If scientists can be wrong about things like this, they can surely be wrong about Gorebal Warming. Let's all go to Burger King!
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese patients hospitalized with heart failure tend to fare better than their lean counterparts, new research suggests. The report, which appears in the American Heart Journal, indicates that this "obesity paradox," which was previously described in patients with chronic heart failure, may also apply to patients with rapidly worsening or "decompensated" heart failure. "This study suggests that overweight and obese patients may have a greater metabolic reserve to call upon during an acute heart failure episode," lead investigator Dr. Gregg Fonarow told Reuters Health, "which may lessen in-hospital (death) risk"
3 comments:
I knew I should stay fat.
You are not fat...you just have "a greater metabolic reserve." :)
What paradox?
Don't these people ever think?
What, somebody comes up with a crackpot theory, and without proper process, thought or observation - or just plain common sense - rushes to get their name in the spotlight.
If they had just given it a little thought, they would have realised there wasn't a "paradox" at all. It's all part of the body's defense system.
Someone uses tools every day. Because of the constant friction between implements and skin, there is a danger of blisters. To prevent this, the affected areas will develop calluses. Therefore, it stands to reason that because an obese person is putting such a strain on their heart, their body has reacted by doing what it can to prevent the heart from stopping, ie. making it stronger in case of such an event.
Are these the same scientists who tell us coffee is bad for us one year, then tells us it's good for us the following year?
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