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I'm now reading "The Big Fat Surprise" (http://www.thebigfatsurprise.com/ http://www.thebigfatsurprise.com/ and http://www.amazon.com/The-Big-Fat-Surprise-Healt

by daliusd 12y ago

I'm now reading "The Big Fat Surprise" (http://www.thebigfatsurprise.com/ http://www.thebigfatsurprise.com/ and http://www.amazon.com/The-Big-Fat-Surprise-Healthy/dp/1451624425 http://www.amazon.com/The-Big-Fat-Surprise-Healthy/dp/145162...). I have not read the whole book yet but if what is written in it is truth then there is no science I am expecting in lipid hypothesis and that's is very disappointing. I will double check some facts myself after reading this book but it is interesting. 1-star comments in amazon look valuable as well. Just spent 20 minutes by following comments, blogs and found this: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2014/03/is-saturated-fat-a-problem-food-for-debate/ http://www.foodpolitics.com/2014/03/is-saturated-fat-a-probl... http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/07/07/the-china-study-fact-or-fallac/ http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/07/07/the-china-study-fact-or-fal...

PerfectElement 12y ago
Listen to Dr. Garth being interviewed by Rich Roll (starting at 13 min) to understand what this nutrition confusion is all about. https://soundcloud.com/richroll/rrp-050-the-rich-roll-podcast-garth-davis-ironman https://soundcloud.com/richroll/rrp-050-the-rich-roll-podcas...
- daliusd 12y ago
  I have listened to it. It was interesting but it was disappointing at some moments. It is interesting how conspiracy theories work both for and against his position (I will take it as irrelevant for discussion). It is interesting how some of his facts are poorly investigated. E.g. he mentioned EPIC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Prospective_Investigation_into_Cancer_and_Nutrition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Prospective_Investigat...) but EPIC found only that regular consumption of PROCESSED meat increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and death from cancer. There is no correlation between unprocessed meat and those health problems according to EPIC. BTW I'm from Europe and sometimes I visit USA. Food in USA is usually bad and usually accompanied with bad eating behaviors. You can get good food in USA but it is expensive and hard to find. I can see how changing diet to vegan/vegetarian can improve health if you are living in USA.

by daliusd 12y ago

PerfectElement 12y ago

Listen to Dr. Garth being interviewed by Rich Roll (starting at 13 min) to understand what this nutrition confusion is all about. https://soundcloud.com/richroll/rrp-050-the-rich-roll-podcast-garth-davis-ironman https://soundcloud.com/richroll/rrp-050-the-rich-roll-podcas...

daliusd 12y ago
I have listened to it. It was interesting but it was disappointing at some moments. It is interesting how conspiracy theories work both for and against his position (I will take it as irrelevant for discussion). It is interesting how some of his facts are poorly investigated. E.g. he mentioned EPIC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Prospective_Investigation_into_Cancer_and_Nutrition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Prospective_Investigat...) but EPIC found only that regular consumption of PROCESSED meat increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and death from cancer. There is no correlation between unprocessed meat and those health problems according to EPIC. BTW I'm from Europe and sometimes I visit USA. Food in USA is usually bad and usually accompanied with bad eating behaviors. You can get good food in USA but it is expensive and hard to find. I can see how changing diet to vegan/vegetarian can improve health if you are living in USA.