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How Bad Science and Big Business Created the Obesity Epidemic
YouTube ^ | May 20, 2011 | USF College of Arts and Sciences

Posted on 11/14/2015 2:00:51 PM PST by WhiskeyX

David Diamond, Ph.D., of the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences shares his personal story about his battle with obesity. Diamond shows how he lost weight and reduced his triglycerides by eating red meat, eggs and butter.

You can download Dr. Diamond's PowerPoint and the iTunes U podcast here: http://www.cas.usf.edu/news/s/169/#VI...

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: fat; health; nutrition; obesity
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Nutritional Health Series, Part 20

How Bad Science and Big Business Created the Obesity Epidemic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vr-c8GeT34

This video is one in a series of videos and websites which are being posted on FreeRepublic in the coming days in regard to nutritional health. In the beginning these videos were being posted as a rebuttal to an article and comments in another posted article on FreeRepublic remarking on obesity. Due to the strong interest in obesity and nutritional health as it relates to Type II Diabetes, the videos relating to Type II diabetes and how to reverse the progression of the disease are being moved forward among the other video topics in this series. Expect to see a mixture of videos regarding the role of carbohydrates in the diet and their relationship to nutritional health topics ranging from metabolic syndrome and Diabetes to dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Altzheimer's Disease, and more. The effects of standard government sponsored diets, health association diets, and alternative diets upon everyday nutrition, sports nutrition, and diabetic nutrition will be mixed in with videos focused on the use of various low carbohydrate and high fat (LCHF) diets, such as the ketogenic diets as a treatment for Type II Diabetes.

Anyone who is interested in following this series of posts about nutritional health is invited to request a ping.

The Nutritional Health Series includes the following FreeRepublic posts and links:

Nutritional Health Series, Part 1:

Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357352/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 2:

Dr David Perlmutter: Grain Brain, Eating Fat Makes You Smart, and Why (Brain) Size Matters

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357380/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 3:

Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines | Sarah Hallberg | TEDxPurdueU

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3357393/posts?page=33#33

Nutritional Health Series, Part 4

Dr. Peter Attia: Readdressing Dietary Guidelines

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357711/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 5

Peter Attia: What if we're wrong about diabetes?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357772/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 6

The Perfect Treatment for Diabetes and Weight Loss

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357795/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 7

The Two Big Lies of Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3357797/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 8

Why Is A Low Carb Diet Good for You?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3357870/posts?page=8#8

Nutritional Health Series, Part 9

Denise Minger: Death By Food Pyramid, Women Who Gain Weight on Paleo, and How to Spot a Fraud

Nutritional Health Series, Part 10

Dr. Mercola and Dr. D'Agostino on Ketogenic Diet

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3358054/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 11

The Aetiology of Obesity Part 1 of 6: A New Hope

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360044/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 12

The Aetiology of Obesity Part 2 of 6: The New Science of Diabesity

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360056/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 13

The Aetiology of Obesity Part 3 of 6: Trial by Diet

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360057/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 14

The Aetiology of Obesity Part 4 of 6: The Fast Solution

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360059/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 15

The Aetiology of Obesity Part 5 of 6: Diet and Disease

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360060/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 16

The Aetiology of Obesity Part 6 of 6: Dietary Villains - Fat Phobia

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360061/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 17

How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360121/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 18

Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They're Good for You. Donald W. Miller, Jr., M.D.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3360155/posts

Nutritional Health Series, Part 19

The Oiling of America

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3360182/posts?page=1#1

Nutritional Health Series, Part 20

How Bad Science and Big Business Created the Obesity Epidemic

1 posted on 11/14/2015 2:00:51 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: libertarian27; LifePath; gattaca; Marie; locountry1dr; PubliusMM; nclaurel; Cruz2Victory; ...

Ping


2 posted on 11/14/2015 2:01:35 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

What I know about ‘diabetes.’

Cats are being diagnosed as diabetic at epidemic rates. Most prescribed insulin is Lantus at nearly $400 a vial.

Best solution so far...try an all protein diet. Amazingly cats put on an all protein canned food diet no longer need insulin for the rest of their lives.

It is the carbohydrates ....stu**d.


3 posted on 11/14/2015 2:07:27 PM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: EBH

YEP


4 posted on 11/14/2015 2:08:59 PM PST by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?FU JK)
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To: WhiskeyX

In DR Hallbergs introductory videos she goes over the above information and shows a chart pointing out that in 1977 weight gain exploded. What happened that year? Government changed the diet pyramid — switching meat with grains


5 posted on 11/14/2015 2:09:43 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: EBH

Ketogenic Diet! For cancer too.


