I watched it some last season, but only caught the finale of this season that aired last night. Unbelievable! At least a couple people on the show lost over 50% of their original weight.
The winner, Erik, went from over 400 pounds to under 195. Look at these before and after photos:
www.nbc.com/.../erik_before1.jpgwww.nbc.com/.../erik_finale10.jpg
Hard to even believe this is the same guy!
BTW - no trans fat in Crisco, just checked the label
The use of the term premature makes this all very hard to understand.
Let's take your average super-sized American, with the elastic jeans, sweatshirt and fanny pack, commonly found at suburban hobby stores. I'll give you that taking away their trans fat will completely eliminate the premature heart attack (although unlikely in all cases). The trouble is the diabetes, CHD, sedentary lifestyle, high bp, high cholesterol will kill them just the same, maybe in a year or two if not prematurely.
I completely agree that removing trans fats is a useful thing to do. It should be part of an overall overhaul of the habits and MUST NOT be dicatated by some federal or state beurocrat.
BTW - no trans fat in Crisco, just checked the label
The use of the term premature makes this all very hard to understand.
Let's take your average super-sized American, with the elastic jeans, sweatshirt and fanny pack, commonly found at suburban hobby stores. I'll give you that taking away their trans fat will completely eliminate the premature heart attack (although unlikely in all cases). The trouble is the diabetes, CHD, sedentary lifestyle, high bp, high cholesterol will kill them just the same, maybe in a year or two if not prematurely.
I completely agree that removing trans fats is a useful thing to do. It should be part of an overall overhaul of the habits and MUST NOT be dicatated by some federal or state beurocrat.
