Tag: food


kateoplis:

13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat (excerpts)

1. Eggs Are Bad For Your Health

The truth is that despite being high in cholesterol, eggs don’t really raise the bad cholesterol in the blood. In fact, eggs primarily raise the “good” cholesterol (1, 2, 3, 4). 

Despite all the warnings about eggs in the past few decades, studies show that they are NOT associated with heart disease (5, 6, 7).

2. A Calorie is A Calorie

All calories are not created equal. Different foods go through different metabolic pathways and have varying effects on hunger, hormones and health.

3. Saturated Fat is Unhealthy

A massive study published in 2010 looked at data from a total of 21 studies that included 347,747 individuals. They found absolutely no association between saturated fat consumption and the risk of heart disease (19).

The truth is that saturated fat raises HDL (the “good”) cholesterol. It also changes the LDL cholesterol from small, dense LDL (very, very bad) to Large LDL, which is benign (22, 23, 24, 25, 26).

6. Coffee is Bad for You

Coffee drinkers:

  • Have up to a 67% lower risk of Type II diabetes (50, 51).
  • Are at a much lower risk of getting Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s (52, 53).
  • Have up to an 80% lower risk of liver diseases like cirrhosis (54, 55).

Caffeine also helps to mobilize fatty acids from the fat tissues, boost metabolism and increase exercise performance by an average of 11-12% (56, 57, 58).

7. Meat is Bad For You

While it is true that processed meat is associated with all sorts of diseases, the same is not true for unprocessed red meat. A massive review from 2010 that looked at data from 20 studies with a total of 1,218,380 individuals revealed that unprocessed red meat had no significant association with either cardiovascular disease or type II diabetes (62).

9. Refined Seed- and Vegetable Oils Are Healthy

[S]eed – and vegetable oils are associated with a significantly increased risk of heart disease…(77, 78, 79, 80, 81).

It’s important to keep in mind that this does NOT apply to other plant oils like coconut oil and olive oil, which are low in Omega-6 and extremely healthy.

10. Low-Carb Diets Are Ineffective and Downright Harmful

Low-carb diets are the easiest, healthiest and most effective way to lose weight and reverse metabolic disease. It is pretty much a scientific fact at this point.

12. Sugar is Bad Because it Contains “Empty” Calories

This applies to fructose from added sugars, NOT the natural sugars found in fruits. When consumed in excess, added sugar is associated with multiple diseases, including obesity, heart disease, type II diabetes and even cancer (109, 110, 111, 112, 113).

Sugar is probably the single worst ingredient in the modern diet.

Read on. | Business Insider [ht/ nonlocalrelation]

I love facts that let me eat these foods and drink these drinks without shame and guilt and fear


kateoplis:

13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat (excerpts)

1. Eggs Are Bad For Your Health

The truth is that despite being high in cholesterol, eggs don’t really raise the bad cholesterol in the blood. In fact, eggs primarily raise the “good” cholesterol (1, 2, 3, 4). 

Despite all the warnings about eggs in the past few decades, studies show that they are NOT associated with heart disease (5, 6, 7).

2. A Calorie is A Calorie

All calories are not created equal. Different foods go through different metabolic pathways and have varying effects on hunger, hormones and health.

3. Saturated Fat is Unhealthy

A massive study published in 2010 looked at data from a total of 21 studies that included 347,747 individuals. They found absolutely no association between saturated fat consumption and the risk of heart disease (19).

The truth is that saturated fat raises HDL (the “good”) cholesterol. It also changes the LDL cholesterol from small, dense LDL (very, very bad) to Large LDL, which is benign (22, 23, 24, 25, 26).

6. Coffee is Bad for You

Coffee drinkers:

  • Have up to a 67% lower risk of Type II diabetes (50, 51).
  • Are at a much lower risk of getting Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s (52, 53).
  • Have up to an 80% lower risk of liver diseases like cirrhosis (54, 55).

Caffeine also helps to mobilize fatty acids from the fat tissues, boost metabolism and increase exercise performance by an average of 11-12% (56, 57, 58).

7. Meat is Bad For You

While it is true that processed meat is associated with all sorts of diseases, the same is not true for unprocessed red meat. A massive review from 2010 that looked at data from 20 studies with a total of 1,218,380 individuals revealed that unprocessed red meat had no significant association with either cardiovascular disease or type II diabetes (62).

9. Refined Seed- and Vegetable Oils Are Healthy

[S]eed – and vegetable oils are associated with a significantly increased risk of heart disease…(77, 78, 79, 80, 81).

