New Liberal Attack On CO2: It Makes Us Fat

No, this is not 1 April – and this is not an April Fool’s hoax.

Mad as it may sound, Danish researchers have announced a theory that may not only explain why people all over the world are getting fatter and fatter, but also warn of the serious consequences for life on Earth of continued pollution of the atmosphere by CO2 emissions.

In itself, the theory is quite simple: CO2 contributes to making us fat.

“There’s something in the air”

The theory arose several years ago, when Lars-Georg Hersoug studied the development of obesity among people who had been followed over a number of years in the so-called MONICA studies (Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardio-vascular Disease) in Denmark. These studies have mapped the lifestyles of thousands of Danes.

Hersoug was surprised to see that both fat and thin people taking part in the studies over a 22-year period had put on weight – and the increase was proportionately the same.

Orexins – which are neuropeptide hormones – in the brain stimulate wakefulness and energy expenditure. These hormones may be affected by CO2, and this can cause us to go to bed later, affecting our metabolism so it is easier for us to put on weight. But orexins are also involved in the stimulation of food intake.

“The normal theory is that fat people get fatter because they don’t move as much as they should,” says Hersoug, now a post-doc at the Research Centre for Prevention and Health at Glostrup University Hospital. “But the study showed that thin people also get fatter, and this happened over the whole of the 22-year period of the study.”

http://sciencenordic.com/new-theory-co2-makes-you-fat

 

This has nothing to do with being liberal or conservative...just a scientist making slightly shoddy correlations. Not everything needs to be politicized.

 

It has everything with being liberal and trying to find another line of attack to shake down business and people over CO2.

 

Do you know what type of people cling to conspiracy?

 

Yep. Birthers, truthers, those type of people pretty much. Not exactly a liberal group these. Not exactly conservative either. You understand.


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Right, but they all have underlying traits that make them similar, despite where they land on the political spectrum.

 

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We're not in a cultural war. We're in a real war. Liberals will say anything and do anything to take our money. Its an Orwellian nightmare.

 

I don't even know why I bother reading this section any more...

 

If you think CO2 makes people fat you should consider becoming a contributor for the Huffington post.

 

I don't either. You are just too stupid to make any useful comment.