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If a factor can't explain why non-Hispanic Asians have much lower prevalence of obesity than any other race, I tend not to trust it. Are Asians simply using less plastic than other races? Look at the chart: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf The chart is simply striking. We should all be investigating what are the Asians doing right that all of us should learn from.
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Eesh… that doesn’t seem great. How does this not cause further habituation?
Human and animal studies demonstrate that it doesn't seem to worsen insulin resistance if treatment is ceased, but probably doesn't significantly improve it either.
If a factor can't explain why non-Hispanic Asians have much lower prevalence of obesity than any other race, I tend not to trust it. Are Asians simply using less plastic than other races? Look at the chart: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf The chart is simply striking. We should all be investigating what are the Asians doing right that all of us should learn from.
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> Change is hard and bad habits are not easy to get rid of Which is exactly why no expert in treating addiction suggests using willpower to "cold turkey" as a treatment.
I don't think anyone suggested going cold turkey on food.
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> but there's nothing changing our metabolism. Why would you be so confident when we know for a fact that hormone imbalances can absolutely impact our metabolism. Including signaling to your body to produce and store more fat than it normally would. Cortisol the hormone produced in stress responses is shown to do exactly that. Using yourself as an anecdote isn't useful in anyway.
Matter isn't created out of thin air.
If a factor can't explain why non-Hispanic Asians have much lower prevalence of obesity than any other race, I tend not to trust it. Are Asians simply using less plastic than other races? Look at the chart: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf The chart is simply striking. We should all be investigating what are the Asians doing right that all of us should learn from.
Is it lower consumption of alcohol?
Why do they report these huge obesity rates but whenever I go out in public almost no one is overweight?
> Nearly 1,000 obesogens with such effects have already been identified in studies with animals or humans. They include Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics, and the phthalates, plasticizing agents used in paints, medicine and cosmetics. Others include parabens used as preservatives in food and paper products, and chemicals called organotins used as fungicides. Other obesogens include pesticides and herbic…
For what: the profit of capitalists.
I am very skeptical the effect would be meaningful relative to diet/exercise. We have never been more seditary, and sugar has never been more a part of our diet. When my mother moved in and we started going on daily walks, she lost a pound a week for one year. When she injured her foot and stopped, with no diet change throughout the entire time, she gained it all back in a couple months. I would be surprised if peopl…
The problem with “calories in - calories out = weight gained” is that even though it is of course true (thermodynamics), it explains nothing. If I asked you “Why do children grow bigger?”, and you said “because they eat more calories than they expend”, again you would be correct but have told me nothing. And if a child wasn’t growing like they should, you wouldn’t say “just keep feeding them more”, you would look for…
There are essentially zero studies which show subjects on a controlled diet under observation having more than a +/-5% different in metabolic efficiency. The burden of proof is, frankly, on those who are looking for anything except for overconsumption as the cause.