Ask HN: I'm in a rut. How did you get out of yours?

Re:Ask HN: I'm in a rut. How did you get out of yours? by sn9 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:39PM (#32244409)

This anecdote is contrary to actual medical advice and does not suffice as evidence against the mountains of research.

You need dietary fats to be healthy, and healthy sources like fish and nuts are often recommended by doctors and dieticians to improve cardiovascular health.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm in a rut. How did you get out of yours? by rtev on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:24PM (#32284019)

The US also has a very poor handle on heart disease; almost 10% of men in the US have coronary heart disease. The recommended strategies aren’t working.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm in a rut. How did you get out of yours? by sn9 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @05:35AM (#32294420)

The recommended strategies aren't being taken by patients.

Diet and exercise recommendations work in the overwhelming majority of people who actually follow them.

This is validated by mountains of research.

The reason we have such poor health outcomes in the US is because people have such terrible diets and sedentary lifestyles which are contrary to those recommendations. And as these lifestyle choices are being adopted in other countries, you see their populations starting to have similarly bad health outcomes of the same kind (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, etc.).

All of this is extremely well-understood.

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