Fat epidemic linked to chemicals run amok

MSNBC, the More S**t (for brains) Network and the IMHO cons at Rodale (e.g., see here, here, here and here) team up for more stupidity. The fat epidemic is linked to MSM run amok since people believe their junk.

It's not just about calories in versus calories out.

If that were all it took to lose weight — eating a little less and exercising a little more — then weight loss would be as simple as grade-school math: Subtract Y from Z and end up with X.

It is absolutely about Calories in vs. Calories out.

If you are inclined to accept the MSNBC/Rodale crap, then ask them point blank what form of life will not lose weight if it consumes fewer Calories than it burns. (Please post their response if you get one.)

So what is the culprit that is negating the Laws of Thermodynamics that hold everywhere in the known universe, except at MSNBC (in this case) and Rodale?

A third factor may be in play: a class of natural and synthetic chemicals known as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), or as researchers have begun to call them, obesogens.

Somehow these things have figured out a way to upset the laws of nature.

The goal should be to figure out a way to get them into the gas tank of a motor vehicle so it will drive forever on a drop of petrol.

Why stop with the human body when there are many other things that can benefit from distorting universal physical laws?

Why traditional diets don't work

Decades ago, before big, soft guts were the norm in the United States, we referred to overweight people as having "glandular problems." Their weight was not their fault, doctors explained; their bodies just didn't have the ability to fight off weight gain like most people's bodies did.

We don't use that polite phrase any longer. What changed? Now that about two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, did those folks with "glandular problems" disappear? No; it's just that many others have caught the same disease. Thanks to the obesogen effect, we may all be at risk for some glandular problems.

Traditional diets do not work because they are starvation diets. (also see here, here and here.)

And still, when all is said and done (I have not included any more of the s**t spouted in this piece, emphasis on "piece," if you know what I mean, since it is so amazingly stupid) where does the article finally come to rest?

Is all this a bit disturbing? You bet. Depressing? Not at all. Because you can reconsider the old weight-loss advice — the "diet wisdom" that told you to stop eating burgers, pasta, and ice cream — and go back to eating what you love. Of course you should eat reasonably-sized portions. But the key is to eat natural, obesogen-free versions. Do this while keeping up your exercise program and over time you'll see results. Your waistline, your tastebuds, and even your muscles and libido will thank you.

"...reasonably-sized portions" and "keeping up your exercise" = Calories in vs. Calories out.