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Re:Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for ... by fasterik on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @04:02PM (#46532702)
It's hard, because when an issue becomes politicized everyone has their own preferred "consensus". I would say it should come from the scientific community, not government agencies. Sometimes government agencies agree with the scientific consensus, but not always.

My go-to source for nutrition information is Understanding Nutrition by Whitney and Rolfes.

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Re:Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for ... by mr_toad on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @08:32PM (#46535921)
> everyone has their own preferred "consensus"

For some people choice of diet really does seem core to their identity. It’s literally all the OP ever posts about.

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Re:Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for ... by FloorEgg on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @09:04PM (#46536212)
There is a third option: looking at the diets of your closest ancestors with the best longevity.

There may be a misconception that there is one single best diet for everyone, when in reality we people (over generations) evolve with our diets, and your best diet and my best diet may be completely different.

The problem with using science as a guide is that there are just too many variables and not enough time, data and money to isolate them all sufficiently.

However that is distinct from the idea that too much of something like refined sugar might be unhealthy for just about everyone. So science does have an important role to play, I just don't think it's advanced far enough to fully answer the question for everyone.

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