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Typical Australian. Straight to the point! I still remember a big sign on one of the main roads out of Melbourne.. "If you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot!". It's great to see the low carb message spreading.

Yup. I think there's a strong dietary link, and probably also linked to post-WW2 dietary changes and influences. So there were wartime restrictions to diets, then post-war increases and perhaps more importantly, cultural influences like the rise in soft drink consumption, ie Coca Cola and Pepsi...

Agreed. And Spain is a Mediterranean country, and the Mediterranean diet is healthy. Or, there's a large population bordering the Med with very different dietary preferences. Or even regional variations within those countries. The dangers of generalisation.

Thanks.. And I see what you mean, so lung area differences being due to different slice depth. Which also explains the other missing features. Or also blows out the high visceral fat = small brain theory :) But after doing a bit of zoom and enhance in Photoshop, and being a geek.. Being able to...

mmm... hog roasts! Delicious if properly cooked, somwhat hazardous if not. But on the subject of snacking, there were people handing out 500ml bottles of 'Drench'. No artificial sweetners, colors or flavors! Yey! 12.5mg sugar per 100ml. Not so yey! Bill Hicks really nailed it when he talked...

Spirometry's just a general way of measuring lung volume and performance. Then comparing with 'normal' volumes for that patient, and should show if there's lower than normal capacity, tidal volumes etc. If, and that's a big if, visceral fat increasing makes breathing harder, then 8 weeks on ND...

I've been pondering the potential of diabetes/low-carb dining, and whether that could translate into a healthy eating chain. It wouldn't be too hard to create low-carb menus, and 1 in 17 means a large potential customer base. But it's also a high-risk/high overhead venture and restaurants more...

And oddly, that's an age group where T2 diabetes has been increasing. But correlation isn't necessarily causation, and there are probably other factors. So I'm 49 and remember as a kid, breakfast was toast and Marmite, lunch often skipped and dinner being chops, mince or some variation on meat &...

I think he's right. Especially given the amount of diet and health advice that we're bombarded with, often contradictory. Combined with all the 'perfect body' and self-image challenges, it's hardly suprising some people end up with an obsession that's detrimental to their health.. And there's...

Yep, I totally understand that it's no fun for people affected. Apparently I deep breathe even while sleeping though! But this sounds like it might be an interesting diagnostic check for apnoea sufferers that might mean they don't have to sleep with a mask/tube.

I guess if an increase in visceral fat was progressive, it should show as reduced lung capacity.. And for a singer or musician, not being able to hold a note for as long. I'm also thinking it has to restrict, ie there's a limit to ribcage expansion, and any extra volume in the abdominal cavity...

Be proud! DSM-V means we're all crazy now! But I've learned something new today. I'd not heard of Orthorexia, or realised it's potentially contagious. Wonder if there's grant money linked to that?

Interesting. I know pre-diagnosis, one of my concerns was I'd get really out of breath. I had some spirometry tests and was apparently 'excellent', although they were resting rather than exertion tests. And since losing weight, that problem's gone away and I can exercise more. And it makes sense...

I blame Karl Popper, and a simple fact that 97% of people don't understand the difference between theories and facts. And facts certainly aren't what they used to be, especially with the rise of 'fact checking'.. Often with it's own biases. Or there's lazy facts, where falsification is left to...

So question for someone better at interpreting scans than I.. The images on the wiki TOFI page also seem to show a considerably reduced lung volume?

Well said, and I think a lot of people underestimate the psychology. So whether that's the incredibly negative 'fat shaming', or food shaming, and making people feel guilty about what they're eating. Especially when that may sometimes be linked to bad science, ie a lot of the FUD around...

I'd not heard that, but there's an element of truth. Or a compound. They work by measuring the body's resistance between the electrodes. Electricity likes to take the path of least resistance, so if the scales (or hand-held) meter just have electrodes for feet, it'll measure the path up one limb...

I'm using a combination of old & new technology. The new is a set of these:- https://tanita.eu/products/body-composition-monitors/bc-601 So combination of transducers zapping via arms and feet, it can estimate limb and core resistance and translate to fat & muscle. Then the old is a mirror, a...

Yup, along with a lot of other athletes. I don't know if there have been studies into the effects and potential damage caused by high carb diets for training, or in endurance events like cyclists doing the Tour de France etc.

A modest proposal. A follow-up show, "I'm a Celebrity Dietician, Get me out of here!". Take say, 12 celebs who think exercise is the cure, stick them on a nice island for say, 1 month and then see the results of their diet and exercise! And I've got the perfect location:-...