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Is this in rebuttal to Dr. Ede's article? Which part of her article are you rebutting? Which primary source are you using? Have you read the primary source and are you willing to discuss the paper?
No... It's a link to a massive global study on the burden of proof associated with like 100+ different things you might do that might affect your health... They give them ratings from 1 to 5 stars. One means pretty much nothing. 2 is still very weak. 3 is mediocre evidence and 4 or 5 are definitely worth considering.
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/burden-of-proof/
High fasting blood glucose is the biggest risk(diabetes). Worse than smoking or alcohol!
Much further you'll see the occasional "low fruit/veg/whole grain" typically associated with ischemic stroke or heart disease or cancer (these will appear multiple times for their different risk factors.)
They also offer risk curves(dose dependent.)
As far the article it seems grossly outdated. I'm pretty sure even at the time it was authored most scientists were getting rid of cholesterol recommendations across the world. Because they just don't seem to matter!
I really don't see how meat has a bad reputation. The amount of vegans and vegetarians is miniscule.... What's worse is that for all the claimed benefits, they don't actually live longer than 'healthy omnivores.' then again, neither do carnivores. Like if you look at Blue zones, all except one (7th day Adventists) enjoy meat and even alcohol.
That's the problem with restrictive diets when you're dealing with an omnivore.
It's pretty naive. Arguments from ignorance are frequent. Claiming our human ancestors didn't get heart disease or cancer? That's just fucking stupid and we do have evidence otherwise.
But then again she wraps around to the point that dietary cholesterol doesn't really matter. Which is probably correct.
So FUD? But not FUD? I dunno. Pick a lane?
Meat isn't nutritionally complete. There's really no true carnivore. Most would ultimately fall under a facultative label.
This isn't necessarily true. We feed pigs and chickens high PUFA feeds(which reduces their SFAs). This technically makes pork lard a super food(fat.)
I guess this is what you get when a psychiatrist wants to pretend they're a nutritionist.
Well, if its not worth your time to read the papers, then its not worth my time to read the papers. If your unwilling to engage in good faith discussions, I don't need to address the points raised in the sources you refuse to read yourself.
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