TheRunningMD

TheRunningMD t1_j686aul wrote

Reply to ELI5 Why exactly does obesity by itself cause disease? by OutlandishnessPlus40

There are a lot of reasons, if we can separate them generally into two categories:

  1. What the actual fat does to the body
  2. How people become obese

For the first - The hormones released by fat can cause many problems, the fat itself can literally squeeze and crush the internal organs (that is what happens with OSA), the weight ruins your joints, etc..

The second - No one becomes morbidly obese by eating carrots and apples. You need to consistently be eating really shit food for a long time in high quantities to become truly obese (theoretically it is just calories in and out but realistically you can’t actually overeat on cabbage). These types of foods have a great impact on hormones, your blood vessels, your gut microbiome, and so many other factors that basically negatively impact almost every system in your body. This paired with being less mobile (also due to step one) can have a dramatic impact on your cardiovascular system.

To really explain everything would take literally hours, but basically these two categories are responsible.

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TheRunningMD t1_j5zag1h wrote

Reply to ELI5: given a startup grows, how does an angel investor's investment turn into cash, if they're buying equity by investing? by Phoenixfire321

I buy 20% if a company for 1 million dollars. Now the evaluation of the company is 5 million.

The company goes public. It is now selling great in the market and the total evaluation is now 50 million.

If said investor sells all of his stock (20%) to people that want to buy it he now has 10 million. So he made 9 million total.

This is obviously not taking into account things like how him selling all his stock effect price, but we need to make it simple.

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TheRunningMD OP t1_j25cv92 wrote

Reply to comment by keeltheone in Eli5: How come it doesn’t rain all year round? by TheRunningMD

I think you are the exception. Some places might have very light rainfall during summer, some places not a drop, but usually most rain is in the colder months.

I honestly haven’t looked at statistics, but I’ve traveled a lot and from my experience unless you are close to the equator where it rains year round (like Hawaii), cold months have way more precipitation.

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