Re:Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
by colanderman on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:51PM
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> in nature fat and sugar can not be found in combination
What? What about avocados, coconuts, olives, artichokes, soybeans…
I'd more buy the argument that our body tries to maintain a certain ratio of fats to sugar (which is usually mediated by fiber), rather than that humans historically haven't "experienced" foods with both fat and sugar…
Re:Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
by paulryanrogers on Thursday March 30, 2017 @08:06AM
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Aren't soy beans poisoness when uncooked? And I doubt people ate large volumes of those others without the fiber.
Re:Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
by colanderman on Thursday March 30, 2017 @10:12AM
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My point exactly. I think the claim that "sugar + fat is not found in nature" is incomplete without mentioning fiber.
They tested this with mice, one set would have unlimited fat, another unlimited sugar, and the third set the combination of sugar and fat. Surprisingly, the first two sets of mice would stop eating when they were full. Only the third set of mice would go on eating and eating..