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"it doesn't look unhealthy" So many people here will go to the ends of the earth to find good science to report when it comes to just about any other issue exc

by HNJohnC 12y ago

"it doesn't look unhealthy" So many people here will go to the ends of the earth to find good science to report when it comes to just about any other issue except food and nutrition and exercise (things they owe their basic continued existance and well being to, things you would think they would take a lot of time and effort to find the best possible sources of information on...). However, time after time all I see are comments and attitudes that espouse the best available knowledge of 1996.

angdis 12y ago
Actually, NOT THAT MUCH has changed since 1996 as far as PRACTICAL knowledge about nutrition goes. AFAIK, it has just been fad after fad. The reality is that people can and do thrive on a wide variety of diets.
- HNJohnC 12y ago
  This makes me sad for three reasons: 1) you are spreading FUD with your fad after fad comment, it's simply not true. There is a lot of crap info out there but it's trivially easy to sort it out with the internet at our fingertips. News headlines are not the best way to get your nutrition and exercise information. 2) A whole hell of a lot has changed in just the last 10 years or so, never mind 1996. Pretty much every single bit of "conventional wisdom" about diet and nutrition has been tossed out now that there are actual controlled double blind studies being done on things that were previously taken for granted like "fat makes you fat" or "whole grains are healthy" food pyramid nonsense that was never, never, based on any good science at all. 3) You know so little yet are so willing to comment on it. That just makes me sad, I expect that on other sites and discussion forums but supposedly we are all smart people here.
  - angdis 12y ago
    Oh, what is fad is it now, the "paleo" diet? (you linked to a "primal" diet website in another response) If anything the general population is still gotten fatter and fatter in the last 10 years. This makes me think that there is no "breakthrough" in nutritional knowledge and if there was it is being poorly communicated. To be fair, there are some voices of sanity lately. In particular I am thinking of Michael Pollan's advice: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

by HNJohnC 12y ago

angdis 12y ago

Actually, NOT THAT MUCH has changed since 1996 as far as PRACTICAL knowledge about nutrition goes. AFAIK, it has just been fad after fad. The reality is that people can and do thrive on a wide variety of diets.

HNJohnC 12y ago
This makes me sad for three reasons: 1) you are spreading FUD with your fad after fad comment, it's simply not true. There is a lot of crap info out there but it's trivially easy to sort it out with the internet at our fingertips. News headlines are not the best way to get your nutrition and exercise information. 2) A whole hell of a lot has changed in just the last 10 years or so, never mind 1996. Pretty much every single bit of "conventional wisdom" about diet and nutrition has been tossed out now that there are actual controlled double blind studies being done on things that were previously taken for granted like "fat makes you fat" or "whole grains are healthy" food pyramid nonsense that was never, never, based on any good science at all. 3) You know so little yet are so willing to comment on it. That just makes me sad, I expect that on other sites and discussion forums but supposedly we are all smart people here.
- angdis 12y ago
  Oh, what is fad is it now, the "paleo" diet? (you linked to a "primal" diet website in another response) If anything the general population is still gotten fatter and fatter in the last 10 years. This makes me think that there is no "breakthrough" in nutritional knowledge and if there was it is being poorly communicated. To be fair, there are some voices of sanity lately. In particular I am thinking of Michael Pollan's advice: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."