This is the complexity my fat people love. They could spend months on this research without making changes. Anything stemcells makes me wonder where they come from, so I avoid this topic for my mental health.

As I am sure I said elsewhere, I serve a demographic that is morbidly obese and often near death or severely incapacitated. This was the state I was in before I lost weight. I try to get them to improve incrementally in a few areas. Over not too much time this helps people who try it.

But many more would prefer surgery, fasting, or anything else that does not make them confront food. I get it, since I was there, but eating regular healthy meals has changed my life and that's what I push. I do not eat three meals a day, I eat high fat, high protein, low toxins, and low carb. But it is not about what I eat. Its about starting with what my clients eat and improving it over time.

The life of a person with a "good" bmi compared to a person unable to sit in a regular chair (or stand up from it) are two different things.

For myself, I do have a diagnosed autoimmune condition for the last 25 years. Mine was triggered by a stress event, but I think it was coming anyway with all the medical procedures of my sick fat life. It's not easy no matter how you got it, so if this helps you - go for it.