Finally! The skinny on being skinny. | Other | Forum

I heard this on the news this morning and just had to look it up this afternoon.  Like I've always told everyone that gives me a hard time about being, in their words, too healthy; just because I'm skinny don't mean I'm healthy. This new study explains my struggle with cholesterol and high blood glucose even though I'm not fat. The only missing information was advice on what kind of lifestyle those with the skinny gene should do to become more healthy…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new…..ds-newsxml

Well, at least it was UK taxpayers footing the bill this time.

I guess my frustration lies with all the emphasis in the health world involving heart disease, type II diabetes, general dietary advice, and exercise being directed towards over weight people. This wide-spread, generic advice does not help me reach my health goals whatsoever.  All that research recommends losing weight, hardly any meat in one's diet, and lots of cardio exercise, which is good for those people. It has always been assumed that if one is not fat, then he or she won't have any problems and don't need any specific, lifestyle information, but now researchers have now shown evidence that people who don't tend to gain fat may have a gene that directs fat deposits towards vital organs instead of deposited in the normal ways.

It's good that we know this, but what I want is some lifestyle advice for those with the skinny gene, but I doubt anything else will ever be said, because my group is such a minority, and it seems to tick people off for researchers to even address my group, as evidenced by the comments made on that linked article.