50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to Point Blame at Fat (2016)

Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to P... by stackbutterflow on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:08AM (#32979639)

Is it? Lots of fruits and vegetables every day. Some nuts a few days a week. Red meat once or twice a week, poultry meat and eggs for the rest of the week. Add in things like olive/avocado oil, spices, vinegar, yogurt. Drink water, tea/coffee, milk. Rarely rice, pasta, potatoes.

How could you go wrong with that ? That's basically my diet.

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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to P... by astrostl on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:09PM (#32987685)

"lots of fruits" after selectively breeding and engineering them into sugar bombs is one of the most unpersuading leads possible to me for a balanced diet.

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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to P... by sofixa on Monday September 26, 2022 @03:39AM (#32980475)

Disclaimer: not a nutritional scientist, just passing interest.

I don't see fish, which is, from what I've heard, important for nutritional diversity.

Also, fruit has lots of sugars so it might not be the best for "lots of".

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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to P... by hiq on Monday September 26, 2022 @03:46AM (#32980521)

> That's basically my diet.

How many people agree with you that it's a good diet? I'm especially surprised by "rarely rice", which is a staple in many Asian countries.

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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to P... by codeflow2202 on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:10AM (#32982126)

This is often false. Many people following this way of eating are still sick, weak, and often skinny fat. I was one of them. Of course this is going to be better than a McDonald diet, but it does a terrible job at fixing problems for people with any kind of metabolic problems.

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