No, this really is true about swimmers and body fat.  Famous swimmer
Diana Nyad spoke about it in her book, "Basic Training for Women."  And
Oprah Winfrey's trainer Bob Greene has also menitoned this.  Swimming
isn't good for losing body fat but it is still easy on the joints!

L'shalom,

Marishka

Stephen Feldman wrote:

> In a message dated 3/10/02 4:00:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >
> > ***I seem to remember that people who swim a lot maintain
> > a layer of body fat all over that insulates against the cold of
> > the water.   I seem to remember reading that island people in
> > the tropical Pacific also have a layer of body fat to insulate
> > them..........do we have any other swimmers here who have
> > experience with this?
>
> I think it is that cold water species maintain that layer of fatty
> insulation. I  have never heard that this happens to people that are
> swimmers.