Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia decades later, a new study suggests.
It’s not just about your weight. While previous research has found evidence that obesity in middle age raises the chances of developing dementia later, the new work found a separate risk from storing a lot of fat in the abdomen. Even people who weren’t overweight were susceptible.
The State Of . . . exercise. I (rich) know some brothas out there strugglin’ with the gut. For that matter, I know some ladies are too. Might I suggest more running. It’s good for your heart. It helps shed the pounds. And you get that runner’s high.
Now to take my own advice.
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So what’s your bf%, Mr Lee Haney? LOL
I hate doing cardio because I think l am going to lose too much muscle mass. I am 6′2 and weigh 280 but wear size 38 slacks and jeans so I think l do ok but l do have some dunlap when l am sitting.
l did start on this core/cardio routine a couple of weeks ago, but l haven’t been consistant about it.
I also got a 6-day cutting diet from a competitive bodybuilder and I might try parts of it just to see how much willpower I have. (none)
As for this study and studies like them I don’t place too much faith in them because there are so many factors that the researchers may overlook or the subjects may not share everything with the researchers purposely or may forget.
Good and important post Rich.
Obesity and diabetes will kill more black people than the Ku Klux Klan, crack cocaine and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade - combined.
Roderick, if you 6′2″ and 280 - you got at least 80 pounds of conpacted undigested processed food and animal waste (aka shit) in your body.
Do you really … really … need a study or “researchers” or a second opinion to tell you that can lead to no good?
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You have such a way with words, DV.
If I weighted 200lbs I would look as if I were dead.
I think that all of this BMI mess is a crock and no I don’t have 80 pounds of shit inside of me. Maybe l have 20 pounds of fat l need to shed.
But maybe, just maybe l will give up eating red meat become one of those tofu eating Californians like jasai you DV. *smile*
I’m 6′4″ and 230. When I was 260, I had a big ass gut. I was eatin’ total bullshet. I don’t know about the science of this, but I know that men in my family who walk around with guts usually take early dirt naps. And I ain’t tryin’ to do that. I could see how carrying around a big ass gut could do some damage to your brain.
Rod is Lee Haney II. Rich already claimed that title. Rich looks like Adrian Peterson now!
I had no idea you were so big, Rod. You must be scarin’ all the good white folks at work.
I must admit. The BMI doesn’t account for muscle mass. I’m saying. I’m 6′2 223# action hero body baby! (Insert laugh track please)
My BMI is 28.6. Which means I’m ‘overweight’.
The NFL MVP for 2006 has a BMI of 31.7 at 5′10 221#. Thats considered obese. LT scores alot of touchdowns for a big man.
This is serious biz. Nothing good about the gut folks. I got waaaaaaay outta control and got focused a couple months ago. Down 20+ lbs. in ‘08 and going to get back to my fighting weight. Another 20 lbs will have me right about where I need to be. I will surely post muscle man photos once I get there around Memorial Day. (smile)
Me personally I’m big on taking a walk. I hope that helps me to lose some weight.
Putting on my Maceo hat for a second……
Rolling my eyes. All you guys are fat, less face it. Your likely good men, but certainly will never keep a woman’s attention given your massive size. That’s why white men are becoming more and more attractive. Their thinner. Dont get made at me I’m just a messenger.
40 pounds over weight. OMG!!! Thats more than a hamburger ever now again. That’s a complete and utter failure to push yourself away from the table. Have you no self control?
My father weighed 195 when I was born and only weighs 196 now. You need to get your act together. There are no gyms in your cities.
My Lord!!! Its disgusting. How could any woman feel good with your chunky self on her arm at Saturday night’s function. And you wonder why we dont respect you.
Now, how did that feel?!
RJEsq…LOL @ your “Maceo hat.”
Am I that tough on the ladies? OK…yes. I am.
Anyway, don’t take me dropping 40 to mean that I was 40 lbs. overweight.
I’m 6′7″ and I was 260+ lbs when I started dropping the lbs. I just prefer to be in my 220’s.
To put that into perspective, LaBron James is 6′8″ and 250+. Kobe Bryant is 6′6″ and 205. The actor Sinbad is 6′5″ and has to be 300+. It takes a lot to be round and chunky at this height.
Some women appreciate big men like my white female coworker who always finds a reason to ask me a question and while she is at my desk she rubs my back or rubs up against my arms. *smile*
I just hope her redneck husband hear about it. LOL
Query why you felt it necessary to provide “perspective”. Sounds to me like you simply gained 40 pounds. But hey, it apparently happens.
Your qualifications regarding your height sound remarkably like statements you would find contemptable excuses if uttered by a woman.
But life is a trip aint it. The nigga that packed on nearly 50 lbs is the hardest on the chicks. Go figure.
…and what does Jasai say?
People criticisms of others are simply reflections of how they view themselves.
Should I be ashamed that I had to google Lee Haney? And I’m a long way from Adrian Peterson. But I’ve been reading that men should focus more on the heart than weights as they transition into their mid-30s. It’s just so hard to find running time when you can get in a good weight workout in an hour before work.
Perhaps J can give me tips on the yoga.
RJ,
That was good. We hearz ya. I, personally, like a thick but athletic woman. I like the maternal, CeCe Winans look. That’s why I like my wife prego all the time.
Yeah, Maceo is pretty tall. That’s why I used to love takin’ him baseline in the gym at The College.
Rich,
For all their love of science, these scientists haven’t figured out what Indian gurus figured out 2,000 BC - that the body, heart and mind are inextricably linked. Yoga means “union” and you can figure out what it does.
