It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
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It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
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Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#2...going against recent studies, and backing the otherwise-disproven science of the fifties.
I quit. Don't make me look at these articles unless there's at least an N>10 meta-study.
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#3It's what makes mice fat. Can we stop pretending that things that work in mice have the exact same effect in humans?
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#4Meh; there are so many pathways to the creation of fat cells, or their precursors, (and this really explodes if you start considering some things to 'inevitably' lead to fat production based on lifestyle) from different food molecules.
Realistically, everyone who is overweight just needs to stop eating so much, and change what it is they eat.
Without anything else like manifest diabetes or heart disease or whatever, anyone who is packing too much weight can just limit their portions, reduce sugar intake, drink more water, and get 30 minutes of activity a day.
The greater your portion (calorie) limitation, sugar reduction, water intake, and activity, the more weight you will lose/faster you'll lose it.
Stuff like eating more veggies and fruit, and learning to cook and not eat processed bullshit is just icing on the cake.
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#5...going against recent studies, and backing the otherwise-disproven science of the fifties. I quit. Don't make me look at these articles unless there's at least an N>10 meta-study.
“Eat whole fresh food, not too much, mostly plants.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t...
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#6I can’t keep up with whether it’s fat, sugar, carbs, or anything else that I need to avoid to lose weight. I’ll just try to eat food that’s not very processed / not very artificial and eat small portions. I’ll just try to very roughly count calories and keep track of the simple math of calories in vs calories out.
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#7I can’t keep up with whether it’s fat, sugar, carbs, or anything else that I need to avoid to lose weight. I’ll just try to eat food that’s not very processed / not very artificial and eat small portions. I’ll just try to very roughly count calories and keep track of the simple math of calories in vs calories out.
> I’ll just try to very roughly count calories and keep track of the simple math of calories in vs calories out.
I had excellent results with this. No tricks, just count the calories (write down everything you eat) and stop when you hit your daily budget, whether it is a day full of ice cream or steak. Each time I weighed myself wasn't totally predictable as some weeks I'd lose very little and some weeks I'd lose more, but over the 6 months I made it a goal it was very effective.
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#8...going against recent studies, and backing the otherwise-disproven science of the fifties. I quit. Don't make me look at these articles unless there's at least an N>10 meta-study.
It's rather ridiculous overall. The more 'studies' I read, the less I take them seriously. If you don't like the result of any study, wait 2 years and you will have a handful of studies disproving them. It seems like every few years we bounce back and forth between if alcohol and coffee are good or bad for you.
I'm not sure if these issues are with the methodology in the studies, special interests wanting certain results, or just poor execution. But it seems out of hand.
Small off topic rant. If we want the masses to believe the results from sciences, then we need to be consistent. I'm not advocating lying in order to do this. The results from the studies need to be reproducible and accurate. How can we convince people that something like climate change is happening and real, when the earth is a massively complex system, when we can't even go 2 months without flipping dietary results from sugar is ok, to sugar is bad, back to sugar is ok. Or the other example would be the no amount of alcohol is good for you, when for years the common result from studies was 1 or 2 drinks was a benefit.
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#9The vanguard of the 50s is going to keep at this until they are all dead. It doesn't matter how much counter-evidence is accumulated. They are invested in their fat hypothesis, and will not give up.
Meanwhile, aside from the growing volume of supporting studied, anyone who has tried a low-sugar high-fat diet knows that eating fat makes you want to eat less, and not more.
Re: It’s eating fat that makes you fat, new mouse study suggests
#10...going against recent studies, and backing the otherwise-disproven science of the fifties. I quit. Don't make me look at these articles unless there's at least an N>10 meta-study.
It's rather ridiculous overall. The more 'studies' I read, the less I take them seriously. If you don't like the result of any study, wait 2 years and you will have a handful of studies disproving them. It seems like every few years we bounce back and forth between if alcohol and coffee are good or bad for you. I'm not sure if these issues are with the methodology in the studies, special interests wanting certain res…
nutrition is especially hard though. I doubt any study which suggests that one changed input has this direct output. There's so much more than just ratio of macronutrients. Total calories, when during the day you're eating them, lifestyle, exercise habits. Obviously you can get away with eating a lot worse and not get fat if you are expending all those calories.