diet issues

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-blames-healthcare-system-her-204000918.html Surprising to see this in a developed country. If the doctor knew the kid was not eating right, then perhaps a...

Mom blames healthcare system after her son went blind from diet comprised of french fries and Pringles Of course if you are going to feed your children crap, just make sure they get plenty of vitamins.. I see it as a simple case of child abuse..

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/how-a-seemingly-respectable-couple-starved-their-toddler-on-a-vegan-diet-that-left-her-weighing-less-than-5kg-when-she-was-19-months-old-and-why-no-one-spotted-the-shocking-neglect/ar-AABcQG3 This is one of those cases where I hope the accused get the...

Gary Taubes at Low Carb Houston, 2018 A long presentation, but very thought provoking IMO The global obesity epidemic: Is dietary and animal fat the culprit? Evidence based on 20 years of investigative journalism. cm5Cdy4-KtU The World Health Organization contends " The fundamental cause of...

A less contentious controversy, but still an important issue, how do we encourage healthy eating, without alienating people... https://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/a/34344998/food-police-shame-pre-schooler-for-snacking-on-piece-of-chocolate-cake/#page1

I have a number of chronic health conditions including PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), which often causes diabetes. In my case, I am able to reduce carbs to control the symptoms and hopefully will never have full blown diabetes (my mom is insulin resistant so this is a real threat). An...

Anyone see this doc (now streaming on Netflix)? It argues that the livestock industry is far worse for the environment than from cars/fossil fuels, etc. Also that the major environmental groups (Greenpeace, etc) don't want to talk about that. A bit amateurish in some ways and definitely...

From the department of "No, don't hold back... tell us what you *really* think." BMJ: [Are some diets “mass murder”?] Excerpt: Blutoskitorial: It's an editorial by Richard Smith, who was actually editor of the BMJ for years and IMO highly esteemed. I also think he may be regrettably...

See NY Times link. Or the Chicago Trib if you can't get into the above link. Personally I think Bloomberg's approach is a little heavy handed but I can understand his frustration. There's a direct connection between non-diet sodas, obesity and medical expenses --- and NYC does fund city...

When I watch people who smoke, I often ask myself how can they do it. What is it that makes these people tick. They deliberately engage in a vice that they know will probably hasten their own death. Is it because they really don't enjoy life and dying early is OK with them. Is it because...

So, I decided to do something about my expanding gut and for the first time in my life started looking into methods of weight loss. Came across this presentation: Sugar, the bitter truth. For a short summary, try this one. And holy crap, was that an eye-opener. It makes a very compelling case...

I keep seeing a statement like this in comments on Mother Jones articles: if we switch to an all vegetarian diet, our former food animals will go extinct. What's the logic behind this? I can almost see it being true for larger land animals like cows, but we don't eat horses and they aren't...