tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post6077247568674876805..comments2024-02-08T10:40:56.376-06:00Comments on Big Fat Delicious: Gene research to end obesity?vesta44http://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-57885927058021473742009-03-10T15:58:00.000-05:002009-03-10T15:58:00.000-05:00I was recently talking to someone who works for a ...I was recently talking to someone who works for a company that makes electronic brain implants, like for treating epilepsy and Parkinson's. She says that one of their next designs is for obestity.<BR/><BR/>WHA????<BR/><BR/>What's it going to do? Make you feel sated? Many of us don't overeat. So that won't help. Make you feel good when you exercise? Many of us already exercise. So that won't help.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it might help with binge eating, but for those of us who aren't binge eaters, what's it going to do? <BR/><BR/>I sometimes believe that the medical establishment really hates us enough to want to see us all die.OptimistiCynic:https://www.blogger.com/profile/06885147187793372617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-91704024035656169042009-03-10T14:16:00.000-05:002009-03-10T14:16:00.000-05:00This kind of thing always raises more questions th...This kind of thing always raises more questions than it answers, and creates more problems than it solves, which seems to be the way with anything that is created to alter our bodies into a man-created kind of ideal that Mother Nature didn't intend for us to have (otherwise, why do our bodies fight so hard to maintain their status quo?).vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-89178996447991189912009-03-10T14:12:00.000-05:002009-03-10T14:12:00.000-05:00'Genetic material that triggers auto-regulation of...'Genetic material that triggers auto-regulation of weight loss? I'm not too sure I believe that's as possible as they seem to think it is.'<BR/><BR/>Exactly, sounds rather suspect.<BR/><BR/>The brain is desgined can re-route itself, (sometimes it can even repair itself). With the added unique aspect that parts of it add up to consciousness.<BR/><BR/>If they want to do something, why don't they make more use of this?<BR/><BR/>With a degenerative disease like Parkinson's, it's different, but with weight, the conscious part of our mind is involved in the metabolic process.<BR/><BR/>And also, did they mention how they are going to get over the thing that always trips them up, the body's supreme capacity to make good it's loses, IOW, rebound weight gain?wriggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373644421447147066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-61000845601479268942009-03-10T13:58:00.000-05:002009-03-10T13:58:00.000-05:00Y'all, I totally agree with you. This is just so w...Y'all, I totally agree with you. This is just so wrong, I can't emphasize it enough. WLS was supposed to be this great "cure" for obesity, and I know from personal experience that it sure as hell isn't nearly the "cure" doctors are saying it is. So when they come up with this brain surgery/gene research "cure", I'm not only taking it with a grain of salt, it's the whole damn salt mine I'm using. Skepticism should be my middle name when it comes to "cures" for "obesity".vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-11919136405366801272009-03-10T13:51:00.000-05:002009-03-10T13:51:00.000-05:00Um, wtf? NO. Brain surgery is just not something y...Um, wtf? NO. Brain surgery is just not something you do unless your life is in danger. My husband has seizures stemming from a probable brain tumor, and surgery isn't even an option unless it's a literal life or death situation. Just NO.Lindleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11222203897171660298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-25949076959632226472009-03-10T13:47:00.000-05:002009-03-10T13:47:00.000-05:00This... makes me feel rather sick. I guess that's ...This... makes me feel rather sick. I guess that's not much of an achievement, seeing as I've been sick today anyway, but I see brain surgery for obesity going down in history with a reputation similar to that of frontal lobotomies for depression.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519843025833423238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-91908641088241005972009-03-10T12:36:00.000-05:002009-03-10T12:36:00.000-05:00God I can only imagine all the problems that are g...God I can only imagine all the problems that are going to arise from something like this! It's Barbaric!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704702129882460378noreply@blogger.com