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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An RN friend of mine tells me that there is something related to the lymph system that is in the upper body, thoracic duct I think, which is stimulated by the motions of freestyle swimming and symphony orchestra conducting. Apparently they were looking for long lived professions and symphony orchestra conductor came up as one of the longest. After determining that lifestyle and lack of stress were not causal (lifestyle choices were not the greatest amongst these people I understand) it was found that the stimulation of this lymph system component was key in keeping these people healthy for long periods of time. The MD who was giving this speech at the hospital dinner said that swimming gave a very similar "massage" to this lymph component and would be a great choice for exercise.
Any thoughts on this?
Well, if we want our kids to live a long healthy life, we can rip them out of all existing activities and have them play violin and swim. As a side benefit, we won't have to argue endlessly about which sport deserves the most "respect." It'll be swimming if you value a long life. (I guess we could still argue about which sport is best if we want to live a short risk-filled life full of MonkeyLaLas and TFs.) Do you think guitar would work instead of violin? Are fiddling and swimming the only two activities that stimulate that particular lymph system?
An RN friend of mine tells me that there is something related to the lymph system that is in the upper body, thoracic duct I think, which is stimulated by the motions of freestyle swimming and symphony orchestra conducting. Apparently they were looking for long lived professions and symphony orchestra conductor came up as one of the longest. After determining that lifestyle and lack of stress were not causal (lifestyle choices were not the greatest amongst these people I understand) it was found that the stimulation of this lymph system component was key in keeping these people healthy for long periods of time. The MD who was giving this speech at the hospital dinner said that swimming gave a very similar "massage" to this lymph component and would be a great choice for exercise.
Any thoughts on this?
Well, if we want our kids to live a long healthy life, we can rip them out of all existing activities and have them play violin and swim. As a side benefit, we won't have to argue endlessly about which sport deserves the most "respect." It'll be swimming if you value a long life. (I guess we could still argue about which sport is best if we want to live a short risk-filled life full of MonkeyLaLas and TFs.) Do you think guitar would work instead of violin? Are fiddling and swimming the only two activities that stimulate that particular lymph system?
