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[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Important to note

In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat, according to a newly published article in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Fat still isn't good for you. It's just that sugar is bad for you also.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago

Fat is an essential macronutrient. It's just that we consume way too much.

Just stay clear of transfat and saturated fat as much as possible, and you will be healthier.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Yes. Everything in moderation. I should've clarified what I said.

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

According to the sugar association, added sugars are also healthy in moderation. Whatever that means.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 0 points 8 months ago

Sugar is not unnecessary nutrient. There is no minimum amount of sugar the human body needs or it will die.

Fat is necessary you will die if you don't eat fat at all.

[-] skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Most fat is perfectly healthy, it's when it's heinously over processed or you eat too much that it's bad. Sugar also has an important place in a balanced diet, albeit much smaller.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yes. Everything in moderation. I should've clarified what I said.

[-] Mkengine@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Maybe a dumb question, but is there a fat industry which could have lobbied against the sugar industry?

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I think that'd be anyone selling high-fat products, but I don't know if they have a specific lobby. Fast food industry alone would support such effort I bet.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Well, there's big oil, but their lobbying agenda was pretty full already.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

They were too busy taking a victory lap after pushing the idea of a "carbon footprint"

[-] nodsocket@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

The meat industry wants you to believe carbs are the problem.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Depends on the fat.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 8 months ago

There is active and vigorous debate about fat.

https://fatlotofgood.com.au/

Fats from natural foods appear to be unquestionably good for you.

The consensus around sugar is slowly slowly painfully slowly agreeing that sugar is not good for you.

It's going to take us a century to undo the harm of the 1960s

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 0 points 8 months ago

Bro science here: I heard fat and sugar combined is a force multiplier. Easier for body to store fat in presence of sugar.

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