Trainer at gym looks at my belly, says “android obesity.” Definition, among many here.
And, begging the question, I am Type II diabetic, hyperlipidemic, and have high blood pressure.
And what’s all this about cannabinoids?
Trainer at gym looks at my belly, says “android obesity.” Definition, among many here.
And, begging the question, I am Type II diabetic, hyperlipidemic, and have high blood pressure.
And what’s all this about cannabinoids?
As I understand it, men tend to collect fat around the belly as opposed to other areas of the body, so having a large gut, beer induced or otherwise, is not that unusually.
The question is what additional risk does it add and is working out at the gym the best way to deal with it?
I would ask my doctor about whether your current weight situation, along with your other health factors, warrants special consultation with a professional.
I’ve heard of obese people going to the gym to try and get back into shape only to have a cardiac arrest as a result…
On the page you linked, “beer gut” is listed as a synonym of android obesity. So one is a medical term while the other is an informal expression.
If you want to lose weight you need to consume fewer calories than you burn. Other than that I’m not sure what the point of the question is.
I’ve heard of many more of them going there and actually improving their overall health and improving the quality of their life.
Android versions:
Cupcake (1.5)
Doughnut (1.6)
Eclair (2.0–2.1)
Froyo (2.2–2.2.3)
Gingerbread (2.3–2.3.7)
Honeycomb (3.0–3.2.6)
Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4)
Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3)
KitKat (4.4–4.4.3)
'Nuff said.
"CB1 receptor ".
Cannabinoid receptors are part of the cannabinoid receptor system in the brain and are involved in a variety of physiological processes including appetite, pain-sensation, mood, and memory. They are also responsible for the mediation of the psychoactive , and appetite inducing, obviously, effects of cannabis.
Thanks to all.
Why do you say that the “point” of my question in this OP is, as far as you can be sure, that I want to lose weight? Your first sentence was a helpful response and belies your second and third, at least insofar as it showed you divined my point by your post forthrightly and confidently beginning with a direct answer?
If I had had that point I would have pointed it out. What in OP suggests that is the topic? If you want to drift, feel free, but why is OP responsible and charged with actually intending that drift and somehow being inarticulate or stuck in some intellectual cave and will appreciate true Socratic Nyah-Nyah-nya-Nyah-Nyah dialogue?
/sarcasm in last clause in sentence above
If you were asking in all sincerity with the spirit of intellectual give-and-take inviting further clarification of OP, and my comments are the result of an over-reaction of someone feeling more pissy than usual having been OP on the receiving end over the last year of routine obnoxiousness posing as intellectual acuity in SD GQ–I am not referring to any posts by the mod-hatted–I suggest you take the time to use phrasing more appropriate and congenial.
/not sarcasm
I was attempting to read into your post as I did find it a bit confusing. I presumed that if you thought that “android obesity” and “beer gut” were two different conditions, presumably with different causes and different courses of treatment, you wanted to know what the best course of action would be to rid yourself of whichever one you actually had. I got the impression that you were looking for a “magic fix” as many people are (possibly involving cannaboids?) so I was trying to rid you of that notion.
But my last sentence did come off as quite snarky and I apologize for that.
On a lighter note I just realized that “android” in this sitution means “male-like”, so android obesity is the typical male pattern of obesity. And that an android (as in a robot) would have a male form based on the original meaning of the word (a female robot would be a gynoid).
Wait, does this mean Janelle Monáe* isn’t *an android?
Much more about the endocannabinoid system and appetite/metabolism.
It is not all the munchies. Yes, CB1 (a particular one of the cannabinoid receptors), is involved in central regulation of appetite, and endocannabinoids interact with many other brain receptors, including endogenous opioids in appetite regulation. But it is also involved in regulating metabolism - how much energy is used and how excess energy is stored - as well. These impacts apparently occur both at peripheral sites (of the fat cells and the liver), via central control of metabolic processes at the hypothalmic level, and by way of other messengers such as adiponectin. There may also be effects on pancreatic cells and on skeletal muscle. One of the main tools for studying the system has been by way of using CB1 knock out mice - meaning mice geneticall deficient in CB1 receptors.
Bolding mine to highlight a bit of particular relevance to the op.
Problem is that CB1 receptors are pretty widely spread in the bain and do more than regulate appetite and metabolism. Given the cannabis calms and elevates mood (along with munchies and weight gain beyond caloric intake increases) it should be of little surprise that rimonabant, the current CB1 antagonist, might cause anxiety and depression in some, which is why it was not approved by the FDA. As a drug target it so far seems to be a dead end.
Oh. FWIW “android obesity” is not a commonly used phrase … you’ll more commonly hear/read “central obesity” or “visceral fat” or “abdmonial fat.” Its incidence varies by ethnicity and by gender - more common among obese Asians for example, and in males. And as for “beer gut” - it is apparently associated with excessive alcohol intake and with smoking.