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I thought so too but this is newer research on monkeys based on a long running study since 1989 linked directly in the first sentence of the article: https://ww
by vlovich123 2y ago
I thought so too but this is newer research on monkeys based on a long running study since 1989 linked directly in the first sentence of the article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14963 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14963. That being said the Wisconsin study does have a fair amount of criticism in that they cut back on a diet composed 30% sugar from an all you can eat buffet so it’s unclear if it’s purely just stopping being overweight / reducing risk of diabetes or if there’s any other benefits.
- appplication 2y agoFWIW as much as it’s fair to criticize the study design, an all you can eat buffet composed of 30% sugar is more or less par for the average American. It’s not like we’re out here in the real world with a healthy and nutritionally balanced baseline. Most of us eat quite a bit of trash, so in the context of the real world the findings seem valid enough.
- vlovich123 2y agoThere’s a difference between “caloric intake reduces obesity related mortality causes like diabetes” and “caloric intake extends lifespan”. Even though they’re related, the latter is claiming everyone would benefit from it including those that aren’t obese and is fighting some kind of fundamental aging mechanism caused by eating while the former is just saying how to fix the American diet to fix obesity and diabetes.
- bluGill 2y agoWhat, if you don't eat the standard american diet? a lot of americans don't. I see a lot of carts in front of me at the grocery store with junk only in them, but there are also a lot with mostly healthy foods.