On a serious note, I bumped into the sugar / carbs problem a few years ago. Changing my diet really improved my health. As I researched the subject, I was shocked at how much of the food ‘science’ was just unsubstantiated BS. I discovered that most of the studies were generated by the marketing department of some food conglomerate or a paid-off academic. Until the pandemic I had respect for medical researchers. Now I see them the same way I see the food industry.
Remember the one that said people who drink a glass of wine per day are healthier and live longer? Then some “not a scientist” pointed out that “yeah, people who drink a glass of wine per day are rich, they eat better and have better healthcare” 😂
I wonder how many parasites invested in soon-to-be-legalized drug manufacturing facilities based on these rat studies… Canada is fast becoming a complete shithole, where you can legally shoot heroin in a park but can’t feed squirrels 🤦🏼♂️
I think a lot of people just accepted "scientific studies" because they figured they were done by "scientists" with pure intentions. This thinking was blown out of the water over the past 3 years due to the diligent work of certain naughty kitties and others (eugyppius, malone, cole, etc). It's now OK to question the science. Which brings us to global warming, heh.
I am an archaeologist (archaeology is the only "science" based on opinion) and am constantly encountering interpretations of data that are based on unwarranted assumptions. It makes healthy critical thinking a necessity and a healthy skepticism useful, too. Applying this to politics, culture, life, love, and cat food, leads to the conclusion that the sound of one cat napping is...wonderful!
I think the rat study is playing out in the transgender movement. I think these confused kids feel isolated, and then they find a group online that they feel a part of… Leads them down a bad path!
There was a study purporting to state that saturated fat causes CVD. (Lots of cherry picked studies did that. The real ones disputing that hypothesis were hidden for decades) The test animal was rabbits. Scientist fed rabbits fat and they got sick with CVD. Gee--quit eating fat!! Yes we see the results when sugar/carbs and seed oils fooled so many in the 80’s. “Snackwells” ring a bell? Back to the rabbits? Rabbits eat primarily plants and some seeds. My garden was decimated last summer by these cute furry choppers. They are not us. Of course feeding this retched diet will cause all manner of ills to the rabbits--hence millions of non-rabbit folk on statins. It goes on and on.
This concept is how the foundations of civilization crumble and then the civilization disappears. Like the Maya discovering that what they knew was fundamentally wrong and so their faith in their system eroded and they simply vanished. Abandoning their cities without signs of death or destruction, simply walking away and allowing the jungle to reconquer their temples.
Imagine the devastation to physics if we suddenly realized that gravity is not a force of nature but an effect of rotation and mass. How the complex proofs that have built our modern understanding of the universe would be broken irreparably and we'd effectively have to start from scratch.
The problem is nature is simple. The laws are simple. And complexity is a sign of flawed understandings. But we spend our lives and reputation trying to force ideas into little boxes and devise montrously complex explanations to force those concepts to stay in the box we built. Pride is the chief obstacle to all of this though. We can't admit we were ever wrong, and certainly not so wrong that multiple generations built their entire careers on proving flawed ideas.
Whether covid or economics or physics or law, we have built complex systems off flawed ideas that when they finally reveal themselves in an unexplainable event, will shatter the illusions we have built and leave the world stunned and broken and embarassed. And then we'll all just walk away.
I remember Roy Walford was a big exponent of the low calorie diet. I read his book, "The 120 Year Diet". I tried it for about a week; too hard! He died at 79 of Lou Gehrig's disease.
I'm furious and sad that the info about a high-carb diet was deliberately, massively suppressed until recently. As the cliche goes, NEWS I COULD HAVE USED THIRTY YEARS AGO. I had no idea why my once slender, toned body kept putting on pounds, starting in my thirties. Didn't I eat low-fat? Didn't I eat little meat? Instead, I ate healthy low-fat pasta, bread, and potatoes.
Now I struggle to stay away from carbs and it's so freakin' hard! But it's the only thing that brings my blood glucose down to normal levels, and brings my cholesterol down too---sadly the lipids are still pretty high. None of this had to happen if I had known all along to cut back on carbs.
Hi 🙂 my best results in the weight battle roller coaster were M-F low carb, responsible weekend cheating, daily ANY activity (*none of that has been happening since covid*)
Whenever I see a study whose results I find disturbing, I relax because I know there’s a study coming soon with the exact opposite results.
Great Article! And I love the Samurai Cat!
