Monday, July 11, 2011
THIS EXPLAINS THAT INCIDENT AT A KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN WHICH MY LAWYERS HAVE ADVISED ME NOT TO COMMENT UPON: According to new medical research, “we have this evolutionary drive to recognize fat, and when we have access to it, to consume as much as we possibly can.” According to Dr. David Kessler, “We think we eat it because we like it, but it’s not just because we like, but because we want it.”
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Replace "we" with "zombies" and "fat" with "brains," and I could have written this entire article myself.
ReplyDeleteAs an official Fat Person (I shop in the plus size department!), I freely admit that I "want" foods I "like," and those foods I "like" are often "bad for me." And by bad for me, I mean delicious, and not sad, like leaves. Eating leaves makes you sad. It's a proven fact. Proven perhaps by me, with the bag salad, in the kitchen, but still.
ReplyDeleteScience, y'all.
I call shenanigans on "official." Please stop using the "official" designation until you have a proper credential from a government agency or an ISO-certified standards body.
ReplyDeleteIn related news, water is still wet.
ReplyDeleteMy paperwork has been delayed because my Wall-E chair broke, so I can't get to the mailbox to send it off.
ReplyDeleteAh, Dean Kessler, we meet again. I have a fondness for David Kessler because he's such a brilliant guy and yet spends all his time tilting at giant windmills, like the University of California or Americans' propensity to eat things that are bad for them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought it was because you were a fan of his (non-medical) academic credentials.
ReplyDeleteThus explaining why I ate too much at all you can eat barbecue night tonight.
ReplyDeleteLadies and Gentlemen of the jury, does this look like a man who has had *all* he could eat?
ReplyDeleteI eat a lot of vegetables. Almost all of them peppers.
ReplyDeleteIn the rat studies, the researchers injected a cannabinoid-blocking drug into the intestines of the rats and found that they lost interest in the fatty food. “The effect is remarkable,” Dr. Piomelli said. “They are no longer interested in feeding. They stop completely. We were amazed.”
ReplyDeleteI'm not a scientiest, but I always suspected that needles in the stomach would make even a rat stop eating, at least temporarily.
I chatted with him briefly at an event hosted by the institution to which you refer. Nice guy but AMAZINGLY shy.
ReplyDeleteSo, kettle chips are literally getting me just as high as if I smoked a bong? Darn it, so much for sobriety!
ReplyDeleteI find it worrisome that the first diet drug they tried made people SUICIDAL when they were cut off from the fatty goodness...
I'm an unofficial fat person. I had cheesecake for breakfast. Thank you, David Kessler, for proving that this was a biological imperative.
ReplyDeleteI often find myself telling the kids to stop doing something. One kid always responds, "But I WANT to do [x]." And I say, "If you didn't want to do it, I wouldn't have to keep telling you to stop."
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