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Surviving is exercise for a gorilla. They carry their mass around, climb with it, occasionally compete with other gorillas, etc. It's also key to consider that
by steve_adams_86 3y ago
Surviving is exercise for a gorilla. They carry their mass around, climb with it, occasionally compete with other gorillas, etc.
It's also key to consider that they're genetically programmed to develop more muscle mass with relatively large amounts of rest and no need to explicitly work out. Humans have survived in less abundant conditions, with leaner times and lower energy requirements. We've adapted to sacrifice mass and strength at times. In order to develop strength, we need to do hard work. While we're remarkably similar to gorillas, this is one way in which we differ quite a bit.
- thriftwy 3y ago> We've adapted to sacrifice mass and strength at times. Can we please find a way to un-sacrifice mass, un-fit to survive in less abundant conditions? Right now, the food is so abundant it is actively killing us. But we are fat and not muscular. Are we sentient species, after all? I do not joke when I say it would be multiple Nobel prizes. Everybody will get around five quality-adjusted life years on average if you do it correctly.
- simmerup 3y agoArguably it’s the ultra processed food that’s killing us. Some studies show that when we eat whole foods our bodies generally maintain healthy weights
- steve_adams_86 3y ago> Some studies show that when we eat whole foods our bodies generally maintain healthy weights I wonder if it's because it's harder (though not impossible) to eat too much of a well-balanced, whole-food diet.
- simmerup 3y agoIt’s true, but why is it harder? Why is 500g of frozen pizza made up of modified starches and sugary sauce easier to eat and less filling than 500g of sourdough pizza of whole grains and real cheese/tomato Maybe because our body is better equipped to register the calorie intake from the real food
- thriftwy 3y agoWhole grain contains fiber which take up space, whereas starch and sugar is raw calories. Tomato also contains fiber.
- simmerup 3y agoThe studies done added fibre to the UPF in similar quantities to what would be in lightly processed food, and people still consumed more UPF
- steve_adams_86 3y agoDo you know if these studies ensure the UPF and whole foods have the same amount of sugar, salt, and fat?
- simmerup 3y agohttps://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/pdf/S1550-4131(19)30248-7.pdf https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/pdf/S1550-4131(19)30248...