On Wednesday, a new study published in JAMA by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle projected that by 2035, nearly half of all American adults, about 126 million individuals, will be living with obesity.
The study draws on data from more than 11 million participants via the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and from the independent Gallup Daily Survey.
The projections show a striking increase in the prevalence of obesity over the past few decades in the U.S. In 1990, only 19.3% of U.S. adults were obese, according to the study. That figure more than doubled to 42.5% by 2022, and is forecast to reach 46.9% by 2035.
By what criteria are you classifying coconut oil as a good fat? The way I understand it fats going from worst to best go something like trans fat, saturated fat, unsaturated fat, omega 3. Coconut oil is nearly 100% saturated fat, moreso than butter which is around 80%. So if coconut oil is good then so is butter.
I will say it’s somewhat marginal on the health benefits of unsaturated vs saturated though, so I will continue to use coconut oil but not sure it’s any better than other fats.
the marketing criteria that convinces them to pay a lot more for it than other oils.
hence why they also are going on about calories not being a thing, and basically telling people to go by the most expensive foods as a means to lose weight.
a lot of ‘experts’ on nutrition are just welathy dumbasses who believe marketing slop and are under the guise that if they pay 20/lb for salmon it’s ‘better’ than chicken that’s 5/lb
Your understanding is the one I was taught throughout university but there is a competing vision where saturated fats aren’t bad. The people who talk about the evils of seed oils tend to believe this. I haven’t looked into it in a few years but there are lots of internet doctors/health influencers who can walk you through the reasoning if you are interested. I didn’t find the arguments too compelling but I’ve also been bored of extreme diets for a bit so I may be biased.
Then there are those of us who embrace saturated fats (in moderation) and seed oils.
wow. stop with this crazy talk.
next thing you know you’ll tell me that eating a boring balanced diet that doesn’t exceed my caloric needs is how i maintain a healthy weight. because clearly that can’t be it… it has to be a secret nutritional key to unlocking weight loss.
Any evidence of Health harms from seed oils are going to be from the chemicals used in the production of those plants, not from the oils of those seeds themselves. Just throwing that out there because the cynical motherfuckers in maha will not.