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> Eating an apple a day - unsupported It's pretty indisputable that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces CVD, increases mental well-being, and lowers weight

> Eating an apple a day - unsupported It's pretty indisputable that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces CVD, increases mental well-being, and lowers weight. > Saturated fats causing increased cholesterol, thus leading to heart failure Previous evidence certainly overestimated the impact of saturated fats, especially vis-a-vis processed carbohydrates. However there's no doubt that saturated fat still increases CVD mortality vis-a-vis unsaturated fats. One of the biggest pitfalls in thinking about nutrition is asking "is food group X good or bad?" The real question is food group X good or bad in comparison to what? After all if people reduce the percent of X in their diet they have to replace it with something else. Beef is "good for you" if the marginal substitute is cupcakes, but "bad for you" if the marginal substitute is salmon. [1] https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4490.full.pdf+html https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4490.full.pdf+html [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/0802795 https://www.nature.com/articles/0802795 [3] https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303260 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2016... [4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475232/

slfnflctd 8y ago
This is absolutely correct and I don't know why anyone would try to deny it. We've known most of these things for a long time, as well as having multiple studies reinforce it, including recent ones. Filling out your meals with more plant based foods instead of avoiding those foods while eating lots of low quality meat will have measurably better outcomes: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255644.php https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255644.php
Jedd 8y ago
> It's pretty indisputable that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces CVD, increases mental well-being, and lowers weight. I'd dispute part of that -- fruit contains significant amounts of sugars, and eating a lot of fruit will result in weight gain. Eating a lot of vegetables is almost definitely a healthy option, and weight gain is unlikely.

slfnflctd 8y ago

This is absolutely correct and I don't know why anyone would try to deny it. We've known most of these things for a long time, as well as having multiple studies reinforce it, including recent ones. Filling out your meals with more plant based foods instead of avoiding those foods while eating lots of low quality meat will have measurably better outcomes: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255644.php https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255644.php

Jedd 8y ago

> It's pretty indisputable that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces CVD, increases mental well-being, and lowers weight. I'd dispute part of that -- fruit contains significant amounts of sugars, and eating a lot of fruit will result in weight gain. Eating a lot of vegetables is almost definitely a healthy option, and weight gain is unlikely.