Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by TaupeRanger on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:24PM
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Seriously? The "nutrition" industry is absolutely huge and banks off of the fact that we don't really know anything about diet, except that trans fats are bad, lots of refined sugar is bad, and folic acid is important for pregnant women. They point the finger at all manner of foods from red meats to fruits and everything in between, in order to sell supplements, fad diets, overpriced holistic/integrative medicine sessions, etc.
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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by Ma8ee on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:07PM
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There’s a lot of trends and over interpreted small studies within popular nutrition science, but the basics are quite solid and quite simple: eat less, eat much more vegetables and fruit. There’s also solid evidence that too much red meat causes cancer.
Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by Pyramus on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:43PM
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Exactly. Here is another point in case: Go to the website of whichever body governs nutrition in your country (or the WHO) and see what they recommend and why.
There is no global conspiracy against red meat, it's simply our current scientific understanding.
Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by TaupeRanger on Saturday February 13, 2021 @05:12PM
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No one said it's a conspiracy. It is clearly a misunderstanding of our actual knowledge, which is why we have studies that show everything from associations between red meat and cancer, no effects whatsoever between the two, and even reduction in some cancers from red meat consumption. That is standard across the entire field of nutrition epidemiology, but "nutritionists" and health "experts" rely on the fact that, if they cite a single study showing a cancer connection, people will eat it up and accept it as fact.
Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by Pyramus on Sunday February 14, 2021 @05:04AM
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I'm not sure what your point is: Do you disagree that red meat is a carcinogen?
The fact that we have studies that show the full spectrum of association is exactly what you would expect, and, assuming no biases, is a strong indication that it's not the most powerful carcinogen there is.
I would even hypothesise that for most people simply eating more vegetables and greens is more beneficial than leaving out red meat and not changing vegetable intake.
Also you are free to take as many risks as you want (mostly), and there are plenty of people smoking, drinking tons of soda etc.