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Should we trust the government to decide what food is “healthy”? Absolutely not. Just look at how many times the “recommenced diet” has changed in the past few
by elil17 7y ago
Should we trust the government to decide what food is “healthy”? Absolutely not. Just look at how many times the “recommenced diet” has changed in the past few decades. There’s no reason to expect that the current evidence against sugar is more correct than previous (now debunked) evidence against fat.
What’s more, what’s healthy depends on who you are. People with eating disorders, for example, need easy access to caloric foods, including sugary foods, to weight restore and eat healthily.
Instead of focusing on trying to figure out what is and isn’t good for you, we should focus on making sure people have access to foods we already know are healthy by eliminating urban food deserts.
- DanBC 7y ago> People with eating disorders, for example, need easy access to caloric foods, including sugary foods, to weight restore and eat healthily. What is refeeding syndrome?
- elil17 7y agoIn early treatment of extremely restrictive eating disorders, calorie consumption has to be increased slowly over the course of about a week to avoid electrolyte imbalances. That’s usually done under the supervision of a doctor. After someone’s later on in recovery, it isn’t a concern.
- vbuwivbiu 7y agocome on now sugar isn't healthy for anyone.
- solveit 7y agoCitation very much needed.
- tomjen3 7y agoEating disorders can be some of the most dangerous things you can suffer from (anorexia has a mortality of 30% if I remember correctly); however on a population scale the damage is dwafted buy the damage from obesity because so many more people are seriously fat.
- elil17 7y agoRight, so there needs to be solutions that work for everyone. That’s why I think food access is key (i.e. more grocery stores in low income neighborhoods). People who need more food can get it, and people who need healthier food will have access.
- tomjen3 7y agoThat assumes that people will choose healthier food when it is available.