The modern food supply is making us fat, low energy and depressed. A brief look at mechanisms and solutions.

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[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Do a thought experiment with me if you don't mind. You're going to a large family gathering tomorrow. There's going to be some great food there. You really really want to be ravenously hungry when you arrive. What do you do?

[–]Nombre27 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

You'd probably skip some meals.

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Correct. You'd probably skip some meals, eat less and maybe walk or exercise a bit. This is the standard advice we give people to lose weight. Don't you find it odd the advice for preparing to eat a big meal mirrors 'standard' weight loss advice? This sets people up for failure and it's a big reason the populace, despite asking doctors and 'certified nutritionists' for help for decades, is still obese. There was a military experiment where they tried to restrict calories of soldiers. It was chaos. People abandoned the experiment, some went insane, others became obsessed with food. Calorie restriction and calorie counting are not conducive to weight loss as all. Furthermore, they aren't a good start or a good way to describe how humans gain or lose weight.

The opening of this video profiles the study

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZCfmgzoS0

[–]Nombre27 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The opening of this video profiles the study

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZCfmgzoS0 YouT

Super interesting video. Makes a lot of sense based on the biochemistry detailed.

Too bad that 1 year of fasting isn't more common in bariatrics.