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Too late. They’ve already been silenced by the government and big pharma. /s
At this point it is like shouting into a hurricane. The message has been sent for so long and from so many sources that it will probably never change - plant based nutrition is better for people and better for the planet. The more educated and sophisticated you view yourself, the more you "know" that is a fact.
Government and pharma are joined by the food industry itself, who promotes "healthy alternatives" like vegetable shortening and vegetable oil. And who could resist?! All those healthy looking models and happy children on the cereal boxes couldn't just be nonsense.... could they?
Yeah. They are. Tony The Tiger and Frosted Flakes are not just a conspiracy used by food processors. The whole bit has been swallowed to the point where the manufacturers themselves feed the stuff to their children.
It's 1:30 PM where I live. My breakfast of pork chop and egg still keeps me satiated even though today was gym day and generally pretty busy. Maybe around 3 I'll feel like eating again. When I do I'll take some of that roast beef we made last night, put it on some cheese and call it lunch.
I'm 78. I did it wrong for a lot of years before I learned.
I recently started the low FODMAP elimination diet, designed to help figure out what foods cause gut problems for individuals.
Interestingly, meats and fats don't seem to trigger gut problems in anyone; the "dangerous" foods are all plants and dairy.
FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. Lactose, gluten, artificial sweeteners, a couple other categories.
But some plants don't generally cause gut problems; corn, rice, and many veggies.
At this point it is like shouting into a hurricane. The message has been sent for so long and from so many sources that it will probably never change - plant based nutrition is better for people and better for the planet. The more educated and sophisticated you view yourself, the more you "know" that is a fact.
Carbs are only the enemy so much as they are addicting and cause excess calorie consumption. Calories in calories out generally is a good rule of thumb to follow.
Combining carbs and fats in the same food item triggers the dopamine receptors in the brain 2X to 3X which is why people enjoy donuts and pizza so much.
If you can cut out "processed foods" you will tend to lose weight because of their addictive nature (they also tend to add MSG derivatives to these items to make them even more addicting) and the fact they tend to be calorie dense, nutritionally void foods.
So there you go. Eat a meditarranean diet. Use common sense. Avoid processed foods.
There have been studies done 80 years ago that ultra high carb, ultra low fat diets can produce similar outcomes to ultra high fat, ultra low carb diets. Dietary fat causes an insulin resistance effect, so when you overeat fat and carbs in the same meal it tends to multiply the health consequences, increasing the chances of metabolic syndrome. You can prevent buildup of visceral fat by making sure you consume enough choline (found in egg yolks) and Betaine (found in whole wheat) ... these are methyl donors that help keep fat out of the liver and pancreas.
Gluten free individuals who do not eat eggs (specifically the yolks) and are overweight are much more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome and NAFLD because of the lack of both Choline and Betaine in their diets.
Carbs are only the enemy so much as they are addicting and cause excess calorie consumption.
My carb intake caused my body to become diabetic.
Removing potatoes, wheat and rice from my diet has dropped my A1C and I am no longer diabetic.
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... So there you go. Eat a Mediterranean diet. Use common sense.
I lived in Southern Italy and shifted to that diet.
It made my Cholesterol levels shoot up too high, and I was directed to go onto statins to counter the Mediterranean diet.
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