Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar beverages

Re:Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable t... by ifyoubuildit on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @08:56AM (#42634232)

> As such, any attempt to incorporate that information[0] into my decision making process goes nowhere: I can't categorize a food as to it's degree of ultra processed-ness nor can I assess whether another foods/foods/etc might cause harm like UPF's are purported to do. Ergo: no basis for a behavioral modification, no new pros or cons to weigh.

So I guess my question is what are your defaults? What is your unmodified behavior?

There is a package on the shelf, you only know what it says on the box, what you've seen on commercials, and maybe you've seen/heard of other people eating its contents. What's the decision tree for this scenario?

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Re:Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable t... by thereisnospork on Thursday January 09, 2025 @12:11AM (#42641835)

I generally choose the tastiest option that works towards what I 'know'[0] about nutrition based on what I've already eaten for the day and what I am planning on eating later. Considerations like 'processedness' or 'organicness' don't enter into it (for the above reasons). Considerations like price and shelf life do, but only casually.

What I 'know' can be more or less completely summed as: I need to eat ~2500 calories per day, +/- 100 calories being 1/35th of a lb or so

I should eat ~1g/kg to 1g/lb lean body mass in protein to avoid losing muscle mass

I need to eat/drink enough salts/electrolytes to replace what is lost through perspiration

I need to eat enough of various micronutrients (e.g. Vitamin C) to avoid specific deficiencies.

[0]My understanding of what has been meaningfully proven/characterized with a 'to me' significant impact/effect.

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