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RE: How Modern lifestyle Impacts our Nutrition and Exercise (Part 1)

in #steemstem7 years ago

Absolutely. In the 1950s, when Dwight Eisenhower had a heart attack, medical personnel were trying to figure out what the culprit must have been. A British Doctor said that a diet rich in sugar is what elevated plaque buildup in the arteries, which can still be proven correct today. There was an American doctor, however, who professed that Fat was indeed what causes plaque buildup, and due to patriotism, pride, and a couple other stupid factors, fat was deemed the "enemy", and eliminated as much as possible from American Diets. All foods that used to get their flavors from fat had the fat replaced with sugar, and oddly enough, a bunch of medical issues tore across the U.S. and still are to this day. Great post!

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Thank you!

The main culprit behind the misconception of ‘fat being the killer’ was a man by the name of Ancal Keys. It turns out that he manipulated the data in his studies to prove his hypothesis. He was supposedly in cahoots with ‘big food’ at the time. No surprise there....

The plaque buildup, as you mentioned is a result of chronic inflammation cause by the surge of sugar consumption, among other things, in the past few decades. New research is slowly starting to uncover the ‘real’ causes of chronic disease. It will take time to reverse the deeply imbedded beliefs of the past though.

Good science always wins at the end, so I am hopeful for the future. Thanks for your comment.

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