What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

Low carb suppresses your appetite to the degree that almost any
maintenance weight can be achieved. Ideal BMI seems to be a
controversial issue. For years A BMI of between 22 and 25 was
considered healthy however recently there have been studies that
suggest a lower BMI is better. One study claims risk of diabetes is
three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25. Other
studies claim lower mortality figures for people qith BMI's all the
way down to 17! What is really healthiest?

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

writes:

Ideal BMI seems to be a
controversial issue. For years A BMI of between 22 and 25 was
considered healthy however recently there have been studies that
suggest a lower BMI is better. One study claims risk of diabetes is
three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25. Other
studies claim lower mortality figures for people qith BMI's all the
way down to 17! What is really healthiest?


I am skeptical about BMIs. For example, they once took into account gender and
bone structure, but they no longer do. A very thin pro athlete I sort of know
has a BMI indicating he's fat -- he's not, he's just very muscular. So I don't
give BMIs much credence.

Are you big-boned? Medium? Small? Are you male or female? How muscular are
you? If you're small-boned, you should have a lower BMI than if you're
large-boned, for example. There's no one-size-fits-all BMI.

Daria
tall, small-boned, female, average musculature, BMI about 21

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

On 27 Jun 2004 20:20:24 GMT, am (DG511) wrote:



writes:

Ideal BMI seems to be a
controversial issue. For years A BMI of between 22 and 25 was
considered healthy however recently there have been studies that
suggest a lower BMI is better. One study claims risk of diabetes is
three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25. Other
studies claim lower mortality figures for people qith BMI's all the
way down to 17! What is really healthiest?


I am skeptical about BMIs. For example, they once took into account gender and
bone structure, but they no longer do. A very thin pro athlete I sort of know
has a BMI indicating he's fat -- he's not, he's just very muscular. So I don't
give BMIs much credence.

Are you big-boned? Medium? Small? Are you male or female? How muscular are
you? If you're small-boned, you should have a lower BMI than if you're
large-boned, for example. There's no one-size-fits-all BMI.

Daria
tall, small-boned, female, average musculature, BMI about 21

Very true, the report I read seemed to indicate that body fat in the
abdominal region was responsible for the increased diabetes risk. At
a BMI of 23 something I start to get a little spare tire above my
belt. People often lose some muscle mass as they approach old age
where some of these mortality figures are gathered so maybe you need
to adjust for that.

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

I'm 5'11" at 180lbs. My BMI is calculated at 25.1. To get down to 17, I
would have to weigh in at 125lbs. Somehow I can't envision that being a very
good weight for any 5'11" male. Even a BMI of 20, which is smack in the
middle for normal, would put me at a weight of 145. I can't see myself
losing another 35lbs to get there. I consider myself to be of average
muscularity. I read an article about the accuracy of the BMI tables. The
news clip said that Tom Cruise would be overweight with a BMI over 25.
Arnold Schwartzeneggar was categorized as obese.
Tom
210/180/180

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Low carb suppresses your appetite to the degree that almost any
maintenance weight can be achieved. Ideal BMI seems to be a
controversial issue. For years A BMI of between 22 and 25 was
considered healthy however recently there have been studies that
suggest a lower BMI is better. One study claims risk of diabetes is
three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25. Other
studies claim lower mortality figures for people qith BMI's all the
way down to 17! What is really healthiest?

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

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One study claims risk of diabetes is
| three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25

High than what?

--
Peter
270/215/180
Before/Current Pix:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/wei...htlosspix.html

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:59:19 -0400, "marengo"
wrote:

wrote:
One study claims risk of diabetes is
| three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25

High than what?

Some ideal BMI apparantly, here is some quoted text.

"The risk of diabetes was four times greater for subjects with BMIs of
22 or more. Even in just the 22 to 25 BMI range, which is supposedly
healthy, the risk of having diabetes was close to three times greater.
"We also calculated that if we could prevent gains in BMI beyond 22,
we could prevent an estimated 46 percent of diabetes cases and 34
percent of impaired glucose tolerance cases, which is just
astounding," Daniel said.
The UNC report is among the first of several studies showing that an
increased risk of diabetes exists in the 22 to 25 BMI range."

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

wrote:
| On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:59:19 -0400, "marengo"
| wrote:
|
|| wrote:
|| One study claims risk of diabetes is
||| three times higher for people with BMI's between 22 and 25
||
|| High than what?
|
| Some ideal BMI apparantly, here is some quoted text.
|
| "The risk of diabetes was four times greater for subjects with BMIs of
| 22 or more. Even in just the 22 to 25 BMI range, which is supposedly
| healthy, the risk of having diabetes was close to three times greater.
| "We also calculated that if we could prevent gains in BMI beyond 22,
| we could prevent an estimated 46 percent of diabetes cases and 34
| percent of impaired glucose tolerance cases, which is just
| astounding," Daniel said.
| The UNC report is among the first of several studies showing that an
| increased risk of diabetes exists in the 22 to 25 BMI range."

I'm sure that this is probably true for anyone who follows the ADA's rather
foolish high-carb/low fat diet. It would make sense that one would have to
reach nearly the starvation level before the body would start using most of
the high amounts of consumed cabohydrates instead of storing them as fat.
While for those of us eating a high-fat/low carbohydrate diet, we do not get
the blood glucose and insulin spikes that leads to diabetes. As a Type II,
My BMI is well above 25, but my BG is normal wihout medications as long as I
stick to my low-carb eating. These "studies" are leaving out an entire
aspect of the nutritional equation. What we eat matters as much as what we
weigh when it comes to controlling blood sugar irregularities.

--
Peter
270/215/180
Before/Current Pix:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/wei...htlosspix.html

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?
 

I think you are right on target .
Jennifer S.
206/175/135

I'm sure that this is probably true for anyone who follows the ADA's
rather
foolish high-carb/low fat diet.

What is the healthiest BMI to maintain?