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From: Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD on 20 Aug 2008 22:21
convicted neighbor Don Kirkman wrote:
> Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
> >convicted neighbor Don Kirkman <donsno2(a)charter.net> wrote:
> >> Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>
> >>>Int J Clin Pract. 2008 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]
>
> >>>Objective: To review current consensus and controversy regarding
> >>>whether obesity is a 'disease', examine the pathogenic potential of
> >>>adipose tissue to promote metabolic disease and explore the merits of
> >>>'adiposopathy' and 'sick fat' as scientifically and clinically useful
> >>>terms in defining when excessive body fat may represent a 'disease'.
> >>>Methods: A group of clinicians and researchers, all with a background
> >>>in endocrinology, assembled to evaluate the medical literature, as it
> >>>pertains to the pathologic and pathogenic potential of adipose tissue,
> >>>with an emphasis on metabolic diseases that are often promoted by
> >>>excessive body weight. Results: The data support pathogenic adipose
> >>>tissue as a disease. Challenges exist to convince many clinicians,
> >>>patients, healthcare entities and the public that excessive body fat
> >>>is often no less a 'disease' than the pathophysiological consequences
> >>>related to anatomical abnormalities of other body tissues.
> >>>'Adiposopathy' has the potential to scientifically define adipose
> >>>tissue anatomic and physiologic abnormalities, and their adverse
> >>>consequences to patient health. Adiposopathy acknowledges that when
> >>>positive caloric balance leads to adipocyte hypertrophy and visceral
> >>>adiposity, then this may lead to pathogenic adipose tissue metabolic
> >>>and immune responses that promote metabolic disease. From a patient
> >>>perspective, explaining how excessive caloric intake might cause fat
> >>>to become 'sick' also helps provide a rationale for patients to avoid
> >>>weight gain. Adiposopathy also better justifies recommendations of
> >>>weight loss as an effective therapeutic modality to improve metabolic
> >>>disease in overweight and obese patients. Conclusion: Adiposopathy
> >>>(sick fat) is an endocrine disease.
>
> >>>Source:
>
> >>>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18681905?
>
> >>>"sick fat" = "visceral fat" = "visceral adipose tissue" = "black fat"
>
> >>So since it has previously been shown conclusively in many threads in
> >>smc that there is no such thing as "black fat" it's fair to conclude
> >>that there also is no such thing as "sick fat," right?
>
> > You have been obviously wrong from the outset:
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.cardiology/msg/a7141ac3ac967fc5?
>
> Hey, I'm not the one who insisted on calling it "black fat,"

Slaughterhouse workers are correct to call animal VAT "black fat" just
as the above cited clinical investigators are correct to call human
VAT "sick fat."

Truth is simple

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