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What kind of fat is it? Like is it possible to avoid by avoiding too much fat?
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Olive oil pulled from human consumption? Good luck with that.
Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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>Joe Rogan promoted You mean he did an episode where he had a conversation with the doctor? Or was the doctor a sponsor of the show where he advertised products? I don't think simply having a conversation about an idea counts as promotion. Advertising is another matter though..
The problem with Joe Rogan is that he's not smart and his audience is not smart. He's a pseudo-intellectual. He gifts crackpots an enormous audience of gullible people. He lends credibility to them with softball interviews devoid of critical analysis. He's spoon-feeding suckers what they want to hear. He couches it all in a thin veneer of balanced reporting and barstool philosophizing, under the guise of fairness, bu…
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Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
#113As a former Alzheimer's researcher, this is a big fucking deal. It puts together a lot of clues (APOE risk, microglia) and finds a theory that makes a lot of sense. All around the world, there are labs pulling late nights trying to figure out how to drug this.
> All around the world, there are labs pulling late nights trying to figure out how to drug this.
I dont know why, but I've been under the impression for years that it was fat build-up. I remember I saw images of alzheimer brains with clogged arteries.
Sure drugging would be nice, but why not figure out what in our modern diet and habits is responsible for this? Why not tell people that the insane amount of oils/fats we consume (in comparison to our primate animal relatives) is killing us and/or making us sick?
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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Honest question: how? I've never seen anyone who's obese and having a diet that made me go "huh that's odd how can they be obese?" While the inverse occasionally has been true, generally people who I consider in good shape appear to eat less, and less greasy food. So while there might be exceptions it seems to be a damn good rule of thumb to me.
> I've never seen anyone who's obese and having a diet that made me go "huh that's odd how can they be obese?" Your question isn't refuting OPs claim: the people you are observing to be fat are fat because of their carb/sugar intake, not fat. i.e. if you just fed someone large amounts of protein and fat they would be lean; it is the sugar and carbs that make them fat.
Humans are bad at lipogenesis: we can only convert tiny fraction of the carbs into fat. Thus: the fat your eat is largely the fat you wear.
You cannot explain it otherwise (without showing a undiscoverd way humans can convert carbs into fat).
> i.e. if you just fed someone large amounts of protein and fat they would be lean; it is the sugar and carbs that make them fat.
This is dangerous. It may work on the short term, but it is very dangerous on the long run.
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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There is a weird crowd of people on the internet that have convinced themselves that seed oils are the cause of many ailments. It doesn’t have a ton of scientific backing but Joe Rogan promoted some guru doctor a while back that spread the idea to a lot more people.
>Joe Rogan promoted You mean he did an episode where he had a conversation with the doctor? Or was the doctor a sponsor of the show where he advertised products? I don't think simply having a conversation about an idea counts as promotion. Advertising is another matter though..
‘I’m just asking questions’ might be one of the more toxic lines I’ve come across in the last few years.
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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The idea that eating fat leads to higher body fat is the most dangerously-wrong health misconception in history.
>> The idea that eating fat leads to higher body fat is the most dangerously-wrong health misconception in history. Modern equivalent of medieval leeches and enemas for "fever" (almost anything was called a 'fever' back then) and eating goat testicles for potency. Eating them raw obviously :)
Medical leeches are still very much a thing. They’re used to help improve venous circulation after plastic surgery around reattached body parts, help with burn recovery, etc
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
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> I've never seen anyone who's obese and having a diet that made me go "huh that's odd how can they be obese?" Your question isn't refuting OPs claim: the people you are observing to be fat are fat because of their carb/sugar intake, not fat. i.e. if you just fed someone large amounts of protein and fat they would be lean; it is the sugar and carbs that make them fat.
Humans are bad at lipogenesis: we can only convert tiny fraction of the carbs into fat. Thus: the fat your eat is largely the fat you wear. You cannot explain it otherwise (without showing a undiscoverd way humans can convert carbs into fat). > i.e. if you just fed someone large amounts of protein and fat they would be lean; it is the sugar and carbs that make them fat. This is dangerous. It may work on the short ter…
High fat and protein is keto right? What's so dangerous?
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
#118tl;dr no one knows, lots of hints but every attempt at chemical intervention turns out to be worthless
As with everything else unknown, no one knows yet.
Remember that only 100 years ago you could die from an infection.
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
#119As a former Alzheimer's researcher, this is a big fucking deal. It puts together a lot of clues (APOE risk, microglia) and finds a theory that makes a lot of sense. All around the world, there are labs pulling late nights trying to figure out how to drug this.
What kind of fat is it? Like is it possible to avoid by avoiding too much fat?
More likely we'll need to start paying attention to sugar intake. I've heard researchers call Alzheimer as "type 3 diabetes". This makes total sense to me since sugar consumption is a big driver of body fat accumalation.
Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests
#120As a former Alzheimer's researcher, this is a big fucking deal. It puts together a lot of clues (APOE risk, microglia) and finds a theory that makes a lot of sense. All around the world, there are labs pulling late nights trying to figure out how to drug this.
Ironically those late nights might contribute to Alzheimer's risk ;)