----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elaine Hoffman" <[log in to unmask]>


> you, obviously, are not a female... because we *are* designed to do 
> this...
>

Agreed.  To say nothing of the women I know who appear to have a "fat" gene. 
A good thing if you're in a cave in N. Europe during the ice age, not so 
good in today's world.

And....  didn't early humans in northern climates have slower metabolisms in 
the winter season, which was somewhat similar to hibernation?

Kath