1. Oh how I hate the BMI! The MSM ought to kill that thing. I'm 6' tall, 210 pounds, and have flat abs... but I'm consdiered "overweight" by the BMI. I rode 92 miles yesterday on my bike. Lance Amrstrong and Dubyar are both considered overweight too.
2. We've all known for years that some people can eat everything and never gain a pound, while others seem to gain a pound for every french fry. We've thought it was genetic, or maybe metabolism in the past. If ulcers (long thought to be caused by stress) can be caused by little germs, why can't obesity?
Invariably, the anti-BMI people will point out some professional wrestler or football player that has a high BMI but the fact is, those professional wrestlers and football work out for hours each day which is something Mr. Couch Potato doesn't do. Also, these professional atheletes have to retire someday and when they do, it all catches up to them pretty quickly unless they change their ways and get that BMI down.
I believe this to be true, at least it works for me.
As part of a long-term antibiotic protocol to cure auto-immune disease, a lot of the participants have indeed lost weight, and find it much easier to keep the weight off. See www.marshalprotocol.com.
Just wondering? Where did you hear that Dubya was overweight? He's very light and of average height so I doubt he'd have a high BMI.