"Last week, I nearly dropped my 'good flour' fried bread when I read that people who are overweight may live longer than those who are too thin. Huh? I thought. That must be a misprint. Haven't we heard all our lives that every extra pound takes so many years off your life? I should be in the minus years. In fact, I'm not even born yet!
Well, before I could celebrate with a chocolate milkshake (which is good for you - calcium and chocolate, you know), I read on. Turns out that the new findings apply only to those people who are a few pounds overweight and EXERCISE. Oops.
There's always a catch.
Yet, I learned something. There is a happy medium. Those too-thin runway models probably are miserable ... they can't eat all the good foods, and now they're unhealthy to boot.
A little exercise and making good choices (such as whole wheat fried bread) is a better way, and we need to teach our children and grandchildren that, too ... I guess."
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DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: A 'food study' for the rest of us
(The Grand Forks Herald 4/26)
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Yellow Bird:
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Yellow Bird:
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