Comment by al_borland

3 days ago

Eating nothing but processed foods, sugar, and heavily processed grains? That sounds like the opposite of what Kennedy recommends, which is a recipe for obesity and type 2 diabetes.

He’s got his problems, many of them, but eating real food without a bunch of processing seems like a fairly common sense thing.

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snemvalts  3 days ago

Red meat (a known carcinogen) at the top is gold. All that saturated fat the energy will come from (not from protein or veggies) will probably cause heart problems and plaque formation in arteries, not to mention insulin resistance just from increased FFAs in blood.

Vegetarians and vegans have lower T2D incidence on average FWIW.

  • al_borland  3 days ago

    > Vegetarians and vegans have lower T2D incidence on average FWIW.

    Anecdotally, my dad tried vegetarianism for quite a while to address his T2D, but it had no effect. My mom cut out sugar and processed carbohydrates and her T2D was gone in ~3 months or so.

    Following any diet is probably better than nothing at all, which could explain the lower incidence of T2D in that group vs the general public. I’d be more curious about the rates in vegetarians/vegans vs people who eat paleo or even carnivore.

  • aldarion  2 days ago

    Because they don't eat processed foods.

    Also, red meat isn't a known carcinogen. Processed meat is. And plaque formation in arteries is a consequence of inflammation... which is caused by sugar, a.k.a. carbohydrates. Insulin resistance is also a consequence of increased carbohydrate consumption.

    But as I said, it is a combination of fats and carbs that is the worst killed. Eliminating either one of those from the diet leads to an automatic improvement.

lostlogin  3 days ago

Is this with or without the increase in saturated fat he recommends? Or more red meat?

Health policy decisions would ideally be based on some sort of evidence, not the quackery he spouts.

Yes, some of his changes are an improvement. Most aren’t.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5675784-kennedy-satura... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-upsets-foo...