What If Obesity Is the Symptom Not the Disease? [The Research Answer to the Question of Whether You Can Be “Healthy Obese”]

by Charlottenews, obesity, researchPosted on 36 Comments

Dr. Peter Attia, like many new doctors, thought he had this whole healthy living thing figured out. So much so that when a woman came into his ER one night in 2006 with uncontrolled type II diabetes and needed a foot amputation, he had nothing but “bitter contempt” for her, for allowing herself to get …

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A Stranger’s Gift: Blood on my Hands [Plus: The absolute worst autocorrect of my entire phone life. To MY MOM.]

by Charlottepersonal essaysPosted on 19 Comments

This is a gift that is ALWAYS appropriate to give…  Because skunk butthole. Help! Someone call 911!! When you hear this on TV, people immediately come running to the rescue. In real life, as I learned on the 4th of July, sometimes it takes a minute to sink in. One minute we were happily taking an …

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