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Go back or forward or sideways a few months and you'll find people authoritatively saying what you just said with all the nouns rearranged (turns out fat isn't

Go back or forward or sideways a few months and you'll find people authoritatively saying what you just said with all the nouns rearranged (turns out fat isn't so bad! etc). Modern nutrition seems like an endless merry-go-round mindfuck. (Not saying non-modern is any better of course)

plongeur 12y ago
Of course "fat isn't so bad!" ... but it is, if you live off fast food like a significant part of the US population. Also "fat <> fat" ... I eat every day at least one tablespoon of linseed oil. And that is very good for me and my brain :)
- jjoonathan 12y ago
  And how exactly do you know that it is good for you and your brain?
- Snesker 12y ago
  ALA, while essential, is effectively useless 'for your brain'. You need the products your body creates in inadequaate amounts from ALA, EPA & DHA. Furthermore, I personally guarantee your flax oil is rancid. That shit does not keep. Eat sardines.
altcognito 12y ago
Not to mention it seems like the advice on a good diet is going to be heavily dependent on your gut bacteria making things even more complicated.
- plongeur 12y ago
  Well - your gut bacteria is first and foremost dependent on your diet ... :)
smcl 12y ago
Ehhhh sort of but not really. There's weird back-and-forth on fat as in "the food you eat contains fat" often in the context of fad diets and over-enthusiastic newspapers drawing unrealistic conclusions from medical journals. But I don't think there's any ambiguity that being fat is not healthy.
jensen123 12y ago
> Modern nutrition seems like an endless merry-go-round mindfuck. (Not saying non-modern is any better of course) Agree. I can see two reasons for this. One is that all humans are biochemically unique. A diet that works well for one person won't necessarily work well for another. The other reason is the food industry financing "research". For example, sugar companies financing studies that tell you that artificial sweeteners are unhealthy. Actually, there seems to be one more reason. Cultural "taboos". For example, lots of people will tell you that eating too much sugar, fat, salt etc. are bad, BUT you never hear that eating too much protein is bad, even though there is research that shows this. Seems like there's some sort of taboo against saying anything bad about protein.

plongeur 12y ago

Of course "fat isn't so bad!" ... but it is, if you live off fast food like a significant part of the US population. Also "fat <> fat" ... I eat every day at least one tablespoon of linseed oil. And that is very good for me and my brain :)

jjoonathan 12y ago
And how exactly do you know that it is good for you and your brain?
Snesker 12y ago
ALA, while essential, is effectively useless 'for your brain'. You need the products your body creates in inadequaate amounts from ALA, EPA & DHA. Furthermore, I personally guarantee your flax oil is rancid. That shit does not keep. Eat sardines.

altcognito 12y ago

Not to mention it seems like the advice on a good diet is going to be heavily dependent on your gut bacteria making things even more complicated.

plongeur 12y ago
Well - your gut bacteria is first and foremost dependent on your diet ... :)

smcl 12y ago

Ehhhh sort of but not really. There's weird back-and-forth on fat as in "the food you eat contains fat" often in the context of fad diets and over-enthusiastic newspapers drawing unrealistic conclusions from medical journals. But I don't think there's any ambiguity that being fat is not healthy.

jensen123 12y ago

> Modern nutrition seems like an endless merry-go-round mindfuck. (Not saying non-modern is any better of course) Agree. I can see two reasons for this. One is that all humans are biochemically unique. A diet that works well for one person won't necessarily work well for another. The other reason is the food industry financing "research". For example, sugar companies financing studies that tell you that artificial sweeteners are unhealthy. Actually, there seems to be one more reason. Cultural "taboos". For example, lots of people will tell you that eating too much sugar, fat, salt etc. are bad, BUT you never hear that eating too much protein is bad, even though there is research that shows this. Seems like there's some sort of taboo against saying anything bad about protein.