Forget that Bodybuilder, Ripped Look. Instead, be Like Me By John Steele

     As a man of steel, I like to keep my ageing body hard and battle-ready at all times. But, getting ripped with an ultra-low body fat is not the way to go for those of us preparing for the apocalypse, the end of days and all that jazz. Common-sense dictates that a bit of fat is good for body protection in unarmed combat, for a store of food for cells while desperately searching for food in the wastelands, and now it seems, immune protection:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-08-24-study-reveals-a-bit-of-fat-is-necessary-part-of-your-immune-system-resides-in-body-fat.html

“Try not to spend too much time at the gym – according to a study, a bit of excess fat in the body can actually protect you from infections. Based on the study’s results, body fat stores special cells that remember pathogens, and this makes them more efficient at staving off infection compared to other immune cells. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study has determined that these memory T-cells that are found throughout the body are very densely packed into fat tissues in mammals. While most people try to remove as much of the excess fat in their body as they can, it is important to remember that fat is important for both our energy stores and the maintenance of body temperature and systems. The metabolic system, which helps us turn fat into energy, and its connection to the immune system is a complex one. However, scientists have started to look into this link in the past few years. Too much body fat can be bad and it might even weaken the immune system, but the results of the NIH study could mean that fat may even be beneficial and help protect us against infections. (Related: “Brown” Fat Cells May Aid in Weight Loss.) T-cells, a kind of white blood cell produced in bone marrow, are distributed through the body’s lymphatic system. There are two kinds of T-cells – helper cells and killer cells – and they work together to protect the body from an infection that carries something foreign, e.g. bacteria.

    Hence readers should not be spending too much time in the gym, blasting away with weights, then working out on the heavy bag, slamming punches and kicks. Go easy and keep a little fat, and your immune system will love you for it. Times of rest and quiet contemplation and prayer, is just as much needed as exercise, and perhaps more so.