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Meet the chef who’s debunking detox, diets and wellness

13 points by ValentineC 9y ago

chillwaves 9y ago
The man's position is basically to not take a position, just tear down other people. And refined sugar has no nutritional value outside of calories because it does not contain micro nutrients that we need to survive, in addition has negative effects on hormones such as insulin. What a travesty of an article. The man's logic is empty. He is simply swinging at strawmen. Not worthy of news.
- milesvp 9y ago
  This was basically my thought. After dealing with twice a gestationally diabetic wife, I can tell you that much of the hate on refined foods is very much founded in science. Glycemic indexes of food really was something we had to take into account, even though it was hard to get good data for. I can't take seriously anyone who can ignores the basic insulin effects much of our diet evokes.
mark_l_watson 9y ago
It has been a little while since I have read an article that I disagree with as much as I disagree with this article. He says that sugar is not toxic just don't eat too much. Well, processed food generally has a lot of sugar so he would appear to be saying not to eat much processed food. Then he defends eating some processed food. Everyone needs to carefully figure out what diet makes them feel healthy. For me, that diet is Dr. Furman's Eat to Live diet. After being on it for a long time, I feel great. It was a rough few weeks getting used to it. I go off the diet when we eat out with friends, but I find that I enjoy the mostly fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and fatty fish diet. That food now tastes better to me and is more satisfying.
myrandomcomment 9y ago
So my wife and I are 20 days into the whole30 diet. Finding bacon with no sugar is hard. So at day 20 we both feel better. My ecezema has cleared up. We going to add stuff back slowly and see what changes. It could be in our head however. We will see. To be fair I am a cheater as I gave up everything required except wine with a meal. It will be interesting to see what adding back dairy does. Man do I want a pepperoni pizza. The junk however like candy, meh. Over it.
chrismealy 9y ago
Well ... for my body sugar is basically poison. I had chronic nasal congestion and sinus infections my whole life until I quit added sugar. It was basically a free miracle cure. I don't know why a chef is any better than any other non-scientist. Maybe being an angry man gives him extra authority.

13 points by ValentineC 9y ago

The man's position is basically to not take a position, just tear down other people. And refined sugar has no nutritional value outside of calories because it does not contain micro nutrients that we need to survive, in addition has negative effects on hormones such as insulin. What a travesty of an article. The man's logic is empty. He is simply swinging at strawmen. Not worthy of news.

milesvp 9y ago
This was basically my thought. After dealing with twice a gestationally diabetic wife, I can tell you that much of the hate on refined foods is very much founded in science. Glycemic indexes of food really was something we had to take into account, even though it was hard to get good data for. I can't take seriously anyone who can ignores the basic insulin effects much of our diet evokes.

mark_l_watson 9y ago

It has been a little while since I have read an article that I disagree with as much as I disagree with this article. He says that sugar is not toxic just don't eat too much. Well, processed food generally has a lot of sugar so he would appear to be saying not to eat much processed food. Then he defends eating some processed food. Everyone needs to carefully figure out what diet makes them feel healthy. For me, that diet is Dr. Furman's Eat to Live diet. After being on it for a long time, I feel great. It was a rough few weeks getting used to it. I go off the diet when we eat out with friends, but I find that I enjoy the mostly fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and fatty fish diet. That food now tastes better to me and is more satisfying.

myrandomcomment 9y ago

So my wife and I are 20 days into the whole30 diet. Finding bacon with no sugar is hard. So at day 20 we both feel better. My ecezema has cleared up. We going to add stuff back slowly and see what changes. It could be in our head however. We will see. To be fair I am a cheater as I gave up everything required except wine with a meal. It will be interesting to see what adding back dairy does. Man do I want a pepperoni pizza. The junk however like candy, meh. Over it.

chrismealy 9y ago

Well ... for my body sugar is basically poison. I had chronic nasal congestion and sinus infections my whole life until I quit added sugar. It was basically a free miracle cure. I don't know why a chef is any better than any other non-scientist. Maybe being an angry man gives him extra authority.