• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Important to note

    In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat, according to a newly published article in JAMA Internal Medicine.

    Fat still isn’t good for you. It’s just that sugar is bad for you also.

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      9 months ago

      Fat is an essential macronutrient. It’s just that we consume way too much.

      Just stay clear of transfat and saturated fat as much as possible, and you will be healthier.

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          9 months ago

          According to the sugar association, added sugars are also healthy in moderation. Whatever that means.

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            9 months ago

            Sugar is not unnecessary nutrient. There is no minimum amount of sugar the human body needs or it will die.

            Fat is necessary you will die if you don’t eat fat at all.

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      9 months ago

      There is active and vigorous debate about fat.

      https://fatlotofgood.com.au/

      Fats from natural foods appear to be unquestionably good for you.

      The consensus around sugar is slowly slowly painfully slowly agreeing that sugar is not good for you.

      It’s going to take us a century to undo the harm of the 1960s

    • skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Most fat is perfectly healthy, it’s when it’s heinously over processed or you eat too much that it’s bad. Sugar also has an important place in a balanced diet, albeit much smaller.