That skimmed milk is healthier that full fat
Veganism is unhealthy
Are you saying this is the myth or the truth?
There are reliable nonsurgical ways to lose weight long term.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23859104/ just the abstract, but basically most people can't sustain a 5 % loss over 3 years with most regaining the weight and some adding additional weight.
Even the studies that claim long term success have to use shorter time-frames:
https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)29536-2/fulltext
The above one defines successful long term weight loss as 10% reduction after one year with about a 20% success rate. To put this in perspective, a 300 pound person in a weight loss success if they get to 270 and stay there for a year.
To maintain their weight loss, members report engaging in high levels of physical activity (≈1 h/d), eating a low-calorie, low-fat diet, eating breakfast regularly, self-monitoring weight, and maintaining a consistent eating pattern across weekdays and weekends.
An hour of physical activity every single day on a reduced calorie diet sounds miserable. That's your life, it revolves around finding time to both do an hour of serious exercise and planning what you eat.
Only replies with citations from reputable journals will be taken seriously. The plural of anecdote is not data.
You might want to reword your first sentence because it makes it sound like it's a health myth that it's possible to lose weight without surgery.
Nope, you read that correctly. There is no current proven nonsurgical method for people to lose and keep off significant weight long term. The meta study I linked had to minimize the amount lost and the timespan to get positive results. Citations to the contrary are welcome. Anything aside from citations is not.
Bonus article: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10541056/
From the abstract:
Over the past three decades, researchers have found that biopsychosocial factors determine weight gain much more than personal choices and responsibility.
It’s about making healthy lifestyle decisions that fit into your day-to-day schedule. I get an hour of exercise a day just by riding my bike to work, and the reason I’m able to do that is my main criteria for buying a house was living in a walkable neighborhood and being able to ride my bike to work.
Not having time to exercise is a symptom of not living in a walkable neighborhood.
It might be difficult to find a study about that. Hopefully someone can provide one.
(I am personally convinced it's true, but indeed anecdotal evidence is no proof)
Also, it's not about healthy lifestyle decisions: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10541056/
From the abstract:
Over the past three decades, researchers have found that biopsychosocial factors determine weight gain much more than personal choices and responsibility.
This does not contain a citation. It does contain a solution that doesn't work for the majority of people. Please try again.
Thank you for the links
"fatty foods make you fat"
I don’t think that’s the myth, though. I don’t hear people saying that fatty food makes you fat. I do hear “eat less fat.” A high-fat diet is bad for you. Eat too much and it will make you fat among other things but you can say that about anything you over-eat.
The myth is “low-fat food is automatically healthy.”
Most people probably don’t need to worry about fat if they just eat a reasonably healthy diet.
It’s a cognitive problem.
Good science says: “high-fat diets are associated with these poor health outcomes.”
People hear: “fat bad! Give us all the fat-free food!”
Good science says: “no, we need fat just not too much and some kinds are better than others.”
People hear: “nothing wrong with fat! ‘Fat bad’ was bullshit! Eat all the fat!”
That salt causes high blood pressure. Like I understand there was a theory about how it could lead to high blood pressure, but empirical evidence shows that modern salt consumption is not the reason for high blood pressure
It is linked to high blood pressure and people with high blood pressure should limit sodium intake. There’s genetic variation in how sensitive people are to sodium levels but excess sodium will make high blood pressure worse.
The cause of high blood pressure is more likely to be overall diet and lack of exercise with a bit of genetics sprinkled on top. But excess sodium intake will make it worse.
It’s a myth that “sodium doesn’t affect blood pressure.” Even if it’s not the cause it can make it worse.
It's linked to high blood pressure for some people based on genetics. Having high blood pressure doesn't automatically mean that sodium is going to make it worse for you.
Can confirm, multiple family members have to be careful about sodium intake. Took far longer than it should have for the root cause of the blood pressure to be identified (apparently an endocrine issue), and quite a few hospitalizations.
