re: How The Sugar Industry Shifted The Blame To Fat

Wheat toast and some peanuts

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Keto has experts and Vegans has experts? Gotta find balance.

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Ive lost 110 pounds in less than a year. No special diets I eat as much as I want I just follow a couple rules

Meats, Vegetables, and fruits only on a 40,40,20 ratio.

Vegetables have to be something that can be eaten raw, so no beans, corn, peas, potatoes etc.

thats it. very easy to maintain.

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Interesting NY Times Article that goes into how the sugar industry paid off Harvard researchers to blame fat instead of sugar.

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You ought to read up on Archer Daniels Midland and how High Fructose Corn syrup is in about every product now. Richard Manning has a good book Against the Grain.

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Keto diets are great for losing quick weight and moving numbers like that, but how sustainable is it as a lifestyle?

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This is my beef with Keto. Too many people confuse losing weight with being healthy. It's a necessary first step, but not an end goal.

I was part of a performance study on keto and other diets and there are some legit long-term concerns (for some).

1.) Gut Health - You've got to really work to provide enough food for a healthy gut flora. It's possible, but the "meat & eggs" and minimal veggie Keto dudes will jack their guts up over time.

2.) Sleep Quality - We saw a decent number of complaints over sleep quality. It's almost undeniable that evening carbs help downregulate and start the cascade of serotonin to help ease into sleep.

3.) Testosterone & Hormones - If you are an active dude, there's some legit concern that too few carbs can really impact your T levels. Also looks like there's a thyroid risk for women.

I did Keto for a while and it was practically a Nootropic for me. I was noticeably sharper at work. However, I noticed some gut issues and some performance issues in sprint/intense training.

I've settled on around 125g of daily carbs, all coming after 2pm. Works best for me.

Some good topics being discussed but I will try to stay closer to the OP and say that sugar is a big (biggest?) reason for our country's health epidemic. Further, I think that the sugar industry is deflecting the negative impacts of sugar (in quantities being consumed) and that could be considered morally wrong.

A good comprehensive read for those interested

Edit for formatting (much too large, like our populace...)

do you think you can blow it up a little more? I can barley read it

That is a fantastic book.

I try to avoid talking about diet/exercise IRL because that can be annoying to hear (so I'll do it here to get it out of my system).

I try to eat in moderation most of the time but also enjoy over-eating, 'bad' foods, and drinking alcohol 1-2x/week. I also enjoy many different forms of exercise, some intense.

I feel fortunate that my 30s were during the information age of being able to google any question or stumbling across useful articles. Something as simple as intermittent fasting can be a huge benefit to health. I've never done a formal 'diet' but have incorporated things such as IF to supplement overall health.