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So they agree that there is no evidence saturated fat causes health problems. Then they assert you should not eat processed food but fail to even assert a link
by gmarx 10y ago
So they agree that there is no evidence saturated fat causes health problems. Then they assert you should not eat processed food but fail to even assert a link to any specific health problems. Then they mention antioxidants which, if they had been paying attention, they would know was merely a hypotheses that was invalidated many years later in long term studies.
Why do people insist there must be a single magic diet which will immortalize us, despite never finding it? What are the Bayesian priors on this? Bizarre
- jeffy 10y agoI can't remember which paper I read it in, but it said the amount of oxidation that happens normally as your body functions significantly dwarfs the amount of antioxidant effects you can get by eating antioxidant containing food. Seems like common sense you can't eat your way out of aging.
- delinka 10y agoIsn't "oxidation" pretty much how our cells function? Stop that, stop living.
- gmarx 10y agoThe idea was that your body produces free radicals, molecules which are highly reactive because of an unpaired electron, caused a lot of damage to the body. The antioxidants sopped these up and prevented the damage. That was the hypothesis