Is bacon dangerous? The science behind food trends

[liuzhou]

Interesting article

 

Most of it obvious when you think about it, but so few people do.

[Duvel]

Sad but true. Unfortunately, most nutritionist are still trapped in a "cause and effect" type of thinking and are quick to attribute one property of a food item to a certain behavior on the entire organism rather that assuming it being part of interdependent regulation cycles, which are far more difficult to comprehend (cf. the sad story of 50 years of gout treatment). When you see recent medical literature a lot of the previous accepted truths are being questioned, reevaluated and these paradigm shifts - as witnessed by this article - find their way into the public eye.  It's a good development.

[kayb]

My purely unscientific interpretation is that everyone's body differs as to what impacts them most. From a decades-long yo-yo with weight gain and loss, I know that fat intake has little effect on me, while carbs and sugar do, so I happily eat bacon and butter and put cream in my coffee.

[Arey]

I've been pestered by family, friends and doctors telling what I should and should not be eating since I was in my pre-teens in the 1950s.  Despite  ignoring all this well meant advice I have made it into my 70s.  However, I blame my weight problem on the Selective Service System.  After graduating from college in 1962  I was called up for a preinduction physical and failed it because of my weight.  I was classified 1Y which am officer at the local recruiting station defined  as"Draftable in case of a national emergency if you survive the emergency"  Every year without fail up to age 31 the local draft board sent me a postcard asking what my weight was.  I would fill in the card truthfully and send it back, but I was seriously unmotivated to lose weight and by the time I hit age 31 I weighed 230 lbs.  So I blame my perpetual weight problem on the Selective Service System and their post cards.  Without them I might have been slim, svelt and draftable, rather than  fat and 1Y.