It’s important to keep in mind that this does NOT apply to other plant oils like coconut oil and olive oil, which are low in Omega-6 and extremely healthy.

10. Low-Carb Diets Are Ineffective and Downright Harmful

Low-carb diets are the easiest, healthiest and most effective way to lose weight and reverse metabolic disease. It is pretty much a scientific fact at this point.

12. Sugar is Bad Because it Contains “Empty” Calories

This applies to fructose from added sugars, NOT the natural sugars found in fruits. When consumed in excess, added sugar is associated with multiple diseases, including obesity, heart disease, type II diabetes and even cancer (109, 110, 111, 112, 113).

Sugar is probably the single worst ingredient in the modern diet.

Read on. | Business Insider [ht/ nonlocalrelation]

I love facts that let me eat these foods and drink these drinks without shame and guilt and fear

Horror Scope – Virgo 21st September


Half way through the day all the bananas will disappear. Be on the look out until sunset. We do not yet know when they plan to attack.

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Carl’s Jr. Introduces a Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich | TIME.com


It’s the latest, over-the-top novelty item from a fast food chain this summer

Just shoot me in my fucking mouth.

Carl’s Jr. Introduces a Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich | TIME.com

Carl’s Jr. Introduces a Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich | TIME.com


It’s the latest, over-the-top novelty item from a fast food chain this summer

Just shoot me in my fucking mouth.

Carl’s Jr. Introduces a Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich | TIME.com

Appetite for Distraction – Screw the Hidden Cost; it’s Popcorn!


Do I work in some kind of magical building that just has a popcorn vendor in the foyer giving out popcorn for free to whoever wants it?

popcorn

Yes, Yes I really do.

Culture of Illusion – Inappropriate Candy Review.


There is a video on the internet that I have not seen called Two Women, One Cup. I hear that it is not the most pleasant thing in the world, either for the viewer or, for the two young women participating. I am not going to include a link here as I do not want to imprint my mind with it nor do I want to sully your poor psyche any more than it is already being sullied by living every day in this harsh world.

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Let us imagine, instead of two women and one cup, that the infamous video in question showed a Care Bear and a My Little Pony, sharing a cup. Let us say that Harmony Bear and Rosedust had fallen on hard times, their rent was due and they had been given the opportunity by Gargamel to make some easy money. After they had committed the acts as performed in Two Women, One Cup then the end result would taste similar to raspberry and dark chocolate m&m’s.

I apologise for rendering so sweet a pair of characters in such a vile scenario but I felt it was the only suitable way to warn you off this particular flavour of m&m’s.

You are most welcome.

Your thanks are not needed but they are enjoyed.

Appetite for Distraction – The Most Perfect Thing I Have Seen Today.


I love sushi.

I bet you think that the picture is a picture of a tape dispenser with a bit of sushi stuck in it don’t you?

WRONG!

It’s a Perfect Sushi Maker!

I am going to ignore the fact that I keep making fun of things that make life easier and embrace the beauty of this:

Perfect Roll - Sushi
Perfect Roll – Sushi

What could be so wrong with an invention to make the perfect sushi roll?

Do you want to spend your life studying to become the perfect sushi chef?

Fuck it! I can do that in five seconds with this reappointed tape dispenser.

I love you pointless inventions, I love you.

Who needs to study for years to master a skill that gives a feeling of accomplishment and self worth?

NOBODY ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE INVENTIONS TO DO OUR SELF-WORTH FOR US!

Culture of Illusion – Put a saddle on that chicken.


Tastes like chicken?
Tastes like chicken?

So it turns out that, quite by accident, horse meat is the most popular dish in Britain, possibly. So many years of eating and enjoying Findus crispy pancakes are now meaning I have to reconfigure my taste buds. Do I like horse meat? I probably like horse meat.

Culture of Illusion – Pity the Horse.


This work of art weighs in at an impressive 299g – about the same weight as an African Swallow. It offers the valued consumer close to a third of their required daily calorie intake. The chefs have gone for the swollen horse cock aesthetic. This is a very popular aesthetic in the hot dog world. To round off the joyful experience it is then slathered in spicy hot slurry, then, woven above it with great skill and patience a lattice of thick yellow mustard is laid, before being wedged in the breaded crack of a soft bun. This is what civilisation has brought us. This is what progress is. Revel in it for it is us – what we are and ever more shall be. It has more to say about art or culture than can ever be said with words.

I should explain, for those who are confused, that this is a hot dog promoted a couple of years ago from the respectable hot dog chain, Sonic, here in the USA. Do not fret, dear heart, for this wonderful creation is still available for you at all of the many delightfully appointed Sonic outlets in your area.