ID: tags via @missh2o2 reading “#posts like these blow my mind its just factually incorrect #the pushback against antfat propaganda has gone so far its propaganda itself #what you eat fucking matters #there were inuit culture where heart disease and obesity were unheard of before convenience stores were in the area #diet makes a huge difference even if its not a Diet TM you get out of an american weight loss magazine #and while fatness is not a cause it is a symptom of dietary problems for a lot of people #it can be harmless and it could be caused by any number of things #but scarfing down 6 sodas a day will give you diabetes heart disease and make you obese and ALL of those things should be addressed #because you’re not ‘naturally fat’ if you suddenly gain 150lbs after changing your diet for the worst #people found out that being fat didn’t *cause* heart disease and went 'welp nothings wrong then’ #there is nothing natural about our bodies when we get food for the supermarket #and there never will be #because even the freshest shit there is modified to be too sugary too fatty have worse fats and have too much simple carbs #none of which we evolved to handle
hi im gonna need you to get your fatphobic incorrect ass off my fucking post
Dieting is better predictor for heart disease than weight -"Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center reported that women with a history of yo-yo dieting or weight cycling—a pattern in which weight loss is followed by subsequent weight gain—had more cardiovascular risk factors than those who maintained a consistent weight.”
confronting the failure of behavioral and dietary treatments for obesity- “This review questions the appropriateness of behavioral and dietary treatments of obesity in light of overwhelming evidence that they are ineffective in producing lasting weight loss. The stigmatization of obesity, the overstatement of health risks, and the pervasive influence of the lucrative diet industry have maintained public demand for dietary treatment. However, decades of research on the biology of weight regulation make clear the unlikelihood of success with dietary treatment, information which the health professions have been slow to integrate. Recommendations are made for improving lifestyle, health risk factors, body image, and the self-esteem of the obese without requiring weight loss.
a persons weight is determined by how much they eat.. right? - no, at least 77% of size is predicted by genes, and the rest still isn’t attributed solely to how you eat. ”Decreases in energy intake, such as those proscribed by weight loss plans, prompt a cascade of biological changes that resist weight loss.“
moreover, you body *does not want you to lose weight*. it puts immense physical stress on your body as soon as you start restricting calories. -”And so the first day that we begin to restrict [food intake], the cave person brain goes “I’ll take care of this. I’ve got you. I’ll protect your body weight.” And it starts to drop the metabolism… The way that this happens affects virtually every organ in the body… It shuts down normal blood flow to your hands and feet, and keeps them cold all the time like a spare room you don’t want to spend extra energy heating when you’re not using it… “
also the idea that there are such things as "bad” fats or carbs is a myth, same with the idea of needing to eat “clean”. all nutrients get broken down by your body into the same basic elements, no matter what they are made of. you body will not see any difference from eating rice today vs rice grown 1000 years ago, it will just break down the starch into sugar. “ALL foods have nutritional value. I feel like at least once a week I hear someone say “X food has no nutritional value.” Usually the food in question is high in carbohydrates and/or fat. But guess what carbohydrates and fat are? NUTRIENTS! Technically they’re called “macronutrients,” but #dietculture conveniently erases that fact by shortening their name to “macros.” Carbs and fat are nutrients, and our bodies need them in order to function. If that’s not nutritional value, I don’t know what is. (Plus, carb- and fat-rich foods often contain other important nutrients [like vitamins and minerals and protein], too.)”
what about diabetes you say? because “scarfing 6 sodas a day” is gonna give you the diabetics! except no it fucking wont. “it turns out that weight gain is an independent risk factor for the development of Type II diabetes… [and treating/preventing diabetes involves] Eating adequately and regularly throughout the day (i.e., over 2500 to 3500 calories per day; no more than 3 hours between meals/snacks). It is easier for your body to process glucose when it comes regularly. Periods of restriction followed by larger meals can stress the body’s abilities to process glucose. Note, you do not need to restrict food groups or eat less. Just nourish yourself adequately and often.” note how restricting food, especially sugars, can actually INCREASE the risk for diabetes!
also regaurding your weird claim that introduction of stores to inuit people made them fat and have heart disease… maybe that’s because Poverty and oppression make people fatter- gaining weight is how your body adapts to stress and food insecurity- it is trying to help you survive starving. weight loss, stress, food insecurity, and etc are all better predictors for heart disease and weight gain than anything else, including diet.
now can you stop and maybe imagine why, during a process of being forced into reservations, having access to previous food sources restricted, and otherwise being victims of genocide and colonization might lead to heart disease and weight gain? if you cant connect those dots, I’m afraid you’re a lost cause.
and there is so much fucking more I didn’t even address
im gonna need you and everyone else to fucking check themselves next time they try and disguise their fatphobia as “concern for health” because you are parroting misinformation and propaganda and also acting like a person need to be “healthy” in order to get respect, which is fucking ridiculous, ableist, and fatphobic
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