Sugar and fat affect your brain

Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by PuppyTailWags on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:01PM (#34357785)

I don't actually think self-control is the answer because I think we should consider the effects on brains in sugar/fat to be like effects of other drugs on the brain, especially because we know shit like childhood trauma and poverty predisposes people to obesity.

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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by wincy on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:11PM (#34357938)

Passing regulation assumes we actually know what’s best for everyone.

I lost 80 pounds eating Johnsonville Beddar Cheddar Sausages and sauerkraut every day for six months, definitely something that’s “too fatty”.

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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by slothtrop on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:30PM (#34358220)

Losing weight is not the only metric for optimal health.

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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by claytongulick on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:51PM (#34358532)

It's probably the biggest one.

I was CTO for a healthcare network.

Weight loss was the primary focus for population health - because the data massively supports this.

SDOH [1], falls prevention and other stuff, while important, take a far backseat as far as overall health impact.

[1] https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-deter...

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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by slothtrop on Thursday January 12, 2023 @07:56PM (#34362577)

CVD is a leading cause of death and remains a risk even without excess weight; one needn't discount everything other than weight as "falls prevention and other stuff".

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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by claytongulick on Friday January 13, 2023 @12:33AM (#34364312)

> one needn't discount everything other than weight as "falls prevention and other stuff".

I didn't.

And yes, CVD is a huge issue. Obesity directly contributes to it, independent of other factors [1].

Which is why most population health stuff is targeted at weight loss.

From a population health standpoint, it has the biggest impact with well understood interventions.

FWIW, I helped deliver CMS certified DPP programs that were funded by private payers. Their data was clear on all this.

[1] https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000973

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