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> ... there's zero reason to believe that they're substantially unhealthy unless consumed to the point of sustained caloric surplus. We know this ... Disagree.
by myshpa 4y ago
> ... there's zero reason to believe that they're substantially unhealthy unless consumed to the point of sustained caloric surplus. We know this ...
Disagree.
> who consume 50% of their diets in sugar (e.g. the Hadza)
"Their diet is made up almost exclusively of food that they forage on the forest and includes fiber rich and highly nutritious berries, bananas and honey while any meat they eat is hunted and caught wild." (https://healthyfocus.org/the-hadza-diet-and-the-key-to-a-healthy-microbiome/ https://healthyfocus.org/the-hadza-diet-and-the-key-to-a-hea...)
They don't eat sugar. Fruits & vegetables with lots of fiber, wild game. Nothing like westerners diet ... so not really comparable, imho.
"... the Inuit's bodies have adapted to better handle the process of gluconeogenesis, in which the body turns fat and protein into useable glucose. The Inuit have larger livers and a larger volume of urine than the average human, which helps their bodies to process the byproducts of their diet." (https://oureverydaylife.com/486115-the-inuit-diet.html https://oureverydaylife.com/486115-the-inuit-diet.html)
Also ... not applicable to a typical westerner.
> The problem is not the food. The problem is obesity.
The food is the problem.
Eat whole foods, mostly plants, minumum fats & sugar, and obesity is problem no more.
> the development of GLP-1 agonists has maybe cost $20 billion
What's the total cost of obesity? The cost of diabetes ? It is an enormous waste of resources.
- GLGirty 4y ago> The food is the problem Quality of food is certainly declining, but we are also seeing weight increases in lab rats with extremely controlled diets, so food probably isn't the entire story. There's no accepted explanation for this, but good candidates that might apply to humans are: subtle toxicity by microplastics, and changes in gut microbiomes.
- klabb3 4y agoI don’t think anyone claims that obesity is only achievable with modern processed food. At the end of the day it’s calories in, calories out. That said, there’s more to the story. For instance, type 2 diabetes in children did NOT EXIST before ~1980, even though there was plenty of abundance and environmental contaminants. This suggest that there is a major issue with the food itself. If you look at where there is the most obesity, within the US or in the world, you also find a strong correlation with processed food. For instance, the Pacific Islanders who suffered obesity epidemics which coincided with processed food replacing their traditional diets.