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!
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I'm going to go out on a limb here--the banning of trans fats will not significantly alter the incidence of coronary artery disease nor the death rate. That's not to say it shouldn't be done, but our expectations need to be realistic.
I happen to think that the limb you are on is a rather strong one.
I am no MD but I suspect that many lives could be saved each year by people eating a more balanced diet (not neccesarily devoid of trans fats or red meat either), exercising even a little bit (20 minutes of activity that will raise your heart rate above normal), and having regular checkups to monitor their well being (checking things like BP, Lipids, pulse, blood sugar, etc).
I'm going to go out on a limb here--the banning of trans fats will not significantly alter the incidence of coronary artery disease nor the death rate. That's not to say it shouldn't be done, but our expectations need to be realistic.
I happen to think that the limb you are on is a rather strong one.
I am no MD but I suspect that many lives could be saved each year by people eating a more balanced diet (not neccesarily devoid of trans fats or red meat either), exercising even a little bit (20 minutes of activity that will raise your heart rate above normal), and having regular checkups to monitor their well being (checking things like BP, Lipids, pulse, blood sugar, etc).
