• 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.

      • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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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.

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      What bothers me is that many people are so focused on what they see as “overcorrection.” Critics of “big is beautiful” et al spend more time talking about that then the reason that reaction happened in the first place: ridiculously unhealthy, constantly plastered images of what we “should“ look like that usually involve women being thin as a needle and men looking like a Greek hero. That’s the crux of the situation here. That we need to challenge these very unhealthy standards. Those standards have been far more damaging than “big is beautiful“ comments have ever been.

      How many women have required medical intervention or even died because of unhealthy attempts to make themselves look like a magazine cover? How many people hate themselves and are mocked ruthlessly because a soap commercial shows a body type that most people will never be able to have? That’s the issue at hand here.