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On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:09:58 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 7:48:15 AM UTC-4, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:44:43 +1100, Bruce >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:06:00 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 1:49:49 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> >>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 07:55:35 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> >On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 7:40:57 AM UTC-4, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> >>> >> Is an incredibly interesting documentary about what we eat, mainly the
>> >>> >> wrong things, since the days of 'No more than 2 eggs per week and no
>> >>> >> more butter, eat margarine'
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> It' s on Prime Video and about 1hr 45 mins long.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >You should investigate who paid for the "research" on which this documentary
>> >>> >is based.
>> >>> The butter industry?
>> >>
>> >>I can't find corroboration, but apparently the animal farming industry.
>> >>
>> >>Any time one of these things comes along, "follow the money" is good advice.
>> >
>> >Yes, maybe that's where the kooky "Saturated fat isn't bad for you
>> >after all!" movement comes from.

>> Everything they said seemed more than accurate,

>
>Based on your extensive scientific research background?
>
>> backed up with photos
>> of people walking streets prior to that and now, striking the level of
>> obesity now.

>
>Photos are anecdotes, not data.
>
>Since agriculture took off as a way to reliably put more food into hungry
>bellies, most people have eaten a lot of carbohydrates, and they have
>always sought to refine those carbohydrates. Perhaps the modern problem
>with obesity isn't just one thing. Perhaps it's the plain and simple fact that
>we are not evolved to have an abundance of available calories at the
>expense of very little effort.


"Based on your extensive scientific research background?" Just saying
;-)


You just disqualified yourself by implying 'calories' are all the
same, regardless of the type or source.


>Mark Hyman and Nina Teicholz might be right, but Hyman has no credentials
>as a researcher and Teicholz is a journalist. They have found a way to monetize
>their fringe medical beliefs.



Jesus Christ. It's been long established now, since circa 2012 I
think, (including by some US government. authorities) that saturated
fats are not harmful (in sensible quantities) and refined carbs are
problematic.

I dont know nor care who Mark Hyman and Nina Teicholz are either.


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