I had some flak from the ADA (American Diabetes Association) thread because I was calling out the conflicts of interests caused by donations from corporations, big pharma with indtitutions like the ADA, AHA and regulatory bodies. Instead of focusing on facts, science and educating people, hijacked by mammon.
Shit like this causes people to lose trust in institutions and helps feed conspiracy theories and create grifters who take advantage of this loss in trust. If you cant trust the people in charge, people who establish themselves as experts, then the chances that there are more Aaron Rodgers out there doing their own research will only grow.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/the-money-behind-the-fight-over-healthy-eating-214517
Leave this here if you wanna learn more about the woman behind this story. She’s not completely unbiased herself and is funded by a Houston billionaire. Her name is Nina Teicholz.
She still might be correct. And the association between saturated fats and heart disease does seem to be moderated by other factors. For example, cheese, butter, and yogurt seem to have more benefits than harm, even with their high saturated fat content. But again, this is based on limited studies.
Also, fiber seems to be a moderator as well. So a high psyllium diet will moderate the effects of saturated fat.
And this is from the WHO, 2022.
Our findings strongly reinforce the guidance that, when replacement energy is required, it should be provided by PUFA, plant sources of MUFA and slowly digested carbohydrates. Thus, dietary fats should come largely from seeds, nuts or liquid vegetable oil (olive, canola) rather than hydrogenated vegetable fats or land animal fats and coconut oil.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240061668
Overall though, there are no questions as to whether unsaturated fats are bad for you (they’re not). And the environmental impact of eating saturated animal fats can’t be denied. It would be better for the world if we reduced meat consumption and the use of animal products.
It’s no wonder more people than ever are skeptical of public health organizations and mainstream experts who claim to possess the final word on health and nutrition, when there is so much proof that information has been censored and even doctored in order to push a certain message that will help corporations like Procter & Gamble become richer and richer.
Like… Just wait till you hear about sugar and the lies around that.
The fact that the food industry was able to hamstring Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity as FLOTUS should tell you how much power they really have. They didn’t like what she had to say about artificial sweeteners and type 2 diabetes.
Oh, they also take advantage of subsidized slave labor through our prison system.
This is what regulatory capture looks like.
I’m ready. Tell me. I already know I probably shouldn’t eat it but give me the gut punch.
The is a branch of research about the myelin sheath around brain cells showing deterioration due to lack of fat consumption when we shifted to 6-11 servings of bread and pasta a day for all that sugar.
Came about from Alzheimer’s research.
Wow. Thanks, that’s scary!
Sugar activates the same receptors as heroin. Which, isn’t surprising since simple sugars are what fueled much of our earlier ancestors. I personally am not a fan of this fact and would rather frame it as heroin activates the same receptors as sugar.
That said, the sugar industry is a mess. A number of documentaries have been made about it, how they have bribed government officials, had the ear of presidents, and have killed journalists.
The problem with sugar is that it’s in just about everything. Sugar, by itself, is not a bad thing so long as you don’t overdue it but…a single coke is overdoing it.
Sugar activates the same receptors as heroin.
So do protein, exercise, meditation, getting a raise, spending time with family, and a million other things. I’m not saying sugar is good, but this statement is meaningless.