On a serious note, I bumped into the sugar / carbs problem a few years ago. Changing my diet really improved my health. As I researched the subject, I was shocked at how much of the food ‘science’ was just unsubstantiated BS. I discovered that most of the studies were generated by the marketing department of some food conglomerate or a paid-off academic. Until the pandemic I had respect for medical researchers. Now I see them the same way I see the food industry.
Has the death toll from the covid hoax caught up to the death toll from the cholesterol hoax?
Remember the one that said people who drink a glass of wine per day are healthier and live longer? Then some “not a scientist” pointed out that “yeah, people who drink a glass of wine per day are rich, they eat better and have better healthcare” 😂
I wonder how many parasites invested in soon-to-be-legalized drug manufacturing facilities based on these rat studies… Canada is fast becoming a complete shithole, where you can legally shoot heroin in a park but can’t feed squirrels 🤦🏼♂️
I remember when we were told margarine was good for us. I still find that hilarious.
I think a lot of people just accepted "scientific studies" because they figured they were done by "scientists" with pure intentions. This thinking was blown out of the water over the past 3 years due to the diligent work of certain naughty kitties and others (eugyppius, malone, cole, etc). It's now OK to question the science. Which brings us to global warming, heh.
I am an archaeologist (archaeology is the only "science" based on opinion) and am constantly encountering interpretations of data that are based on unwarranted assumptions. It makes healthy critical thinking a necessity and a healthy skepticism useful, too. Applying this to politics, culture, life, love, and cat food, leads to the conclusion that the sound of one cat napping is...wonderful!
Discernment is a rare quality. Wisdom? Even more so. And the more outrageous the claim, the longer it "sticks". Just my observation over 71 years.
I think the rat study is playing out in the transgender movement. I think these confused kids feel isolated, and then they find a group online that they feel a part of… Leads them down a bad path!
There was a study purporting to state that saturated fat causes CVD. (Lots of cherry picked studies did that. The real ones disputing that hypothesis were hidden for decades) The test animal was rabbits. Scientist fed rabbits fat and they got sick with CVD. Gee--quit eating fat!! Yes we see the results when sugar/carbs and seed oils fooled so many in the 80’s. “Snackwells” ring a bell? Back to the rabbits? Rabbits eat primarily plants and some seeds. My garden was decimated last summer by these cute furry choppers. They are not us. Of course feeding this retched diet will cause all manner of ills to the rabbits--hence millions of non-rabbit folk on statins. It goes on and on.
This concept is how the foundations of civilization crumble and then the civilization disappears. Like the Maya discovering that what they knew was fundamentally wrong and so their faith in their system eroded and they simply vanished. Abandoning their cities without signs of death or destruction, simply walking away and allowing the jungle to reconquer their temples.
Imagine the devastation to physics if we suddenly realized that gravity is not a force of nature but an effect of rotation and mass. How the complex proofs that have built our modern understanding of the universe would be broken irreparably and we'd effectively have to start from scratch.
The problem is nature is simple. The laws are simple. And complexity is a sign of flawed understandings. But we spend our lives and reputation trying to force ideas into little boxes and devise montrously complex explanations to force those concepts to stay in the box we built. Pride is the chief obstacle to all of this though. We can't admit we were ever wrong, and certainly not so wrong that multiple generations built their entire careers on proving flawed ideas.
Whether covid or economics or physics or law, we have built complex systems off flawed ideas that when they finally reveal themselves in an unexplainable event, will shatter the illusions we have built and leave the world stunned and broken and embarassed. And then we'll all just walk away.
Great article! Once again the bad cat is pushing everything off the edges of our flat earth.
I remember Roy Walford was a big exponent of the low calorie diet. I read his book, "The 120 Year Diet". I tried it for about a week; too hard! He died at 79 of Lou Gehrig's disease.
I'm furious and sad that the info about a high-carb diet was deliberately, massively suppressed until recently. As the cliche goes, NEWS I COULD HAVE USED THIRTY YEARS AGO. I had no idea why my once slender, toned body kept putting on pounds, starting in my thirties. Didn't I eat low-fat? Didn't I eat little meat? Instead, I ate healthy low-fat pasta, bread, and potatoes.
Now I struggle to stay away from carbs and it's so freakin' hard! But it's the only thing that brings my blood glucose down to normal levels, and brings my cholesterol down too---sadly the lipids are still pretty high. None of this had to happen if I had known all along to cut back on carbs.
Hi 🙂 my best results in the weight battle roller coaster were M-F low carb, responsible weekend cheating, daily ANY activity (*none of that has been happening since covid*)