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> Heart disease and cases of type 2 diabetes are on the rise, no matter where you look, and research has suggested that cutting red meat and processed meats (li
by djsumdog 7y ago
> Heart disease and cases of type 2 diabetes are on the rise, no matter where you look, and research has suggested that cutting red meat and processed meats (like bologna and other deli meats) might help people facing these conditions.
> And an excessive amount of salt in one's diet has been linked in several different ways to
There are so many massive food myths in here. Sugar, carbohydrates and the resulting inflammation are what leads to excessive weight gain, not fat. If we ate similar levels of fat and way fewer carbs, we would be healthier. That's what the diet use to be in many western nations before the obesity trend that started just a few decades ago.
I think what this article highlights more than anything is that people still have no idea what is and isn't healthy in America and the west. It's so difficult to find food in groceries stores in America that isn't loaded down with sugar, starch or high fructose corn syrup.
- antidaily 7y agoNo kidding. Not only is fat not bad for you. It helps with vitamin absorption. You’re indeed better off eating a salad with fatty dressing than not.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoNot arguing, but let's caveat that with 3000 extra kCal of fat are still going to get you fat. It's not some miracle, it just happens that you will have a much harder time eating that much fat, especially when compared to the equivalent in sugary treats.
- excursionist 7y ago> It's so difficult to find food in groceries stores in America that isn't loaded down with sugar, starch or high fructose corn syrup. It's not hard, you just go to the fruit/veg/meat/fish sections.
- specialist 7y agoAgreed. I care more about the sourcing (eg palm oil), kind of fats, kind of carbs, nutritional content. Bonus points for mixing in misc kinds of fiber. I was heading vegan for a while. Veggie burgers and meat substitutes are (can be) delicious. More please! Sadly, I didn't understand anything about nutrition. And my health suffered for it. So I eventually resumed eating meat, esp. organ meat. I'm looking forward to future engineered foods, like vat grown meat, that cover the nutritional basics. Versus these offerings, which appear to be just savory (vs sweet) treats.
- gexla 7y ago> cutting red meat and processed meats There's a huge difference between red meat and processed meats. We're just pilling on here. I think we have learned by now that the value of these sorts of articles are somewhere below the bar required for reading them. Why do we care about an article about "food health" coming from a reporter? https://twitter.com/AdrianLam82 https://twitter.com/AdrianLam82
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago> Sugar, carbohydrates and the resulting inflammation are what leads to excessive weight gain, not fat. Weight gain comes from excess calories. Fat has 9kcal/gram, carbs have 4kcal/gram. There are arguments to be made about physiological reactions to certain foods re: gut microbiome, ghrelin, dopamine, etc. but saying "carbs bad, eat fat!" is the kind of over-simplification that marketers love and keeps fat people fat because they want so badly to believe they don't have to suffer to lose weight. Source: lost and kept off over 150lbs, no thanks to fad diet bullshit.
- CREwert 7y agosee https://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Gary-Taubes-ebook/dp/B000UZNSC2/ https://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Gary-Taubes-ebook/d...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoIs this an appeal to the authority? Gary Taubes, as far as I can tell, has no background in nutritional science whatsoever. In fact, the wikipedia article on him states rather matter-of-factly "Some of the views propounded by Taubes are inconsistent with known science surrounding obesity."