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"visible side effect", dude, modern food is fortified to the hilt. If you're overeating on calories it's tough to have a deficiency in most places!
by Blackthorn 2y ago
"visible side effect", dude, modern food is fortified to the hilt. If you're overeating on calories it's tough to have a deficiency in most places!
- MBCook 2y agoI wasn’t talking about nutrients at all. I was referring to the problems of over processed foods with lots of chemicals to increase shelf life and improve color and make them more addictive. I’m not against Ozempic. But without it maybe the continued expansion of the obesity epidemic would have pushed the discussion. If this accidentally prevents that discussion, I think that’s a problem. I’m not suggesting any change to the drug’s availability. Only concern over an important discussion.
- Blackthorn 2y ago> But without it maybe the continued expansion of the obesity epidemic would have pushed the discussion. It's been forty years, how much longer would it take to admit that's not happening?
- MBCook 2y agoMaybe it’s naïve. But it’s getting harder and harder to ignore, and worse and worse. As we export our food to more and more places, it starts to happen to them. I hear about people who take trips to Europe. They eat a ton, feel better, and lose weight. They get back home, start eating food here (even healthy food) and feel worse again. Gain it back despite eating less. We’ve tried ignoring it. We’ve tried blaming genetics, character, fat in foods, sugar, and willpower. But none of those have explained/fixed it. Because I don’t think that’s the problem. I want the evidence to keep piling up. I don’t want anyone to suffer unnecessarily, but I don’t want a new excuse to stop progress again. It doesn’t have to be either/or. But if we give up the chance for the debate because a new miracle drug “solved“ it nothing will change.