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1/ Moving the needle on what causes obesity.

(This is a very dense paper.)

It blows a large hole in the CICO story. "Eat less, move more" is a problem when your body turns down the thermostat.

You can't "move more" (AEE) enough. Image
2/ What they found is that we have seen a decline in human metabolism over the last few decades, despite an INCREASE in activity.

This is paralleled by a decline in body temperature (!).

@fire_bottle Image
3/ What caused it? It's not carbohydrate, it's not protein...



It's the fat. Specifically, the shift from saturated to unsaturated fat over the last many decades. Image
4/ "This suggests that alterations in the intake of saturated relative to unsaturated fat over the past 100 years may have contributed to the decline in BEE reported here, although... further studies in humans are required."
5/ Pretty remarkable finding, from world-class researchers and a world-class database. Image
6/ There are a few things I disagree with in this paper, but I'll just quote from one of their refs, 36:

“...These studies suggest that the n-6/n-3 ratio per se is an important modulator for white-to-beige thermogenic conversion through oxygenated lipid mediators (oxylipins)..."
7/7. I can live with that. The needle doesn't get moved all the way in one paper. Read the whole thing. (Some nuance omitted here!) Thanks to

@JohnSpeakman4

for allowing me to make my case. It was an honor.

doi.org/10.1038/s42255…

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May 22
Cardiologists: Lots of cholesterol in atherosclerotic plaques means cholesterol causes heart disease. Don't eat cholesterol!

Also cardiologists: Lots of linoleic acid in plaques means you should eat more linoleic acid! It'll cure those plaques!

#lcl6 1/
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May 16
1/ A cardiologist will tell you:

A low-fat diet is healthy.

Lp(a) is a marker for CVD risk.

Lp(a) is genetic.
2/ "Thirty-seven healthy women were fed two diets. Both diets contained a reduced amount of total and saturated fat. In addition, one diet was low in vegetables and the other was high in vegetables, berries, and fruit. The dietary intake of total fat was...
3/ "...70 g per day at baseline and decreased to 56 g (low-fat, low-vegetable diet) and to 59 g (low-fat, high-vegetable diet). The saturated fat intake decreased from 28 g to 20 g and to 19 g, and the amount of polyunsaturated fat intake increased...
Read 6 tweets
Apr 18
1/ A few thoughts on ApoB.

It's something we're programmed for, genetically.

It's a fundamental component of digestion and energy distribution. (@realDaveFeldman)

So if it causes CVD, then CVD is a genetic disease.

#lcl6 h/t @jimolsen717
2/ If CVD is genetic, then we should see the current rate of CVD (~50% of deaths) in all human populations.

We don't.

This is demonstrated repeatedly, best here:



Where various genetic populations have near-zero CVD in their natural environment.
3/ We only see CVD in populations consuming higher amounts of linoleic acid, and, best, low levels of animal fats.

doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2… Image
Read 13 tweets
Feb 23
Does Ted Ryce Know the Truth About Seed Oils?

He asked folks to retweet this thread, so I'm going to, with some commentary.

tldr: No, he doesn't. Keep reading, Ted.
No, Ted, it's been going on for much longer than that. Paul Chek hardly started it.

"Before we jump in, I want you to know that this debate has been going on for over 20 years."

Here's a paper from 1961, proposing that seed oils (linoleic acid) are essential for atherosclerosis causation.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

That's 62 years ago.

Score: Ted = -1
Read 28 tweets
Feb 22
#duh 1/ Dieticians are corrupt.

"@eatright and its foundation... received food industry fundings via sponsorships, which are in effect quid pro quos. In a 2015 email, an Academy employee defined a sponsorship as “When a company pays a fee to the Academy/Foundation in return...
2/ "...for Academy/Foundation defined specific rights and benefits.”

"The email reveals the Academy in 2015 was in a sponsorship deal with Abbott and was discussing how the Academy could use its dietitians’ influence in pediatricians’ offices to push Pediasure...
3/ "...one of the pharmaceutical giant’s infant nutritional products. Abbott at the time had in place a two year, $300,000 sponsorship deal.
Read 14 tweets
Dec 26, 2022
1/15 Remember TMAO? #Vegan claim it comes from meat, and is bad for you, promoting heart disease.

"TMAO: A Toxic Substance Formed When You Eat Meat Can Make You … Dead Meat"
forksoverknives.com/wellness/tmao-…

Written by an MD!
2. Problem was, the most cardioprotective diet includes lots of fish, and fish are the best source for TMAO:

"Fish consumption yields a greater increase in urinary TMAO compared to red meat."

"The Relationship between Fish Intake and Urinary [TMAO]"
doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.2…
3. While a vegan diet does indeed decrease TMAO:

"Evaluation of an 8-Week #Vegan Diet on Plasma [TMAO] and Postchallenge Glucose in Adults with Dysglycemia or Obesity"

https:doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxa…
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