http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fish-oil-and-more/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fish-oil-and-more/#comment-2221 Mark’s Daily Apple » Blog Archive » The Good, the Bad and the Metallic Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:21:03 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fish-oil-and-more/#comment-2221 [...] Sugar Shock reports that in Mauritania, women are aggressively encouraged to be morbidly obese - to the point of daily force-feeding of gallons of camel milk to female children in some cases. But before you go pointing fingers at this unhealthy and upsetting cultural oddity, remember that we are living in the land of the Heart Attack Grill and the 2,700 calorie onion appetizer. The difference is that we seem to be willing to become obese. [...] [...] Sugar Shock reports that in Mauritania, women are aggressively encouraged to be morbidly obese - to the point of daily force-feeding of gallons of camel milk to female children in some cases. But before you go pointing fingers at this unhealthy and upsetting cultural oddity, remember that we are living in the land of the Heart Attack Grill and the 2,700 calorie onion appetizer. The difference is that we seem to be willing to become obese. [...]

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