Mon, Feb-03-20, 09:23
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Senior Member
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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I'm schizoaffective bipolar. My first big psychotic break had me worrying I was infested with demons, thinking every song on the radio was a message from God to me, checking for video devices when I went to take a bath. I have a manager at work who sometimes goes on about the government having cameras everywhere, Big Brother etc. I tell her I can't afford to let my paranoia get out of hand. Not being able to trust my own senses, I tend to doubt myself, my intuition is wrong all the time. I need evidence, I need to double-check to be certain that I have good reason for my suspicion.
We live in a world where most people seem to think a high fat diet is bad for you, and a higher carb, healthywholegrainlowfatdiet is good for you. Are there vested interests that push this? Sure. A good example is the glycemic index--Kellogg's Australia funded most of the research done by Jenny Brand Miller looking at the glycemic index of various foods. Putting the emphasis for problematic carbohydrate intake on the "quality" of the carbohydrates rather than their mere presence or absence, pushing the idea that "fast" carbs are good for sports and "slow" carbs are good for health--it's obvious why a cereal company would push this. Or Coca Cola pushing the idea that exercise matters more than diet, and "calories" rather than food quality is what matters. It's gotten silly enough that I've seen the idea that bread has a higher glycemic index than a Mars bar used to criticize bread--I think there are reasons to criticize bread, but that's not a reason to criticize bread, it's a reason to doubt the usefulness of the glycemic index. Bread sucks, but it's not worse than a Mars Bar. I also see the idea that higher fat ice cream is better for you, based on glycemic index. Nope. Fat isn't a good addition to a sugary treat--it can be a good alternative.
If most people go in honestly thinking high fat must somehow be bad for you--I don't think the big problem is really some conspiracy, we're fighting what's become a social norm here, "common sense."
Last edited by teaser : Mon, Feb-03-20 at 09:29.
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