Re:90% of US has a poor diet, and 25% don’t exercise
by josephcsible on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:07PM
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But isn't too many calories a way, way bigger problem today than not enough micronutrients is? If we could make the former way better at the expense of making the latter slightly worse, it seems like it'd be a no-brainer.
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Re:90% of US has a poor diet, and 25% don’t exercise
by xedrac on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:17PM
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Yes, for certain. I am more alluding to the false belief that you can just out-exercise a poor diet. For example, many polyunsaturated vegetable oils oxidize very quickly in your body, sending free radicals on a rampage and causing inflammation. This "cost" is not accounted for in a calorie. And the effect becomes even more important when you introduce the stress of exercise into the equation.
https://www.openventio.org/Volume1-Issue6/Oxidation-of-Polyu...