What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to our health?

Post by philjohn » Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:07 PM UTC

ellopoppit wrote: post #132

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What’s worrying about this is that we’re about 50 years into an unexplained epidemic of obesity and metabolic disease that nobody has a clear explanation for, and is also affecting lab animals fed controlled diets. It would be fascinating if this was all correlated with a common environmental contaminant, and the increasing use of various plastics could line up well.

It's pretty clear the epidemic of obesity and metabolic disease is largely caused by sugar https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM

Post by GekkePrutser » Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:20 PM UTC

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GekkePrutser wrote: post #42

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But those groups are particular ones that are also exposed to other environments that affect health so any discrepancy will be hard to attribute. Also, doctors did not wear masks to the extend we did during Corona. They'd only wear them during some surgery, not the whole day including even outside.

Indeed. Nor were they wearing the same one again and again for months on end, and stuffing it in their jeans pocket in between.

Post by dhosek » Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:21 PM UTC

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Then you have to swallow a bird to catch the spider and I’ve heard it doesn’t end well.

You're supposed to let the spiders swallow flies, and the bird swallow spiders, then you swallow the bird. Not swallow them all in a row!

Post by GekkePrutser » Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:26 PM UTC

goodpoint wrote: post #162

GekkePrutser wrote: post #42

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But those groups are particular ones that are also exposed to other environments that affect health so any discrepancy will be hard to attribute. Also, doctors did not wear masks to the extend we did during Corona. They'd only wear them during some surgery, not the whole day including even outside.

On the contrary, there's been plenty of doctors and lab technicians wearing masks full time and for decades! Not to mention semiconductor workers. And industrial worker dealing with hazardous materials.

Post by wbsss4412 » Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:31 PM UTC

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It’s not at all clear that the current epidemic is caused by sugar. Lustig is a great speaker, and I’ll admit that when I first watched that I was quite convinced. His position, however, is still not representative of a consensus within the field, and for good reason. While sugar consumption is likely detrimental to one’s overall health. Simply cutting out sugar is not necessarily going to lead to better weight manag…

Sure, simply cutting out sugar but otherwise making poor dietary choices isn't going to lead to weight loss. Cutting out sugar tends to make it easier to eat healthy, though. Long term weight loss requires lifestyle changes. In my personal anecdotal experience, my weight gain and loss correlates to my caloric intake. When I've explicitly calorie counted, foods with refined carbohydrates are typically what blows up my…