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Ladies and Gentlemen,
It's not everyday an issue of Science contains articles about newly discovered "fresh" impact craters (Hiawatha) or fingers the source of the worst year to be alive (534 in case you're time traveling).
But the same issue has these open (no paywall) articles summarizing what we do know about eating and living long healthy lives.
Quick takeaways:
- The 1977 guidelines that we all grew up with were written by politicians, not scientists.
- Trans-fats are bad, no matter what.
- Intermittent fasting can help your brain, kidneys, chemotherapy effectiveness and recovery, AND encourage weight loss.
- Refined sugars and carbs are generally bad for you.
There's way more than any summary can contain. In fact, almost every section of these four meta-articles could be their own discussion topic.
Since I care for all of you, I want you all to be as healthy and live as long as you want. These articles contain the state of-the-art on how to do that through proper eating habits.
Optimizing the diet.
Dietary fat: From foe to friend?
A time to fast
The gut microbiota at the intersection of diet and human health
Swifter, higher, stronger: What’s on the menu?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 30 2018, @03:21PM
I've read a few similar articles. The primary victim in those articles is "diet" drinks. You taste buds taste that sweet, and they send a signal to the digestive system, 'Hey, here comes some sugar! Better gear up!' The stuff hits bottom, and the stomach is ready to thank the Lord for what we have recieved - but there is nothing nutritious there. Something, but the stomach doesn't recognize it. So, the signal goes back up, 'Hey, we got cheated! We didn't get our sugar down here!' Some hunger pangs are sent to the CPU to inform Central that there is a problem. So - the diet soda drinkers drink more soda to appease the pangs.
Eating healthy is probably near impossible if you're sending trick signals to the digestive tract several times each day.