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Unique-Public-8594 t1_itpeouz wrote

In 2016 it came out that although most of us believe fat content in food is the thing to focus on to lose weight, it’s actually sugar.

The sugar lobby controlled the narrative, manipulating consumers, protecting their business:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat

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Sloth_are_great t1_itqgkb5 wrote

You really don’t need to avoid either if you just eat in moderation

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_itqhr8g wrote

Are you saying that for someone who is obese and has a stalled metabolism, cutting back on these things won’t make any difference?

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Sloth_are_great t1_itqhwqu wrote

They need to cut calories. I guarantee if they ate fat and sugar but ate a healthy amount of calories for weight loss their health would improve drastically

Edit: spelling

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_itqovg8 wrote

Ya. I hear you. Good point. I’m probably leading us way off topic, a bad habit of mine. Likely we agree if we explored more.

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