Let them eat bread

tomterm8

... seaweed bread to be precise:

wrote:

Seaweed to tackle rising tide of obesity

Seaweed could hold the key to tackling obesity after it was found it reduces fat uptake by more than 75 per cent, new research has shown.

Now the team at Newcastle University are adding seaweed fibre to bread to see if they can develop foods that help you lose weight while you eat them.

A team of scientists led by Dr Iain Brownlee and Prof Jeff Pearson have found that dietary fibre in one of the world's largest commercially-used seaweed could reduce the amount of fat absorbed by the body by around 75 per cent.

Cont at http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Science-News/Medical/Seaweed_to_tackle_rising_tide_of_obesity/24262/ .

Food that makes you thinner as you eat it. Brilliant.

Butterfly_Brain

Ooooooooooh

Mr_Matey

Cool article. Another reason why there aren't as many fat Japanese as Americans.

"Obesity is an ever-growing problem"
It sure is.

Davesnave

Hurrah!

Laver, or laver bread in Wales, is one of my favourite things. To think it might be negating the effects of the bacon & egg I have with it is fantastic news!

Available here in North Devon at £2.20 a pound, you folk who live elsewhere don't know what you're missing!



Mmmmmmmm!!!:D

lostinrates

Its a fat inhibitor right? Or does it have the metabolic benefits of other seaweeds like kelp? If its the latter I want some, if its the former its of limited value to me

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Deep fried seaweed is actually quite nice to eat.

Even better with sugar on........

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Mr_Matey wrote: »

Cool article. Another reason why there aren't as many fat Japanese as Americans.

I think meat & fish might be a major player in that one..

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Its a fat inhibitor right? Or does it have the metabolic benefits of other seaweeds like kelp? If its the latter I want some, if its the former its of limited value to me

Weasel words. I only said 'might,' as laver isn't made from kelp, like the experimental products in the article.

A bit of laver hype really....:o

Kohoutek

Why are we always looking for the easy option?

Eat less, exercise more.

Davesnave

Kohoutek wrote: »

Why are we always looking for the easy option?

Eat less, exercise more.

While I wouldn't argue with healthy living being the best option, I'd say that for some overweight people, the playing field was far from level in the first place. Couple dodgy genetics with psychological difficulties, and individuals at an age of responsibility are already set on dangerous paths, where they need serious intervention to find a way out.

The fat kid at school may appear jolly and from a caring home background, but in my experience he/she is rarely happy inside.

lostinrates

This eat less exercise more thing is also not really that simple. I saw a dietician, because weight is something that has plagued me since being ill (in fact before too, but then it was keeping it off, which is far easier than GETTING it off). Obviously, not everyone has ill health that impacts on weight, but, for example, timing eating makes a difference. and supplements. Bodies with the few metabolic/weight holding problems are remarkably efficient at down gearing....I never used to believe it either...till it happened to me! My doctors ar trying to encourage me to eat more ATM as on a very restricted calorie diet my metabolism (yeah, really....) has just...down geared. I am extremely scared to eat more, because I just don't want to gain (which I would in the short term.).

Interestingly I read years ago, when diagnosed with the relatively minor condition of PCOs, that they thing 20% of women have polycystic ovaries, , and 20% of them have the syndrome that can occur ...and while losing weight is certainly possible, its very much harder. A lot of the women with the syndrome are also reduced fertility. PCOS seems to be inherited....so with increased fertility treatment there is an argument that there will proportionally more women who risk being overweight (and other things.) It seems the GI diet is the one that is meant to be most successful for PCOS sufferers, and diabetics, and is taught to at least the former, by NHS when help is saught. Not simply ''eat less, exercise more''

All this just exercise more and eat less, which is also what I think, is why the weight gain has been the worst part of the whole being ill,over the pain, over all the really life limiting factors. Because you kinda know that thats exactly what people, rightfully think. and if you are one of the people who really does make effort you want to hide in the house and cry.

Eating less and exercising more is certainly how I kept slim, but for those of us who did a lot of that with no compromising factors, there is no where to go when things happen...even if I was really well and physically fit unless I became a trainer I couldn't exercise more than I used to each day (I did about two hours on a light excercise day!) . I really wish for me the maths was as simple as eat less exercise more. The majority of my weight gain was while I was in hospital under medical care...not even having a choice in what and how much I ate....

Anyway, I know all that is of topic of economy..apart from the impact and repurcussions for NHS, but its on my mind a lot ATM.