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<blockquote data-quote="AM1874" data-source="post: 1432651" data-attributes="member: 379847"><p>I tend to agree .. however Mosley does make at least some attempt to address this ..</p><p></p><p><em>"Personal genetics also plays its part. Not everyone who is overweight has problems with their cholesterol or blood sugar levels, and many people with type 2 diabetes have a normal Body Mass Index (BMI). It seems that some people have a greater capacity to carry fat safely than others do. It also depends where you lay it down. The worst sort of fat is the fat around and inside your tummy, also known as visceral fat. We each have, it seems, our own personal fat threshold. Imagine you have an internal bathtub, which is slowly filling up with fat. At some point, it will overflow and start to infiltrate your liver and pancreas. The pancreas is responsible for producing the hormone insulin, which helps keep your blood sugar levels within a normal range. Once it starts to get infiltrated with fat, it does not work as well - and this may then lead to type 2 diabetes. The size of that internal bathtub varies from person to person."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AM1874, post: 1432651, member: 379847"] I tend to agree .. however Mosley does make at least some attempt to address this .. [I]"Personal genetics also plays its part. Not everyone who is overweight has problems with their cholesterol or blood sugar levels, and many people with type 2 diabetes have a normal Body Mass Index (BMI). It seems that some people have a greater capacity to carry fat safely than others do. It also depends where you lay it down. The worst sort of fat is the fat around and inside your tummy, also known as visceral fat. We each have, it seems, our own personal fat threshold. Imagine you have an internal bathtub, which is slowly filling up with fat. At some point, it will overflow and start to infiltrate your liver and pancreas. The pancreas is responsible for producing the hormone insulin, which helps keep your blood sugar levels within a normal range. Once it starts to get infiltrated with fat, it does not work as well - and this may then lead to type 2 diabetes. The size of that internal bathtub varies from person to person."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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