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This is settled enough science that when you go to the doctor as an overweight Indian person, the doctor says "Eat less roti and rice or you are going to get di
by moultano 11y ago
This is settled enough science that when you go to the doctor as an overweight Indian person, the doctor says "Eat less roti and rice or you are going to get diabetes." Admittedly nutrition science doesn't have a great track record of accuracy, but when something is well enough established that it's the standard preventative treatment, I don't think it requires a citation.
- ska 11y agoAgain you are mentioning diabetes rates in a discussion about heart disease. Any particular reason why? I'm genuinely curious, they are related but not that strongly as I understand it.
- moultano 11y agoDiabetes is typically a symptom of an underlying issue that also causes heart disease, Metabolic Syndrome (particularly in south asians.) Diabetes is diagnosed more reliably than the other criteria because it requires direct intervention, so it's useful as an indicator variable. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndrome/Metabolic-Syndrome-ATH_UCM_002080_SubHomePage.jsp http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome