High fat works for me (Keto). The French seem to eat a lot of fat, and they are thinner than us (as you noticed).
Corporate agriculture has convinced both people and the medical profession that a low fat diet is the way to eat.
Big ag likes it because you are buying their products, and big medicine likes it because you get sick more and need more care and drugs.
You and I don't matter, the only thing that matters is corporate profits, and in order for the stockholders to not jump ship, the profits need to increase and increase perpetually.
Since we don't matter to them, we have to take care of ourselves.
I found keto (through Atkins induction). It's not the first diet I tried, but it's the first one that worked for me.
I'm 77, have a heart and circulatory system of a 50-year-old, and I don't get sick, except for a 3-day cold every 15 years or so.
I don't suppose one diet would work for everyone. If it did, we would only need one diet book.
So if the diet you are on isn't working for you, find another, and keep looking until you find the one that agrees with you, and stick to it.
Without your health, nothing else matters. If you are obese, you are unhealthy, and sooner or later you will pay the price — and it might be the point of no return.
Don't put your faith in any self-proclaimed expert, whether he/she says he/she is a doctor, nutritionist, or any other kind of expert. Look at yourself. Is what you are doing working? If not, why stick to it, no matter how many experts tell you it's right. Many of those experts are simply salesmen or saleswomen in disguise.
I remember the ads, 3 out of 4 doctors recommend Camel cigarettes.
And don't buy drugs to feed your bad eating habits.
My dad had type 2 diabetes. He kept taking more and more insulin. But insulin is the killer hormone, it burned out the blood vessels that fed his heart and kidneys. My mom had multiple strokes until the big one happened, and she would sit there and repeat "Somebody, somebody, somebody" or "What is happening to us" or calling everybody by my sister's first name. It was heartbreaking to watch her babble on, not able to communicate with anyone.
Pay attention to yourself, find what works, and don't stick to anything that isn't working. You have one life that we know if, don't cut it short.
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