat person (to some extent or another) and that even if I was able to eat everything I wanted to (ie: a far more balanced diet) I could potentially lose some weight, but I'm sure I'd still be fat, chunky, chubby or whatever you want to call it. Even when I was deep drowning the hell that is non-purging bulimia, I never became truly thin.AngryGrayRainbowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818140697780480930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-76822741135485693632011-05-25T09:11:51.944-07:002011-05-25T09:11:51.944-07:00Thank you for this post. My former OB/GYN was rea...Thank you for this post. My former OB/GYN was really, really pushing WLS surgery on me, but I know I already have deficiencies with vitamin D, vitamin B, and iron, and when I suggested that those would get worse with WLS, she told me that was incorrect and that vitamin deficiencies were a rare side effect. <br /><br />My last dieting attempt was VCLD at about 500 cals, I thought you were somehow quoting me in your post. I did lose some weight, but eventually started gaining again on 500 cals/day. (I also developed psoriasis, very severe psoriasis at the same time. And while I can't prove they are linked, I'll go to my grave convinced they are.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-46758124360269937142011-05-25T08:11:30.400-07:002011-05-25T08:11:30.400-07:00Wow, I'm so glad you brought this up. Since gi...Wow, I'm so glad you brought this up. Since giving birth and failing to breastfeed, I've spent hours upon hours consuming nutrition information to try to figure out what went wrong with my body that I was incapable of doing the most basic and natural task. What I ended up finding is that my body was pretty much doomed to not function properly (and become fat) from conception, with my mother's processed food diet, and continued throughout my life eating margarine, pasteurized milk, meats from unhealthy animals, refined sugars and flours, and building up a huge toxin load. All of which contributes to the poor gut flora that then leads to chronic yeast infections in between my fat rolls.<br /><br />For a while I had been struggling with my stance on fat acceptance because I came to understand that, yes, yes fat is caused by a poor diet because even the so-called "good" diets that are low in calories and fat (oh how misguided that is) do absolutely nothing to help the problem. Of course you have to remember that even if someone is actually unhealthy they still deserve happiness and to feel good about who they are and the way they look.<br /><br />I think all of your suggested theories are correct. My additional theory is that thin people have the same exact problem, but that they either have a leg up in one area and/or somehow their bodies are not presenting fat as a symptom of poor nutrition. And of course no one in the medical community gives a crap about thin people not having good nutrition; if something is wrong with them, it's certainly not because they aren't eating well, so let's just give them pills, right?<br /><br />Furthermore, I think because of the poor nutrition people are getting, even in utero, would lead to lifelong excess adipose tissue regardless of having a truly healthy diet. Partially because of environmental toxins (which get stored in fat and muscle to protect the body) but also because the body never develops properly in the first place. There would be a lot less of it with a healthy diet and lots of exercise, but it would still be there.<br /><br />Granted everything I've said are my own theories based on what I've been reading and first people have to realize what "good nutrition" actually means before anyone will bother to connect the dots between that and "obesity".<br /><br />I would highly recommend anyone interested in learning about good nutrition pick up the book Native Nutrition by Ron Schmid - it gives a great overview of how humans have eaten for centuries, which has only been changed in the last century when *gasp* everyone started getting fat and developing heart disease, diabetes and arthritis among many other things. I'd also recommend The Untold Story of Milk by the same guy. And while vegans might cry about reading The China Study in support of not eating any animal products, I'd like to point out ahead of time that The China Study compares a small population in China to the standard American diet, which is heavily processed, unnatural, inorganic garbage; not exactly an apples to apples comparison.<br /><br />There's also this video:<br />How Bad Science and Big Business Created the Obesity Epidemic<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vr-c8GeT34&feature=youtu.beCassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576504078115706818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-60107792409687023262011-05-25T07:14:08.038-07:002011-05-25T07:14:08.038-07:00I also wonder if improved nutrition leads to weigh...I also wonder if improved nutrition leads to weight gain. <br /><br />I grew up eating fast food 4+ nights a week, all the food in my house was junk food, and most liquid was soda. It was the stereotypical bad American diet. The thing was, I was quite thin. After college my diet became much healthier and more balanced, and that was when I started gaining weight. <br /><br />I believe most of my weight gain was due to my PCOS, which surfaced shortly after that, but the initial weight gain was before the PCOS kicked in and seemed to coincide nicely with my diet switching from McDonald's to home cooking.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741166832975924830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-45514566088487760752011-05-25T04:52:27.253-07:002011-05-25T04:52:27.253-07:00Great post. Thanks for this work.Great post. Thanks for this work.Dr Charlotte Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787660516239128656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-5931240928871656582011-05-25T04:10:17.421-07:002011-05-25T04:10:17.421-07:00I actually found out recently I had a marginally l...I actually found out recently I had a marginally low total protein on laboratories. This certainly is not because I don't eat enough protein!<br /><br />Does dieting (or the use of artificial sweeteners) cause intractably low malabsorption, even after dieting or use of diet products ceases? Do some foods function as anti-nutrients for some people? (I've heard this theory advanced about foods like grains, legumes, and potatoes; not sure if I buy it, but who knows, maybe the effect at least exists sporadically.) Or is it something congenital?<br /><br />FWIW, my mom has to have B-12 shots because she doesn't absorb the stuff, and she's never been fat (in a non-pregnant state) for a second of her life. She did drink a LOT of diet soda when she was younger, though. Hmmmmm...Meowserhttp://fatfu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com