6 posted on 11/14/2015 2:19:11 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: WhiskeyX

Low carb, high fat, meat-oriented diets are a dangerous fad that run counter to mainstream research, eg NIH, Mao, Cleveland Clinic, MD Anderson, Johns Hopkins. This research supports a diet that is low in red meat, saturated fat, sodium and sugars (all the “-oses”). http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/10/26/red-and-processed-meats-tied-to-cancer-says-who/


7 posted on 11/14/2015 2:20:45 PM PST by Praxeologue ( ')
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“Low carb, high fat, meat-oriented diets are a dangerous fad that run counter to mainstream research”

They were mainly aiming at processed meats and there have been warnings about processed meats for decades.


8 posted on 11/14/2015 2:26:48 PM PST by odawg
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To: Praxeologue

They are NOT a “fad” This was standard knowledge pre-1970. The “fad” is the low-fat garbage we were peddled by the (left) government. The people pushing that have blood on their hands.


9 posted on 11/14/2015 2:27:29 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Nessie ... Sasquatch ... The Free Syrian Army ...)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

(Why can’t I post quotation marks???)


10 posted on 11/14/2015 2:28:57 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Nessie ... Sasquatch ... The Free Syrian Army ...)
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To: EBH

You’re right. Cats don’t have the ability to digest carbohydrates; the dry carb-laden food is poison to them.


11 posted on 11/14/2015 2:37:43 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: WhiskeyX

I watched about 12 minutes, where this guy only reinforced our idea about the Atkins diet. Something we go on quite often to shed excess pounds. And my doc says my blood panel improves when I’m on it.


12 posted on 11/14/2015 2:38:01 PM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: Praxeologue

That is a false statement. Actual mainstream research results indicate the exact opposite, but the authorities you cite disregarded the mainstream research and dictated a political contradiction and dictated a handful of cherrypicked data to confirm their political decision to adopt an anti-scientific conclusion.


13 posted on 11/14/2015 2:48:10 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Thanks for all these videos. Astounding information.


14 posted on 11/14/2015 2:56:26 PM PST by nclaurel
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To: WhiskeyX

Thanks for all these videos. Astounding information.


15 posted on 11/14/2015 2:56:27 PM PST by nclaurel
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To: WhiskeyX

There is a strong possibility that we are not all the same and our metabolisms and other features are not all the same.

Even in the same person, things change. I had a major non-biological event in Nov 1972 that changed my metabolism.

What was true in Oct ‘72 was not true in Dec ‘72.

So I can find a statistical population that proves a point; and another statistical population that dis-proves the same point.

In a free country, the question is whether it is democratic to vote with your feet, and with your pocket book. Or are we not allowed to vote every day and only allowed to vote when choosing politicians?


16 posted on 11/14/2015 3:10:54 PM PST by spintreebob
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To: odawg

The “mainstream research” is being proven profoundly wrong on a daily basis.


17 posted on 11/14/2015 3:11:06 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: WhiskeyX
The title should have been "How Bad Science and Big Government Created the Obesity Epidemic". As soon as the government declared fat bad, and carbs good, the people demanded low fat foods because they believed what the government told them, and they wanted to be healthy. Business just responds to demand. If my business used to be pork rinds, I'm going to switch and make low fat wheat biscuits (with extra sugar to make sure you don't notice the missing fat) if that's what people want.
18 posted on 11/14/2015 3:16:41 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: redfreedom

“I watched about 12 minutes, where this guy only reinforced our idea about the Atkins diet. Something we go on quite often to shed excess pounds.”

Don’t let confirmation bias and taking statements in the videos out of context deceive you. Whether you choose to disagree with their statements or not, your decisionmaking will benefit from making yourself aware of the state of their research and experience presented in these videos. One of the observations about the Atkins Diet and New Atkins Diet is that they fail to take into account the amount of glucose in the remaining carbohydrates and especially fails to account for the neoglycogenesis raising blood serum glucose as a consequence of consuming too many grams of protein in the diet. People with type II Diabetes often require lower levels of carbohydrates and protein in order to limit blood glucose and the increased insulin levels resulting from that blood glucose in order to enter and maintain a state of nutritional ketosis capable of removing the fat in the liver, pancreas and other parts of the body responsible for the continued metabolic syndrome, obesity, and diabetes.


19 posted on 11/14/2015 3:30:51 PM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

I’ve used Atkins successfully in the past. However, I did end up with one problem - gout. Inflamed joints is not much of a benefit, so one does have to be careful. Another issue is bone density, especially for women. High protein diet makes your body acidic, & calcium must be used from somewhere to address the problem.

Now I’m trying a somewhat modified diet, but it doesn’t work as well. Sigh...


20 posted on 11/14/2015 3:37:37 PM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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