Why do old people get fat?

[The True Adonis]

"Entire scientific consensus"......LOL!

No need for me to explain. You are entitled to your own uninformed opinion. I'll give you that, because I really could care less what you think.

The good thing about Science is that its true whether you choose to believe it or not.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

So you're saying I should just go fuck myself when I turn 60 then.

at 60, 1200 cals is plenty of food. However you could eat 2400 cals one day and fast the next at that age...Hell, even eat 3600 one day and fast for two days.

[Primemuscle]

Bullshit.  No they don`t.

So by your reasoning, someone can eat as much processed food as they want and they won't get fat.

[Hulkotron]

You can eat McD 3x/day 7 days/week and exercise intensely and be lean.

[Lustral]

Im not arguing at all, Im 49 now and have to watch what I eat or I put weight on easier than when I was 20-30, then again I was doing way more aerobically back then.
If I did what I was doing back then I would be able to eat more, so no, I don't think my metabolism had changed in the last 35 years.

You are 49, thread title was old people which I assume refers to +55 or 60 - think the colour grey, driving at 10mph and paying attention Michael Parkinson ads for life insurance.

[Royalty]

Inactivity + low GH + bad diet = fat

[The True Adonis]

So by your reasoning, someone can eat as much processed food as they want and they won't get fat.

[Mawse]

So by your reasoning, someone can eat as much processed food as they want and they won't get fat.

One of the effects of aging is a drop in igf1 which leads to the "metabolic slowdown" in older people.

Reduced igf has a cognitive impact too - it leads to foggy thinking and the inability to follow a conversation, as demonstrated here by our own Primemuscle

[The True Adonis]

One of the effects of aging is a drop in igf1 which leads to the "metabolic slowdown" in older people.

Reduced igf has a cognitive impact too - it leads to foggy thinking and the inability to follow a conversation, as demonstrated here by our own Primemuscle

There is a high correlation though of reduced IGF-1 levels and a longer lifespan.

[Mawse]

There is a high correlation though of reduced IGF-1 levels and a longer lifespan.

High Igf1 to low igfbp3 ratio is the risk factor, something missed by the calorie restriction fruit cakes.

Low igf 1 is a very bad thing for seniors and lifters alike

[Viking11]

You can eat McD 3x/day 7 days/week and exercise intensely and be lean.

Not after age 30 you can't

[Papper]

at 60, 1200 cals is plenty of food. However you could eat 2400 cals one day and fast the next at that age...Hell, even eat 3600 one day and fast for two days.

2000 is like a big pizza lol

[Hulkotron]

Not after age 30 you can't

Explain why or fuck off.

Here is a documentary on a man well over 30 eating primarily fast food and losing weight by simply walking six days a week, before you post some absurd anecdote as "proof".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Head

[thegamechanger]

of course you can
and after 40
and after 50

[Mr Anabolic]

2000 is like a big pizza lol

You wish, it's anywhere from 3000-4000 depending on cheese amount and the toppings.

[Primemuscle]

One of the effects of aging is a drop in igf1 which leads to the "metabolic slowdown" in older people.

Reduced igf has a cognitive impact too - it leads to foggy thinking and the inability to follow a conversation, as demonstrated here by our own Primemuscle

Happy to accommodate. 

[thegamechanger]

one pizza a day after training is all that is needed to build mass.

[Hulkotron]

A slice of a large Pepperoni Lover's from Pizza Hut with the "pan" (thick) crust is 320 cal/slice according to this:

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-pizza-hut-large-pan-pepperoni-i54328

This other one says it's 370:

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-pizzas-hand-tossed-style-14-pepperoni-lovers_f-ZmlkPTE4NjI3OQ.html

So if it's eight slices in a whole pie (I think that's right) then the whole thing is probably 3000-ish calories.

If you slather it in ranch dressing or something then obv that will go up.

[Primemuscle]

You can eat McD 3x/day 7 days/week and exercise intensely and be lean.

True. The key is to burn as many calories as you take in. Of course there are other problems with eating McD's or other fast foods. For example, the sodium content is often excessively high, which may not make you fat, but it screws up your body.

[The True Adonis]

You wish, it's anywhere from 3000-4000 depending on cheese amount and the toppings.

Eh not really.

When people think of pizza, they are more than likely getting a New York style pizza which will be way less calories than 3000-4000.

NY style is nothing like thick crust, pan or deep dish and is the type of pizza most people would be familiar with.

[cephissus]

prime getting brutalized in this thread 

[Tapeworm]

Sloth & gluttony.  It's a rare old man who keeps himself moving and doesn't just park his ass at the table for one reason or another.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

2000 is like a big pizza lol

Yup. at 60 years old, you could eat a large pizza one day and then just fast the next day and you could stay lean eating like that. No problem. Hell, just eat a large pizza every other day and nothing else and you will be lean.

[Rudee]

It's all the damn GMO refined wheat and other "fillers" in our so-called "foods". Plus, sugar on top of sugar and all this artificial crap to make non-food taste and look like food.

Look at pics of people up to the 70's; mostly slim to moderate chubbiness, seeing grossly overweight folks was rare. Now look at a crowd of people today. Fat, fat, and fat. Everyone is getting thicker because of all the bread and sugar we consume, compounded by sedation, apathy, and a daily handful of pills just to function and get through the goddamned day.

True.  Another big difference is portion size.  People ate much smaller portions at meals up until the 80's. The size of dinner plates has grown, and people pile on the food until they can't even see the plate underneath.  And there is more fast food restaurants now than ever.   Back in the day, McDonalds was considered a kid's restaurant where parents would take their kids to eat.  McDonalds made a clever move and got rid of the gimmicky characters (Grimace, Hamburgler, Mayor McCheese, etc) and made the franchise into something that adults would go to on their own without feeling silly.   After they did that, business increased significantly, along with the waistlines of many people who eat there.

[Master Blaster]

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