You have to be able to explain things to people at different levels of understanding. But I’m seeing a trend towards reductionism that is affecting understanding. Have you seen the YouTube series where they take an expert in a field and have them explain the same concept several times from a child to I think a PhD student or maybe it’s another expert in the field?

My guess is overtime, foods are now packed with sodium, sugar, and fats to make it more delicious — ppl love instant gratification 😋, why cook when you can buy a whole tub of mac n cheese for $5 🫠🥲.

My other guess…people were dying earlier back then due to poorer technology in health. Couldn’t survive long enough to get to BMI of 30. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think reductionism is the enemy of true understanding.

After reading the statement above again. Two things jumped out. There were food shortages into the 1950’s. Even upper middle class families typically only had one car into the 60’s. So every household member of driving age didn’t typically have their own car like you see know.

What's interesting to me is that this is the introduction paragraph to just about all the different ways of eating that are being promoted.

We all agree on the basics of the problem - commercially available foods bad.

The solutions are varied and contradictory, and nobody agrees on "the science".

A doctor recommended I read a book on plant based diets (How Not To Die), when I told him I had gone to a zero-carb diet. I did. I was surprised at how much I agreed with in that book, or had seen already with different conclusions reached.

I think this has to be where self-experimentation comes in, and maybe a little common sense and learning. If your own experiment makes sense to you, based on your understanding and your own research, then try it. If it doesn't work, change something.

Repeat after me:

“I am going to the #nostrocco unconference”

How in that time did portion sizes change? Consumption of soda? You also have the introduction of home tv’s then computers leading to more sedentary activities at home. Along with other home appliances making cleaning easier. What was the shift from home cooked, made from scratch meals to meals eaten out or prepared by others which tend to be higher calorie per bite? What are other factors like growth hormones in meat and dairy products? What about the shift in consumption to processed soy and corn in our diets? The rise of food like products that have been engineered to keep making us want to eat. So many factors.

How in that time did portion sizes change? Consumption of soda? You also have the introduction of home tv’s then computers leading to more sedentary activities at home. Along with other home appliances making cleaning easier. What was the shift from home cooked, made from scratch meals to meals eaten out or prepared by others which tend to be higher calorie per bite? What are other factors like growth hormones in meat and dairy products? What about the shift in consumption to processed soy and corn in our diets? The rise of food like products that have been engineered to keep making us want to eat. So many factors.

I think the roots of this are maybe a little earlier(by a couple decades), but I agree with where I think you are going.

GM! Happy Sunday #nostr

No, healthier than ever.

It's the truth. They say that certain corporate food lobbyists pay to stifle research that would change how corporations market and produce food that would fix this social issue, but it would cut into the profits of many billion dollar corporations if we collectively began losing weight.

I previously didn't know how to cook, and ate a diet of mainly processed food. I was fat, almost 300 lb.

I learned to cook, and make my own food from real ingredients. My new diet is unhealthy by most nutritional standards, meat & fat are abundant. I have lost over 40% of my body weight, and maintained that loss for 10 years.

Take from that what you will.

I previously didn't know how to cook, and ate a diet of mainly processed food. I was fat, almost 300 lb.

I learned to cook, and make my own food from real ingredients. My new diet is unhealthy by most nutritional standards, meat & fat are abundant. I have lost over 40% of my body weight, and maintained that loss for 10 years.

Take from that what you will.

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Time to start wearing adversarial patterns.