[url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100112/tuk-well-covered-bum-and-big-hips-good-f-a7ad41d.html]Source[/url]
[quote]Having a well-covered behind, big hips and solid thighs "is good for you", experts said on Tuesday in a new finding likely to delight women the world over.
Carrying fat on the hips, thighs and bum, rather than around the waist, has a range of health benefits and actively protects against diabetes and heart disease, researchers at Oxford University said.
"Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad," said Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos, one of three scientists behind the research which has been published in the International Journal of Obesity.
A big bottom is much better than carrying fat around the waist, which tends to release more harmful fatty acids into the body, the research shows.
Belly fat also releases molecules called cytokines which trigger inflammation - raising the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
But fat carried on the thighs traps these harmful fatty acids and stops them from latching on to the liver and muscles and causing range of health problems, including insulin resistance.
Although fat around the thighs and backside tends to burn slower and be harder to shift, it can release beneficial hormones which protect the arteries and help blood sugar control, the research showed.
"The idea that body fat distribution is important to health has been known for some time," said Manolopoulos, who is a researcher at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM).
"However is it only very recently that thigh fat and a larger hip circumference have been shown to promote health, that lower body fat is protective by itself."
It is shape that matters - and as far as health is concerned, being 'pear-shaped' is much preferable to being 'apple-shaped'.
In an ideal world, the more fat around the thighs the better - as long as the tummy stays slim, Manolopoulos said.
"Unfortunately, you tend not to get one without the other," he said.[/quote]
I love Science sometimes.
"Darling! Semen makes you younger if you eat it!"
"Darling! A Big ass is good for your health!"
Sexy.
*inevitable*
I like big butts and I can not lie, you other brothers can't deny. When a girl walks in with a itty bitty waist and a big round thing in your face, you get SPRUNG!
Good, i have legs like tree trunks.
Ill be the first to say it.
Dat Ass yo. :3:
And that is why America has healthiest people on planet.
[QUOTE=dzonint;19595370]And that is why America has healthiest people on planet.[/QUOTE]
It said Ass and Hips, not Bellies.
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round!
[QUOTE=demisemiquaver;19595420]Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round![/QUOTE]
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Official thread song.
[QUOTE=demisemiquaver;19595420]Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round![/QUOTE]
What the fuck? Itunes just put Fat Bottomed Girls on As soon as you said that.
Hmm...that true? No wonder I haven't gotten diabetes yet. YAY FOR SCIENCE!!! :D
[QUOTE=radioactive;19595413]It said Ass and Hips, not Bellies.[/QUOTE]
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It's actually true, fat in those areas have been a sign of fertility and healthiness since, well, forever.
I think girls with big asses that look like they're made of some weird gelatinous substance are disgusting.
this is where that shit be at
[img]http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/2/6/633695170803263360-lobster.jpg[/img]
IGNORE THE FUCKING MOTIVATOR
I'm comforted to know that Shakira's hips were, in fact, not lying.
But yeah, this is good news for women, if it only applies to them.
And good news for the guys who that that general area. :smug:
[QUOTE=Links;19595926]I'm comforted to know that Shakira's hips were, in fact, not lying.
But yeah, this is good news for women, if it only applies to them.
And good news for the guys who that that general area. :smug:[/QUOTE]
what?
[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;19595289]
I like big butts and I can not lie, you other brothers can't deny. When a girl walks in with a itty bitty waist and a big round thing in your face, you get SPRUNG![/QUOTE]
Ah yes I believe that was the great warrior poet Grandmaster Flash.
[QUOTE=radioactive;19595170]I love Science sometimes.
"Darling! Semen makes you younger if you eat it!"
"Darling! A Big ass is good for your health!"[/QUOTE]
"Darling"? Is this 1950 or something?
[QUOTE=Javascript;19595916]this is where that shit be at
[img]http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/2/6/633695170803263360-lobster.jpg[/img]
IGNORE THE FUCKING MOTIVATOR[/QUOTE]
Oh my god
Becky, look at her butt
Its so big
She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends
Who understands those rap guys
They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute
I mean her butt
It's just so big
I can't believe it's so round
It's just out there
I mean, it's gross
Look, she's just so black
[quote=javascript;19595916]this is where that shit be at
[IMG]http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/2/6/633695170803263360-lobster.jpg[/IMG]
ignore the fucking motivator[/quote]
GOT-DAMN SON! :O That's a HUGE (yet still mildly proportional) ass.
[QUOTE=Javascript;19595916]this is where that shit be at
[img]http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/2/6/633695170803263360-lobster.jpg[/img]
IGNORE THE FUCKING MOTIVATOR[/QUOTE]
shit son, i think i left my keys in there
Dat ASS!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY84MRnxVzo[/media]
Must I say more? I love a lady with a nice ass. Glad to see its now in style.
[img]http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/cantbelieve3/shoes.jpg[/img]
Bad medical condition but at least shes healthy
I hate big asses...
So much...
[QUOTE=Javascript;19595916]this is where that shit be at
[img]http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/2/6/633695170803263360-lobster.jpg[/img]
IGNORE THE FUCKING MOTIVATOR[/QUOTE]
Just... wanna... squeeze...
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