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by cthalupa 2y ago
Her clear ties to Russia, including Putin, should be of concern to anyone paying attention. The suspicion isn't even partisan, since once upon a time Republicans were the ones questioning said ties.
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Sure. I don't think the quote is super useful - just pointing out that if you were to ask him, he'd say that the potato chips aren't food. > Is it better to eat 200g of bread (artisanal, wood fired, using traditionally-mi
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I'm someone who was once taken in by a lot of this nonsense. They're good at finding a handful of studies they can present in a way that seems convincing, and couple that with the general mistrust people have for the modern diet,
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by cthalupa 2y ago
To be fair, Pollan would specifically not consider a bag of potato chips food. It's not included here but he specifically is talking about "real" food and not ultra processed snacks, etc. I think it's still an oversimpli
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by cthalupa 2y ago
And the author of the article has a long history of misrepresenting science and has direct financial incentive to push her specific view. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... The BM
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by cthalupa 2y ago
> I'm surprised there's no discussion here about the inflammatory role of vegetable oils (aka seed oils). Because there's very little scientific evidence to be concerned about seed oils themselves and a lot to show that th
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by cthalupa 2y ago
No scientist is saying these alternative theories can't also go back to the drawing board and be reworked until they also explain things. But if dark matter is 90% of the way there why would we bother with something that is 20% of the
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by cthalupa 2y ago
>and when a heterodox theory doesn’t fit observations, it’s called “falling flat on its face”, as you can see in another reply below. That’s not a healthy dynamic. Because none of them get even close to explaining as much as dark matter
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by cthalupa 2y ago
There's a variety of issues with your stance. 1) It's certainly not unheard of for theories have observational or experimental data appears that sends them back to the drawing board for reworking and do eventually get to a consist
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I spent a good chunk of my 20s lifting heavy weights. I ate well. Bulking was harder for me than cutting. It never took any real willpower or discipline for me to eat healthy food in healthy quantities. Then I got busy with life and the con
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I don't begrudge smokers any of the tools they have their disposal for cessation. So yes, they're certainly welcome to make the same point. If using nicotine patches or gum indefinitely is what it takes someone to stop smoking cig
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by cthalupa 2y ago
If it was that easy, then 'eating better and exercising regularly' wouldn't be the most prescribed and least successful treatment for obesity. There's countless comments in here from many people explaining why this is th
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by cthalupa 2y ago
No. Where did I ever say that? I take the drug and it makes it significantly easier for me to eat healthy foods and in healthy quantities. I'm someone who has spent many years of their life fit. I'm also someone who has spent many
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Alright - so whole community intervention, including literal celebrity chefs appearing and building out menus, can improve the situation. Yes, if we remove all of the modern, processed, high calorie, energy dense, sugar heavy foods out of a
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Agreed. I'm down for being empathetic to fat people - as a fat person! - but I have never understood the movement to just deny reality and act like it's acceptable to be fat from a health perspective. Obviously fat people should s
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by cthalupa 2y ago
> And rather than looking at the simpler solutions - in this case just being more active and eating better I think this is the part where the argument falls apart, though. My relationship with food is vastly different now than it was whe
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Where? In Japan, obesity among men has increased by 1.5x over the past several decades. It remains quite low, but the rate is still increasing year over year (slower with women). Vietnam, a country with one of the lowest obesity rates in t
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I don't know where you live, but the places where obesity isn't on the rise are heavily outnumbered by the places where it is. It's a global problem. Easy and cheap access to calorie dense food and food heavy in sugars seems
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I'm fairly confident in my ability to get back in the same routine I had in my 20s and take myself off of it, but if staying on it is what it takes for me to remain fit and eating well, then sure. I don't mind giving myself an inj
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by cthalupa 2y ago
> or quitting crack. Statistically, people that manage to quit most chemical addictions have lower recidivism rates than people who lose weight through dieting. So, possibly it is? I for one have far less trouble keeping any of my drug a
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Is there a law of nature that says a chemical compound has to have a side effects of medical concern for a significant portion of people that ingest it? One of the most commonly consumed drugs on the planet seems to indicate there is no suc
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by cthalupa 2y ago
> It might help knowing that Ozempic will not make you skinny. Plenty of people find their appetite capped at a level where the caloric intake will make them skinny. If they don't eat right and exercise, though, it won't necess
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by cthalupa 2y ago
> If I sold cigs on every street corner in a "skinny" country like Japan, how confident are you that I wouldn't create a smoking culture? Considering Japan has long been one of the highest per capita consumers of tobacco,
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by cthalupa 2y ago
And it's becoming more and more known because obesity is a growing problem for nearly the entirety of the developed world. If you're so convinced that obesity is a moral failing, then just put 'no fatties and no fake skinny g
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Obesity is on the rise in a huge percentage of developed nations, and not just western ones. Even South Korea has seen a huge spike over the past decade - the amount of obese men /doubled/ between 2009 and 2019. It went up 3x in C
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by cthalupa 2y ago
If it independently helps lower the risk of Alzheimer's even in people that are not diabetic and are of healthy body weight, then it might be worthwhile for those people to take. If it's purely around the weight loss, etc., then i
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I do think the dosing schedule should receive more personalization per-person. The schedule for tirzepatide is 2.5mg a week for the first month, then 5mg, then 7.5, etc. For me, a month in on 2.5, I was still struggling to force myself to e
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by cthalupa 2y ago
>I can lose (and am losing) weight without it Excellent! A huge chunk of people try and fail to do this for a wide variety of reasons. If you can lose weight without the help of a GLP-1 drug, then yeah, that is likely the safest option.
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by cthalupa 2y ago
Do you think obese people have never tried just eating less? That doctors never tell them to do this and they never give it an attempt? Yes, it is possible for every obese person on this planet to eat less and stop being fat. 100%. But for
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by cthalupa 2y ago
I'm not a chemist, biologist, or pharmacologist, but wouldn't it be more reasonable to be cautious based on how analogous the method of action is to other drugs, rather than the effect? GLP-1s don't work in the same manner th

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