Why Do Some People Never Get Fat? Scientists May Have the Answer


	Why Do Some People Never Get Fat? Scientists May Have the Answer

clip-on-tie

8-11-2009 7:33 PM

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super size me, about getting fat

clip-on-tie says:

I'm one of those people.. I can eat bacon and cake all day and not gain a single pound.

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8-12-2009 7:25 AM

Antara

I'm one of those people.. I can eat bacon and cake all day and not gain a single pound.

ahhhh bacon and cake,I often imagine this is the menu in heaven, lol

8-12-2009 10:35 AM

bignosemousie

Bacon and cake!

8-12-2009 11:10 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

I'm one of those people, too.

8-12-2009 11:23 AM

googleit

me too. It drives my wife nuts! She has to make extra trips to the gym from just watching me eat whatever the hell i want to eat.

Caramel cake with bacon bits. I might just have to work on that.

8-12-2009 6:56 PM

aklimento

Remember the guy from Super Size Me who ate about 23,000 Bic Macs and never got fat?

He almost died in the end. Did you see whole movie? It was nice feelings, eh? And what's about whole nation, epidemic of obesity?

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