Once again, LOL @ RJEsq.
Not so fast my friend!
I have never been hard “on the chicks” just for the sake of being hard on them. I am very hard on the ladies who struggle with their weight but don’t do anything (eat right, work out regularly) to fix it.
You ask why did I find it necessary to provide perspective? Because clearly you took me dropping 40 to mean that I was 40 overweight. Before I started dropping the lbs. I looked like a regular dude. After I get the lbs. off I will be cut up like an action figure…a G.I. Joe man!
I was without a doubt underweight back in the day. Bony…rail thin… Those who went to school with us likely still have the jokes in their minds.
But I can appreciate the fact that my previous comments (and current thoughts) on how some sistas avoid the gym like the plague and pack on the lbs. hit home with you. Feel free to vent. I can definitely take it.
“I think that all of this BMI mess is a crock and no I don’t have 80 pounds of shit inside of me. Maybe l have 20 pounds of fat l need to shed.” Roderick
Roderick. Bra …. Come on now homey.
Negroes is dropping dead from diet related diseases like the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan has found a magic lamp and been granted 3 wishes.
You a happy meal away from 300 pounds and you talking about “MAYBE” you need to lose 20 pounds of fat. As Robyn would say: GETTHEFUCKOUTTAHERE.
Fat aint the problem. It’s the toxins in the fat that is going to kill you. Undigested processed food is FERTILIZER for cancer.
Hell, Roderick, even people who still eat pork know that.
Trips me out how people will put Hi-Test gasoline and the best motor oil in their cars - and garbage in their mouths. Then wonder why they sick.
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Rich I only mentioned Lee Haney because a while ago J said that you looked like him.
Speaking of heart I take one Co-Q 10 before breakfast every morning along with vitamin E and Omega-3 and most mornings I eat two packages of oatmeal.
I hate cardio with a passion and that is why l do it on my non-lifting day which is about every third day.
If l did cardio before I lifted l wouldn’t have anything left because l sweat like a pig and if l did it after l would lose my pump.
BTW Robyn I saw a woman with a jelly booty at the gym the other day and l thought about you.*smile*
BTW Robyn I saw a woman with a jelly booty at the gym the other day and l thought about you.*smile* –Rod
LOL!
Lay off my girl RJ ESQ.
Was waiting too see how long you could go without fighting back.
True to form, infer that I’m fat. (so totally predictable) Dont make me no nevermind. I’m alright with me.
But since you asked, I definitely dont fit your bill. I’ve got thighs, hips and a lotta ass. The whole nine. But guess what, in light of your 40 pound weight gain, I’ve apparently spent more time in a gym than you of late. 4 sometimes 5 days per week for me. Based thereon, I can take your little jabs.
But honestly, this really aint about a tit for tat. I really could care less about your weight/weight gain Maceo. I just get tired of the “white-is-right” approach to beauty/body type etc. Give chicks a break. Especially the Black ones.
Rod, I’ma let you slide with that one b/c I think you meant well. and depending on the degree of jelly that woman had, you could have had me pegged.
But good lord you have so much to learn about women!
DV, does everyone of your posts have to turn into a lecture?
I feel like l am still at home. LOL
RJEsq: Rod, I’ma let you slide with that one b/c I think you meant well. and depending on the degree of jelly that woman had, you could have had me pegged.
Robyn it was a compliment. And when l use jelly l meant ‘there’ not it shakes when she moves. Don’t project your Maceo frustrations onto me. *smile*
RJEsq: But good lord you have so much to learn about women!
LOL. I must be doing something right. *smile*
Now that everyone’s going to the gym, here’s a useful guide on food you should be eating -
http://downloads.truthpublishing.com/21407.0_HonestFoodGuide.pdf
Thanks, Mommy Dina.
My girlfriend used to run 3 miles about twice a week when she was training for either a 5k or 10k, can’t remember which. She’s been in a few of them. Now she does it every once in a while to keep it tight. she eventually got me to join her in the 3 mile run about a yr ago. At the time I hadn’t run a mile since high school gym plus I had asthma pretty bad as a kid (it still pops up every once in a while) so I’ve always had a fear of long distance running.
I’m very competitive so I went into it refusing to embarrass myself plus I’m kinda like J, “be damned if I lose to a girl”. Long story short, the first mile was a beast. I really didn’t think I could finish and if it wasn’t for the potential blow to the ego I probably woulda walked the rest of it. After the first mile my body adapted and the last two were pretty smooth. Now she doesn’t want to run w/me anymore because she has to keep up w/my pace.
Its all in your mind.
RJEsq should google Ladanian Tomlinson. If he’s fat we’re all fat. Just as I was saying BMI doesn’t account for muscle mass. I am assuming however that most of her statement was made in jest. Perhaps some reference from the last West coast TSO convention?!
I struggle to recall the last time I couldn’t “maintain a woman’s attention”
JP, that rant was definitely in gest. I was just echoing all of the things Maceo has said about Black women in the past.
I figured. Its funny though. From our mutual friends (college) I have gathered that Maceo is pretty down for the sisters. (I think its tough love) You all should maybe, um, get together and discuss that…LOL
JP…it’s definitely tough love for the sisters. I love ‘em…can’t live without ‘em…but have been accused (probably accurately) of having amazingly high standards.
Funny. Maceo aint ready to discuss this.
crickets
RJEsq: Funny. Maceo aint ready to discuss this.
Hmm. Discuss what?