Comments on: Green Propaganda? http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2008/12/11/green-propaganda/ Marla's adventure from Aplastic Anemia and beyond Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2008/12/11/green-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-27101 Administrator Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:35:03 +0000 http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2008/12/11/green-propaganda/#comment-27101 Hi Kim! Ah, so you saw the movie, too? Wasn't it kinda cute? But yes, the obese people featured in the space stations were surprising! At first it was all robots, but when the first live human was shown, it did catch me by surprise because they we not only obese and non-active, but their limbs looked deformed. At first I thought that might be stylized cartoon renditions of out of shape humans, but I think later in the movie there was a little allusion to the fact that life in space weakens the bones. I do know that I've read that astronauts lose bone density or minerals during their time up in space from the low/no pressure. Apparently, weightlessness causes the bones to lose minerals, and conversely that's why weight bearing exercises are supposed to be good for strengthening and building the bones. That reminds me of the opposite side of the spectrum--hyperbaric chambers, which mimic the pressure in deep ocean. Supposedly hyperbaric pressure helps speed wound healing by forcing oxygen into the tissues. But yes, Kim, that would be a sad story if it ever came to that! But at least it had a good ending in that life was coming back, and the captain of the ship was a good guy wanting to go back! Take care! Marla Hi Kim!

Ah, so you saw the movie, too? Wasn’t it kinda cute? But yes, the obese people featured in the space stations were surprising! At first it was all robots, but when the first live human was shown, it did catch me by surprise because they we not only obese and non-active, but their limbs looked deformed. At first I thought that might be stylized cartoon renditions of out of shape humans, but I think later in the movie there was a little allusion to the fact that life in space weakens the bones. I do know that I’ve read that astronauts lose bone density or minerals during their time up in space from the low/no pressure. Apparently, weightlessness causes the bones to lose minerals, and conversely that’s why weight bearing exercises are supposed to be good for strengthening and building the bones.

That reminds me of the opposite side of the spectrum–hyperbaric chambers, which mimic the pressure in deep ocean. Supposedly hyperbaric pressure helps speed wound healing by forcing oxygen into the tissues.

But yes, Kim, that would be a sad story if it ever came to that! But at least it had a good ending in that life was coming back, and the captain of the ship was a good guy wanting to go back!

Take care!

Marla

]]> By: Kim http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2008/12/11/green-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-26797 Kim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:07:35 +0000 http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2008/12/11/green-propaganda/#comment-26797 What I found interesting about Wall-E was not just the over all pollution left on earth, but the fact that the large amount of people that were re-routed to space station, all of the people were obese (which is already happening now, quickly I might add) and chose whatever food they wanted 24/7. Not only are we destroying what God gave to us we are blindly moving toward bad health, poor diet, and not moving around to burn calories. A sad story when you think about it. What I found interesting about Wall-E was not just the over all pollution left on earth, but the fact that the large amount of people that were re-routed to space station, all of the people were obese (which is already happening now, quickly I might add) and chose whatever food they wanted 24/7. Not only are we destroying what God gave to us we are blindly moving toward bad health, poor diet, and not moving around to burn calories.

A sad story when you think about it.

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