jm2721

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by jm2721 9y ago
Not really, it just means that vegans/vegetarians are more likely to post comments on an article about Quorn, which makes complete sense. You won't see many top level comments from meat eaters because most of us don't eat Quo
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by jm2721 9y ago
> Making some people wealthier at the expense of killing the planet is a bad plan. Reminds me of this quote: "When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening,
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by jm2721 9y ago
> overshadowed by plants When? Only in the last 10,000 years of agriculture, I guarantee you hunter gatherers did not get the bulk of their calories from plants. Also, it's heavily dependent on what culture you're talking about
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by jm2721 9y ago
Do you have any sources for how important fiber is? I usually eat keto, and when I tried adding fiber to my diet I got stomach cramps, felt like I was hungry all the time (which never happens), and grew extremely irritable. Over the next fe
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by jm2721 9y ago
I wouldn't say HFCS is more harmful than regular sugar, it is chemically about the same (at least the kind of HFCS used in most foods and sugary beverages). Both are equally bad. When we talk about the leading causes of obesity in the
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by jm2721 9y ago
Not really for the masses, since it wasn't cheap or plentiful. The wealthy that consumed high quantities of sugar did have the same illnesses that are so prevalent today.
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by jm2721 9y ago
You know what would give you even MORE energy? COCAINE! Try it out!
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by jm2721 9y ago
I think sugar is really what pushes societies from healthy and slightly stout to obese and diabetic, since those diseases are issues of insulin resistance. If you eat too much sugar, your insulin resistance will go through the roof because
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by jm2721 9y ago
CICO is not 'false', per se, but it's fundamentally misleading and tautological. Yes, people will lose weight on a calorie restricted diet of just twinkies. However, their bodies metabolic rate will decrease gradually to the
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by jm2721 9y ago
Are you serious? Most of the plant substitutes for meat are based off nutrient-devoid grains, soy, and corn. It's also not at all an inefficient way to get calories; fat packs the most calories per gram, and fat (especially saturated f
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by jm2721 9y ago
That article is missing point. The point of eating local food is that you eat what's in season and what's available in your area. Obviously if you live in Canada you won't be able to find 'local' Avocados, but the i
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by jm2721 9y ago
"Eat less meat" is not a good solution since industrialized monocrop agriculture has tons of problems on its own like topsoil erosion and air/water pollution. The problem doesn't lie in any one single food, but in commer
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by jm2721 9y ago
I agree that there is a ton of misinformation floating around on the internet. Even legitimate nutritional research is notoriously difficult to conduct well. As you say, almost every diet has its benefits and supporting evidence. You will h
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by jm2721 9y ago
Do you understand that you're commenting this on an article that literally disproves what you're saying?
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by jm2721 9y ago
I feel like you're omitting some key points here. You say they ate meat and dairy every day. Practically everybody eats meat and dairy every day, but not everybody has high cholesterol or an increased risk of heart disease (note that t
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by jm2721 9y ago
The Okinawans got their carbohydrates primarily from vegetables with a low glycemic index, primarily the imo sweet potato ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-buettner/okinawa-blue-zone... ). They also consumed a decent a
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by jm2721 9y ago
From an energy point of view, it's true that 1500 calories of sugar is the same as 1500 calories of cheese. It's also the same as 1500 calories of sawdust. In a lab, you can burn each of these samples under a bomb calorimeter and
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by jm2721 9y ago
Every time I hear the 'basic physics' or 'first law of thermodynamics' argument in favor of CICO I can't help but remember the joke about 'spherical cows': "Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so
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by jm2721 9y ago
Totally agree. If you look at the two parallel studies, it seems like diet had a huge effect on the outcome. The NIA study found no significant difference in both groups, and fed the monkeys varied source of protein. The UW study found heal
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by jm2721 9y ago
The margarine and egg-whites-only feels like the nutritional advice of the 80s...I wouldn't follow any of the advice on that website...
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by jm2721 9y ago
I highly suggest looking into a low carb high fat diet (paleo or keto), perhaps coupled with Intermittent Fasting (or even extended fasts every once in a while) if you want to reap the benefits described in this article without subjecting y
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by jm2721 9y ago
So, for your first question, no, we didn't evolve for the food we need to survive to cause inflammation. In the past, ancient humans had no diabetes or cancer, and ate mostly protein, fats (saturated and monounsaturated), high fiber ve