Denmark introduces fat-related food tax
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#3In my recent research into nutrition, there is good evidence that saturated fat isn't the enemy.
The science for nutrition in humans is very difficult to pin down - there are just too many external variables, and the human body does a fantastic job in working with whatever it gets as a fuel in the short term that masks a lot of what is bad.
Personally, I'm convinced there's something that rings true in the Paleo movement, and I'm trying that out now to see how it works for me.
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#4Saturated fat makes you fat? Tell that to this guy:
http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/
Re: Denmark introduces fat-related food tax
#5For those of you who wonder if this is a good idea or whether or not it will improve the general health of the population.
Don't worry about it, the Danish government has promised not to increase the tax rates (in fact it was one of the cornerstones of their campaign so they couldn't abandon it) since then they have looked in all sorts of places and for all sorts of excuses for how to increase revenue without actually raising taxes.
In other words this is just an excuse for more revenue, nobody (not even the government) expect this to actually improve the health of the average dane (which is about as bad as the health of the average American twenty years ago). Add to it that we have single payer public health care here and it should make it clear why they try to get away with this stupidity.
The entire thing is even more stupid because the government who created this tax lost the recent election but the parties who won haven't cancelled the law (despite the fact that they could increase the tax rates without breaking any of the promises they made during the election).
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#6Saturated fat makes you fat? Tell that to this guy: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/
No. Saturated fat tax makes the government purses slightly heavier.
This has nothing to do with health.
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#7Saturated fat makes you fat? Tell that to this guy: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/
You can find a blog to support any cockamamie idea you like.
"Homeopathy doesn't work? Tell that to this guy!"
"Astrology is bunk? Tell that to this guy!"
"Having sex with a virgin doesn't cure AIDS? Tell that to this guy!"
That guy doesn't appear to have done a lot of legitimate scientific research, so I'm not sure why anybody would listen to him over all the people who have. And all his videos of his kid eating unhealthy stuff as though it has any significance at all make my quackdar start blaring. Like, when the kid learns to walk, is he going to post videos of her running across tracks in front of an oncoming train to prove that's just fine as well?
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#8The experiment I'd like to see would be for some country with an obesity problem to make it so that prepared food must be priced proportionally to its calories.
I think one of the reasons for obesity is that it is really really easy to get a ridiculous amount of calories without realizing it. Most people would not eat half a large pizza for lunch every day--they would be aghast at eating that many calories. Yet a large combo from a fast food burger joint can easily have more calories than half a large pizza, and many people will eat that every day. (And I'm not talking about getting the biggest, most decked out burger offered...I'm talking middle of the line, such as a double at a place that offers singles, doubles, and triples).
I realize there is much more to healthy eating than just watching calories, but for most people in obese first-world countries the problems from obesity dwarf any other nutritional problem they are likely to have, so first things first.
Re: Denmark introduces fat-related food tax
#9Saturated fat makes you fat? Tell that to this guy: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/
You can find a blog to support any cockamamie idea you like. "Homeopathy doesn't work? Tell that to this guy!" "Astrology is bunk? Tell that to this guy!" "Having sex with a virgin doesn't cure AIDS? Tell that to this guy!" That guy doesn't appear to have done a lot of legitimate scientific research, so I'm not sure why anybody would listen to him over all the people who have. And all his videos of his kid eating unh…
Maybe you can judge him by the company he keeps and who he speaks with in these matters? Others, who "have done a lot of legitimate scientific research" in the areas of obesity and health look up to him as a well respected researcher.
You really need a better attitude about approaching these things. :(
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can find a blog to support any cockamamie idea you like. "Homeopathy doesn't work? Tell that to this guy!" "Astrology is bunk? Tell that to this guy!" "Having sex with a virgin doesn't cure AIDS? Tell that to this guy!" That guy doesn't appear to have done a lot of legitimate scientific research, so I'm not sure why anybody would listen to him over all the people who have. And all his videos of his kid eating unh…
Maybe you can judge him by the company he keeps and who he speaks with in these matters? Others, who "have done a lot of legitimate scientific research" in the areas of obesity and health look up to him as a well respected researcher. You really need a better attitude about approaching these things. :(
I don't see how skepticism is a bad attitude to take when approaching alt-med theories. The vast majority is utter fiction.