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The Obesity Epidemic — Is Medicine Scientific?
An anonymous reader writes "An award-winning science author, Gary Taubes, has written a book that pans the medical community's treatment of the obesity epidemic. What is interesting is that it looks like the medical community is behaving in a very unscientific manner. Taubes points out that the current medical orthodoxy — that consuming fat makes you fat and exercise makes you thin — has no basis in research. In fact, all the available research points in quite another, and more traditional, direction. Here's the (excellent) podcast of an interview with Taubes on CBC's 'Quirks and Quarks.' So, has medicine become a non-science? Is it mostly a non-science? Somewhat?"
After having read the majority of the threads it seems that everyone on Slashdot thinks they are a nutritional expert. Somehow I don't think that is the case.
No combination of those will result in your blanket statement.
The law of conservation of energy is sufficient to result in that blanket statement.
As for being fat. If you eat like a predator, you'll have a body like a predator. If you eat like a herbivore, you'll look like one.
I agree with my tribal elder's wisdom from the ages. (aka Citation needed.)
"If you eat like a predator, you'll have a body like a predator. If you eat like a herbivore, you'll look like one."
Why only eating? Why not acting? Chase down those animals yourself (with no tools); that'll improve your body.
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Ooh, I smell a new diet fad coming.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
Well, I actually like my brain being adequately supplied with oxygen, thank you! :-)
If you eat like a predator, you'll have a body like a predator. If you eat like a herbivore, you'll look like one.
Then how come all vegans are skinny fucks with almost transparent skin?
I've been following the south beach diet for a couple of months now, and I have already lost a significant amount of weight.
"I've been using Cold FX for a couple of months now, and I haven't had a single cold. I've been investing in winter wheat futures for a couple of months now, and I've made a fortune. I've been watching red-haired people for a couple of months now, and a lot of them seem to be left-handed." Anecdotes like these aren't worthless, but they aren't very conclusive either.
it's basically cutting out all highly processed foods from your diet and to stick to whole grains and whole unprocessed (ie not from a box) food.
Your main problem will be to find someone to dispute this advice. You just need to add lower taxes, increased services, and motherhood to your platform and you can run for congress.
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Scares the hell out of the cat, though...
When I eat like a Predator, I grow claws in front of my mouth and and have iridescent blood. Also, I click a lot when I talk... I should probably have that looked at.
The plant's spiritual energy and karma are getting back at them for eating it.
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
Actually everybody knows that in soviet Russia vodka is ok, but whiskey makes you fat...
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