Wednesday, July 16, 2008
i've watched two movies:
1. wanted. - it was alright
2. step up 2 - it was cool
tv shows:
1. eat to save your life - hosted by Jamie Oliver
2. so you think you can dance season 2
Eat To Save Your Life is a fantastic tv show. it tells you what chips, burgers, coke, fried process food do to your body.
Jamie gathered the nutritionist and human anatomy expert.
what stroke me was, excess fat in the body can gets into the muscle. WHAT!! don't want that to happen to me!
also in the show, Jamie emphasized the amount of fat overweight/obese consume each year. he illustrated it by filling up the bath tub with oil. when the oil over flow, that was the amount of fat stored in the body for an obesed person
over 5 YEARSof course, they showed the solution of bad eating habit- good nutrition and healthy lifestyle.
good nutrition: take in good cholesterol - olive oil, fish fats, anti-oxidants (oranges, strawberries). lentiles, fruits, vegg and lots and lots of water.
well, that is just a nutshell. hehe.. don't want to say so much.. the show is still running actually.. hehe
(continued)gosh, this show runs for almost two hours. i just had to add on
about 15 participants volunteered in the show and all of them are from slightly overweight to morbidly obesed.
when 3 of the participants did a VO2 Max test (measures the amount of oxygen consumed in the body). the three participants are;
slightly overweight, obesed and morbidly obesed.strangely,
obesed subject scored higher in VO2 max text. this is simply because his weight is higher due to higher muscle mass. so he is not obesed, just very musculine, hence very healthy. the second highest was
morbidly obesed and the lowest was
slightly overweight. THIS IS INTERESTING.
the expert pointed out that, despite the lean thin look it doesn't mean that you are fit and has less fat. in fact, a chubby bulky looking person has lesser fat and fitter. in short, it is better to be
chubby & fit than
lean & unfit.
towards the end, the anatomy expert presented a donated (dead) body who ate himself to death. he was call the 25-Stone-Man.
the 25SM was obviously morbidly obesed. when the Dr disected the abdominal area, he pointed out that 25SM had a huge liver filled with fat tissue. the heart size doubled due to fat tissue surrounding it. the diaphragm was lifted up, aligned to nipple due to the excessive fat deposits. imagine the size of his lungs????
Dr added, this 25SM couldn't perform any physical activity due to shrinked lungs (pushed up). even with few steps he would be out of breathe, choking rather.
excessive fat also settled around the blood vessels that decrease blood flow. Dr said that 25SM was dead due to heart failure and ate himself to death.
fascinating, very much
Dariah; 10:09 PM
