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People don’t seem to understand yet the far more powerful (and much more complex) mechanisms for weight loss and gain. 1) Gut microbiome - the flora and fauna
by EGreg 4y ago
People don’t seem to understand yet the far more powerful (and much more complex) mechanisms for weight loss and gain.
1) Gut microbiome - the flora and fauna can be affected by antibiotics and probiotics, and also when you travel. For example kids given antibiotics early on become more overweight throughout life.
2) Meat and factory farms - they overuse antibiotics, and the older the animals you eat, the more effect it has on your own aging process.
3) The brain’s ability to burn calories AND regulate the gut brain too, through neuron pathways, is still poorly understood. But it might be a factor of mind over matter: https://nypost.com/2022/09/01/the-secret-to-weight-loss-could-be-in-the-brain-study/ https://nypost.com/2022/09/01/the-secret-to-weight-loss-coul...
4) Cutting out processed sugars, bread/starches and a lot of other artificial bullshit. Check out Jordan Peterson opening up about his all-meat diet. He and his famoly had many things clear up that were considered incurable, including arthritis and depression.
https://www.doctorkiltz.com/jordan-peterson-diet/ https://www.doctorkiltz.com/jordan-peterson-diet/
- gruez 4y ago>2) Meat and factory farms - [...] the older the animals you eat, the more effect it has on your own aging process. You're in luck because modern factory farming has made it possible to raise animals in record time. Chicken are slaughtered as early as 6-7 weeks old[1], and beef you get at the grocery store is probably slaughtered between 12 and 22 months[2]. [1] https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/How-old-are-chickens-used-for-meat https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/How-old-are-chickens-used-for... [2] https://beef-cattle.extension.org/what-is-the-age-range-for-butchering-steers-i-am-trying-for-prime/ https://beef-cattle.extension.org/what-is-the-age-range-for-...
- EGreg 4y agoWow, I didn't know this. Based on your second link, a large number of calves are grown on grass pastures. It seems that in other scenarios, though, they are held in tight conditions. How can we tell which is which when we buy the meat? https://www.americancattlemen.com/articles/backgrounding-calves https://www.americancattlemen.com/articles/backgrounding-cal... My main concern is that the calves live a comfortable life and get to do what they want in the grass, and when they're slaughtered it's all over quickly. It seems a high energy diet would give them a lot more energy and enjoyment, if they are allowed to be out in pasture. As opposed to, say, veal!
- comice 4y agoPeterson developed very serious health problems, resulting in an extreme autoimmune response to food and ended up on pain killers and an induced coma. I would not take dietary advice from him.