Finally — eating more is a good thing!
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When being bigger is better
We all face the possibility of future potentially life threatening stresses.
This includes cancer treatments like resection (surgical removal of tissue).
And during these stressful times, we may not be able to eat due to the treatments.
The stress itself or cause low appetite for extended periods.
And we are likely to lose weight.
During these periods of extensive stress, the body will rely on our own body tissue for energy.
Numerous studies have shown that people under life-threatening stress are more likely to come through that challenge if they have a higher body mass.
The beneficial effect seems to be particularly due to increased muscle mass – though having a little more fat helps at these times too.
The human research was carried out at Paris Center University Hospital in France. The paper was published in Cancer.
The authors of this study were aware of previous research showing that people who had higher body weight relative to their height (BMI)...
…survived longer after being diagnosed with certain types of lung cancer.
This has been shown for numerous other types of cancer in the past too.
“Lower pre-surgery Body Mass Index (BMI) and low muscle mass negatively impact long-term survival of non-small cell lung cancer.”
The researchers wanted to know whether this beneficial effect of increased body mass was also relevant to surgery for this type of lung cancer.
The question is whether increased body mass affects survival rates after surgery to remove part of the lungs in the case of lung cancer.
“We investigated their influence on survival after major lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer.”
To get some data on this subject, the researchers analyzed data from 304 patients who had undergone the surgery…
…and for whom the researchers had pretty detailed information on body mass over the course of time.
“A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database was made on 304 consecutive patients.”
The first thing the researchers noticed was that people who weigh less tend to have less muscle mass.
“Low muscle mass was more frequently associated with low BMI < 25 kg/m2.”
People who were technically overweight (according to BMI) were more likely to survive this surgery.
“Overall survival was positively affected by pre-disease and pre-surgery BMI > 25 kg/m2.”
Survival was further increased in people who managed to put on weight during the course of this extremely stressful period.
“Overall survival was even more positively affected by BMI > 25 kg/m2 and increasing weight.”
Low muscle mass was determined to be an independent predictor of decreased survival.
This research was not able to determine whether fat mass plays a role in survival in this case.
Weight loss after diagnosis and during the course of treatments and surgery was clearly associated with decreased survivability.
“Long-term outcome was negatively influenced by low muscle mass and weight loss as well as age.”
These factors could explain a significant amount of differences in survival rates between individuals undergoing highly stressful treatments like lung resection.
“We confirmed the independent favorable prognostic value of higher pre-disease (RR 0.66) and pre-surgery BMI (RR 0.72), and the absence of low muscle mass.”
The researchers rightly see muscle mass (and perhaps fat) as reserves of energy which the body needs to draw on in terms of extended extreme stresses.
“Body reserves assessed by simple clinical markers impact survival of surgically treated non-small cell lung cancer.”
The research tells us that we should take steps to increase muscle mass if we are particularly low in body weight.
It also implies that taking steps to improve appetite and increase caloric intake and body mass during times of stress can help us increase our chances of survival.
“Strategies improving body fat and muscular mass before surgery should be considered.”
You should always consult your healthcare practitioner for guidance on medical diagnosis and treatment.
—-Important Message About Increasing Muscle Mass—-
Extreme anabolic growth: Huge muscle growth when you pop this in your mouth…
Believe it or not, popping one little bite size snack in your mouth can trigger your body to begin extreme anabolic muscle growth.
I call it an “exercise” but it isn’t really. Yet it will boost your gym gains.
And yes, waist size gets firmer… and your chest and thigh muscles get better defined…
It works by boosting important male androgens in the body, which naturally increases testosterone…
And this is where the magic begins — youthful T production triggers what I call extreme anabolic growth…
Some older guys even discover that yes, they have ab muscles, even a six pack.
Why does it work and how do you do it?
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