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[dreamer_easy]

We're constantly bombarded with stuff about food, fat, and dieting; I'm wary about adding to the babble here. Because I've got Type 2 Diabetes, though, it's an issue I can't completely avoid. I spit on body fascism, the dodgy diet industry, and the casual, commonplace bigotry against fat people. I rip down ads for snake oil diets when I see them in the street, and I daily remind my soft, sexy curves how much I love them. What I want is unbiased info about health: what is the relationship between my podge and my diabetes? What can I realistically do about it? I don't feel comfortable trusting either the general panic about how we're all going to swell up like balloons and explode; nor am I completely comfortable with fat activists' dismissal of links between podge and health. What I want is SCIENCE dammit SCIENCE. Will post some here when I find it - always behind a cut, because the radio TV newspaper politicians and quacks are filling you with enough crap as it is.

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Fat isn't the only weight problem...

[purplepooka.livejournal.com]

Not related to diabetes, but just to put the whole health/image thing into perspective, I've been trying to gain weight for nearly a year now and not having much success. People glare and mutter when I say this, as if I'm actually lucky and shouldn't make a fuss, but it really is a problem. I don't consider my ribs and collarbone to be my best features, I get tired easily, the slightest virus knocks me for six, and despite a healthy appetite for the right foods I appear to be more or less consistently losing weight. It's difficult to find diets that are about gaining weight...

Re: Fat isn't the only weight problem...

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

as if I'm actually lucky and shouldn't make a fuss

Ignorance, alas, on their part - not quite as bad as people who wish they had anorexia, but a symptom of the fat hysteria gripping our culture. I read where being underweight is actually more dangerous for one's health. (Can a doctor help with weight-gain diets?)

Re: weight gain diets

[http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/]

I think a dietitian would be more useful.

Re: Fat isn't the only weight problem...

[purplepooka.livejournal.com]

not quite as bad as people who wish they had anorexia

I actually know somebody who has said this in all seriousness... in front of somebody else I know who has had anorexia...

I haven't actually taken the time to consult the GP about weight gain diets, always seem to be too busy, which is probably part of the problem. Trouble is, fat diets are as hard to stick to as thin diets. If you're not hungry, or don't feel like a certain food, forcing it down is only going to make you sick. My trouble is that my tastes tend towards low carb and I burn a lot of energy in my work - walking around classrooms and between classrooms and between college centres on opposite sides of town... I'm an accidental Atkins ;-). I must try to stuff crisps down my throat while on the go.