Major question, does anyone here have a true understanding about how the body works?  I'm a bit out of practice and my certs have been expiring, but yes, and it's always fun to call fatties on that question. Always. If memory serves we have quite a few practicing doctors in here, a couple surgeons, a pediatrician or two, an oncologist, I could've sworn I saw mention of either an anesthesiologist or at least a CRNA, maybe an ER/ICU physician or two... and from the stories I've seen I know we have a fuckton of physician's assistants, RNs, LPNs, STNAs, medics, basics, current and former army & air force medics, naval corpsmen, etc. Not to mention all the other stuff like respiratory therapists, X-ray techs, phlebotomists, occupational and physical therapists,  dieticians, kinesiologists/personal trainers, competing bodybuilders... Our list goes on. Out of the thousands upon thousands of subscribers here, we have a plethora of knowledgeable people from all walks of life in the medical and fitness fields. Not all are very active, some hardly contribute, many just make the occasional comment. But we're here.  It never ceases to amaze me how the echo chamber of fats can ignore the scores of peer-reviewed journals and articles from authentic sources that get linked here, then say we're the ignorant ones as they point to the sole dissenting viewpoint from one blog or hack author whose self-proclaimed expertise is their only pedigree. Fat logic: Not even once. Not ever.