That's one persoective. Historically, fat women were associated with fertility. "Rubenesque" women were in style back in Ruben's era.
That said, however, obesity is a little too much "of a good thing", i.e. excess potential chemical energy storage. Fat storage is controlled by hormones, but it is also related to mitochondrial and metaboli…
That's one persoective. Historically, fat women were associated with fertility. "Rubenesque" women were in style back in Ruben's era.
That said, however, obesity is a little too much "of a good thing", i.e. excess potential chemical energy storage. Fat storage is controlled by hormones, but it is also related to mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction. Excess fat accumulation for winter is fine, but overdoing it means the body is not utilizing energy efficiently at the cellular level. Normally, weight is controlled within a set range and excess consumption just turns on the energy "wasting" uncoupled mode in the electron transport chain to burn it off. When the body is not functioning normally through nutrient deficiencies, toxicities, or senescence, energy metabolism is impaired and a balance can't be maintained.
That's one persoective. Historically, fat women were associated with fertility. "Rubenesque" women were in style back in Ruben's era.
That said, however, obesity is a little too much "of a good thing", i.e. excess potential chemical energy storage. Fat storage is controlled by hormones, but it is also related to mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction. Excess fat accumulation for winter is fine, but overdoing it means the body is not utilizing energy efficiently at the cellular level. Normally, weight is controlled within a set range and excess consumption just turns on the energy "wasting" uncoupled mode in the electron transport chain to burn it off. When the body is not functioning normally through nutrient deficiencies, toxicities, or senescence, energy metabolism is impaired and a balance can't be maintained.