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Sunset Gun's avatar

I have long been involved in health related issues since my profession involves exercise. I also advise clients on diet (which is where fat loss happens, not via exercise to any significant degree) and I noticed early on that the smarter people in the diet and exercise space were, with perhaps a few exceptions, some of the first to question all the nonsense in the Spring of 2020. This is because we had been swimming against the tide of BS regarding things like the food pyramid, fear of saturated fat, the efficacy of statins, the non-importance of LDL when in the presence of a healthy HDL to triglyceride ratio, etc. for years. We new how pharma and processed food corporations had captured entire fields of research. Ancel Keyes is the mid-20th century Fauci in so many ways. A skilled bureaucrat with an amazing ability to accrue power and authority. So it was no surprise when Ivor Cummins (who I have followed for years regarding cardio respiratory health) had guests on his podcast that spring of 2020 who were not necessarily epidemiologists, but data savvy outsiders pointing out the impossibility of the exponential growth that computer modelers were then promoting.

We who know how to actually maintain proper metabolic health have always known that the mainstream advice was terrible. And we did and do our best to educate who we can. But it never seemed as dire as this, because ultimately, if people chose not to listen, the only outcome was their own ill health. (You don’t know how many obese doctor clients of mine tell me, 5 foot 10, 147lbs, that all that red meat I eat is going to kill me). I could swim against that tide, as could my family and simply pity their ignorance and reliance on authorities who had so terribly mislead them. But now, that same terrible top down advice is coming in the form of mandates that limit my freedom and possibly my ability to make sound choices about my own health. Well, fuck that. I am not eating “healthy whole grains” and I’m not going to be part of a pharma annuity plan, whether for Covid or heart disease. Pass the steak and eggs…

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Guttermouth's avatar

Baby, that "deep societal reservoir of trust in these federal agencies" has run COMPLETELY dry in this house. I'd be skeptical if they told me the sky was blue at this point.

(Responses explaining that the sky isn't actually blue, actually, are as welcome as a hemorrhoid, and I hope someone punches you in the face while wearing a ring with "DICK" printed on it backwards. Happy Halloween!)

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