The Paradox of Abundance

Re:The Paradox of Abundance by novok on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:34PM (#25767604)

I would contest that. If you dig more into it, you'll find the obesity crisis started around the late 70s with a change in dietary guidelines and medical guidelines saying basically 'fat & meat bad' and 'carbs good' along with the widespread introduction of vegetable oils, leading to too much insulin and other hormonal effects slowly increasing diabetes & obesity in our population.

Read "The Obesity Code" if you want a more detailed description with a lot of links to papers and studies for more info.

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Re:The Paradox of Abundance by agumonkey on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @05:21PM (#25768761)

I mean .. isn't that obvious that obesity goes with abundance ?

I'd love to see an staring obese person.

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Re:The Paradox of Abundance by tacon on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:35PM (#25796041)

>I'd love to see a star[v]ing obese person.

Most obese people are suffering from something called "internal starvation", which is a byproduct of insulin resistance. The mini-lecture on fat biochemistry is here[0].

[0] https://youtu.be/2PdJFbjWHEU?t=4388

[1] https://healthcareinamerica.us/what-exactly-is-insulin-resis...

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Re:The Paradox of Abundance by sleepygardener on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:33PM (#25770617)

I read that as scarcity of options - your only option is eat junk food and get obese. With abundance of options you can decide to eat healthy or junk.

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Re:The Paradox of Abundance by agumonkey on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:01PM (#25770860)

In that case it makes sense yeah

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