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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Signal312 16h \ on: How can we combat the obesity epidemic? AskSN
The problem with education is that it's going in the wrong direction. The more you "educate" about nutrition now, the more people will be mis-educated, and will be convinced that they should eat the following:
- vegan foods
- more fiber
- more fruits and vegetables
- more grains.
And nutritional education now tells you to eliminate meat, eggs, whole fat dairy, etc - anything with saturated fats. Even though science has known for decades now that saturated fats are not bad, and that lower carb diets can bring about seemingly miraculous cures.
I think the USDA (source of the US nutritional guidelines) should be abolished, number 1.
There's also a problem in the opposite direction where people think you're supposed to eat no fruits or vegetables. Too many people are making money off of making bold unsubstantiated claims in the fitness and nutrition industry.
While i don't think there's anything particularly wrong with things like the carnivore diet, I'd argue that any balanced diet full of mostly single ingredient foods is going to be fine.
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I haven't looked into it, but I strongly suspect you're right on the mark with that last remark.
I think a great deal of the benefits that come from the carnivore diet aren't actually from cutting out non-meat food, but rather are from cutting out all the highly processed cereals and grains.
Fruit and vegetables are good for you, so is meat, and natural un-processed carbs. It's the artificial stuff that contains a billion ingredients that's the problem.
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