Fat Cells Working Together Against YOU!

Your fat cells are doing much more than just sitting there, keeping your vertical jump below 12" and looking nasty--they're actively killing you.

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Think about this picture and this story next time you want to feed your kids McDonald's or a frozen dinner because you're feeling lazy.  Nothing wrong with junk food now and then, but is your kid going to work his butt off on the playground and burn the worthless Calories you're feeding him, and turn the protein into muscle?

Or by overfeeding him, are you forcing his body to send hormone signals that will eventually kill him?  Sort of  takes you out of the running for "Parent of the Year."  If your kid is an active Huckleberry Finn type, it's less of a worry.  The problem is, the typical 1950s kid is an atypical 2010 kid.  Today's kids have lazy parents who allow their kids to balloon to obese levels before they even hit puberty.

Here's the take-home paragraph:

Scientists are reporting new evidence that the fat tissue in those spare tires and lower belly pooches — far from being a dormant storage depot for surplus calories — is an active organ that sends chemical signals to other parts of the body, perhaps increasing the risk of heart attacks, cancer, and other diseases. They are reporting discovery of 20 new hormones and other substances not previously known to be secreted into the blood by human fat cells...