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Not more than 20 years ago Gout was a disease caused by what you ate, the only problem was that wasn't true. It turns out its not red wine and red meat that cau
by PaulKeeble 10y ago
Not more than 20 years ago Gout was a disease caused by what you ate, the only problem was that wasn't true. It turns out its not red wine and red meat that causes Gout, its metabolic and mostly genetic in nature. You can make it subtly worse with foods that break down to high amounts of Uric acid in the body but people who suffer with it have a metabolic issue they can nothing about and need drugs to manage it.
We look for correlations with food until we truly understand what is going on with diseases and their true triggers and "cures". It feels like something is being done when someone says "you should be eating healthier", like in some way that has an impact on the disease. Alas it doesn't, it is infact just another way in which people treat others with prejudice, its all part of the fat shaming culture. If you have cancer its your fault, and if you die from it you didn't fight hard enough. People are often cruel to each other and make stuff up in the absence of the facts.
- scorpioxy 10y agoI agree with most of what you said but also remember that Celiac was considered all sorts of things with several attempts at curing it before it turned out to be an intolerance to gluten. Fat shaming weakens your argument in my opinion. Its up to the individual how to live their lives of course but consuming a big mac meal along with a diet coke and finishing it off with a doughnut for dessert and then wondering why you're getting fat and now suffer from 10 different ailments due to it is silly. A lot of things you can't control, but some things you can.