{"id":804,"date":"2018-04-24T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suprastratum.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2018-07-03T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T13:54:01","slug":"obesity-paradox-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suprastratum.com\/en\/2018\/04\/24\/obesity-paradox\/","title":{"rendered":"THE KEY TO LONGEVITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

The key to health and longevity is not some strange habit from some lost tribe in the Amazon forests, nor does it require exhausting diets and running every day!<\/p>\n

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But let's start this article a little backwards, focusing on the paradox of obesity.<\/p>\n

So called because it has been observed that in a proportion of people, obesity is not accompanied by negative health indicators.<\/p>\n

Worse still, research has shown that obese people have a higher chance of surviving serious illnesses and, understandably, losing weight can dramatically reduce their chances of survival.<\/p>\n

I bet especially the last one, not many of you have heard of it. And that's because it doesn't fit in with the nice wraps that the \"fitness\" industry, dietitians and doctors offer you. Let me sound like a conspiracy theorist, that's the truth, isn't it?<\/p>\n

Here is an extreme example:<\/p>\n

Patients who are overweight have higher survival rates after sudden cardiac arrest compared to normal and lean people, and significantly so (obese people have lower rates than overweight people, but still much higher than others).<\/p>\n

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\"Obesity,
Source: Matinrazm S, Ladejobi A, Pasupula DK, et al. Effect of body mass index on survival after sudden cardiac arrest. Clin Cardiol. 2018;41:46-50. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/clc.22847<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

And before you think I'm advising you to eat mindlessly and get fat, I'm going to disappoint you. This does not contribute to longevity.<\/p>\n

Well, recently a study came out which came to the following simple conclusion:<\/p>\n

Previous research that said that people with a higher BMI had a better chance of surviving serious illnesses was correct, but this was because they had more muscle, not because they were overweight because of fat.<\/p>\n

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\"Obesity,
Source: Abramowitz MK, Hall CB, Amodu A, et al. Muscle mass, BMI, and mortality among adults in the United States: a population-based cohort study. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 11;13(4):e0194697. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0194697. eCollection 2018<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Obesity,<\/a>
Source: Abramowitz MK, Hall CB, Amodu A, et al. Muscle mass, BMI, and mortality among adults in the United States: a population-based cohort study. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 11;13(4):e0194697. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0194697. eCollection 2018<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

And an even more recent one with the same conclusions, but specific to cancer.<\/p>\n

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\"Obesity,<\/a>
Source: Caan BJ, Cespedes Feliciano EM, Kroenke CH. The Importance of Body Composition in Explaining the Overweight Paradox in Cancer-Counterpoint. cancer Res. 2018 Apr 15;78(8):1906-1912. doi: 10.1158\/0008-5472.CAN-17-3287. doi: 10.1158\/0008-5472.CAN-17-3287<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

This latest research is an excellent introduction to something I wanted to touch on anyway in the future.<\/p>\n

Let me explain, from a fitness point of view, what is thought to contribute to the increase in mortality probabilities:<\/p>\n