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Sorry I couldn't find it non paywall. Major new study says the reason that we are fat is because of what we eat, not a sedentary lifestyle. The study compares activity rates of people in the developed world versus hunter-gatherers and farmers and determines that we both burn about the same amount of calories. We're fat because we eat more and eat a lot of ultra processed foods.

I think we already knew that to a certain extent but this study is unique and that it compares different types of societies activity levels, and concludes that it is similar and not the reason we are heavier.

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Sorry I couldn't find it non paywall. Major new study says the reason that we are fat is because of what we eat, not a sedentary lifestyle. The study compares activity rates of people in the developed world versus hunter-gatherers and farmers and determines that we both burn about the same amount of calories. We're fat because we eat more and eat a lot of ultra processed foods.

I think we already knew that to a certain extent but this study is unique and that it compares different types of societies activity levels, and concludes that it is similar and not the reason we are heavier.

Can’t outwork a bad diet. With that said, think it is a combination of diet and exercise. Plus one of the big issues is that fast food/processed foods are all cheaper relative to healthy foods. Not to say you can’t eat healthy on a budget, but fast food/processed foods will stretch the dollar more. There is the convenience factor too. Also think we as a society are more sedentary than the study says. Anecdotally speaking.
 
Can’t outwork a bad diet. With that said, think it is a combination of diet and exercise. Plus one of the big issues is that fast food/processed foods are all cheaper relative to healthy foods. Not to say you can’t eat healthy on a budget, but fast food/processed foods will stretch the dollar more. There is the convenience factor too. Also think we as a society are more sedentary than the study says. Anecdotally speaking.
I think this was the big find of the study. It showed that we were not more sedentary than folks from other cultures. That's a little hard to believe but data is data.
 


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“… In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Kennedy condemned what he called corruption in the program and said he had assigned a team to overhaul it and expand who could seek compensation.

He didn’t detail his plans but did repeat the long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism and suggested, without citing any evidence, that shots could also be responsible for a litany of chronic ailments, from diabetes to narcolepsy.…”
 
Short term, modifying the VICP means that it's Christmas for the trial lawyer industry.

Intermediate term, vaccine makers will face a hard choice of whether to leave the US market.

The notion that vaccines are a significant profit center is a canard.
 
Wasn’t there an article saying that they want to cut back on preventive tests/scans? It’s as if they want everyone sick 😐
 
Wasn’t there an article saying that they want to cut back on preventive tests/scans? It’s as if they want everyone sick 😐
This would be utterly insane, and with the gutting of federal healthcare and research funding we’re likely to see healthcare costs accelerate faster than ever. Preventative healthcare keeps costs down for everyone, research funding improves quality of life, longevity, and costs for everyone, and people waiting until catastrophic medical outcomes raises costs for everyone.

We should be careful about the scans, however. CTs alone are thought to contribute to upwards of 5% of all new cancer diagnoses, and the subsequent treatment costs to the system are immense. We need more magnetic resonance imaging capacity.
 
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This would be utterly insane, and with the gutting of federal healthcare and research funding we’re likely to see healthcare costs accelerate faster than ever. Preventative healthcare keeps costs down for everyone, research funding improves quality of life, longevity, and costs for everyone, and people waiting until catastrophic medical outcomes raises costs for everyone.

We should be careful about the scans, however. CTs alone are thought to contribute to upwards of 5% of all new cancer diagnoses, and the subsequent treatment costs to the system are immense. We need more magnetic resonance imaging capacity.
I am all for anything preventive. Have had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy. Try to stay on top of health news. For my physical I get routine bloodwork but have my PCP add an Apo A and Apo B test for cholesterol. It’s extra but so far insurance has covered it.

I also get a yearly lung scan being a former smoker (18 years this past 6/25). I have to kind of push for it. It used to be after 15 years without smoking you didn’t need one but the American Cancer Society removed that requirement. The group that sets the standards for physicians and insurance companies hasn’t changed. Luckily my primary will put in the order and my insurance covers without questions.

So when I see that they want to dial back preventive care I get a little concerned. I wish I could find the article. Might be solely from an insurance perspective. Maybe felt with this administration (especially RFK Jr) that they could make that move. Hoping I misread it.
 

I am familiar with Dr. Pontzer's work. He's let's say "eccentric." One study hardly reflects the status and consensus of scientific thought in the literature.

Both diet and exercise can be true and are likely true...the literature reflects the "wave and particle" notion. We Americans eat too much "garbage," foods with low levels of fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory molecules for health (look for the rainbow). Regular exercise improves antioxidant enzymes (e.g., superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, thioredoxins), stress proteins (ex. heat shock proteins), longevity and metabolic regulators (Sirtuins: SIRT1, SIRT4), and autophagy - needed cellular cleanup and degradation and precedes protein synthesis

Also, keep in mind that obesity reflects a unique and rising subtype. Once one reaches obesity, the exercise benefits often diminish. In addition. when people become very sedentary, their caloric intake rises, not falls.

Steve Blair was in the College of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, and conducted dozens of studies in the area.



The human genome is adapted for hunting, gathering, and a bit of farming. That means physical exertion and work to obtain vital food as well as water. Of the 800 species of apes - high simians/primates 10M years ago we are one of the few survivors and only one left in our genus.

Genetic data suggests that physical activity is tied to foraging and hunting for food. In modern life there is very little biological motivation to be physically active.

When endurance runners stop exercising, their basal metabolism drops 10%

Impact of energy intake and exercise on resting metabolic rate - PubMed.

Dr. John Holloszy reported decades ago that when people become very physically inactive, their caloric consumption increases.

Animals in the wild that must be physically active for foraging and survival over the lifespan avoid sarcopenia (age-related loss of muscle mass) common in sedentary, older mammals, including humans:

Living in a box or call of the wild? Revisiting lifetime inactivity and sarcopenia - PubMed

Physical activity and nutrition are inseparable. Humans are around and can survive famines, because we can put on fat. But that is also our Achilles heel.

Caveat: In modern society, disruption of circannual rhythms and seasonal variation of daily spikes in insulin, cortisol, etc. have been adversely impacted by modern, sedentary life.
 
Hard to believe someone of his age didn't have measles as a child to be honest. I smell a scam.
 

FDA rejected a second-line melanoma drug which showed promising efficacy and was on track for accelerated approval. The issues cited in the rejection weren’t raised previously and the company had incorporated FDA guidance from previous consultations regarding the design and conduct of their trials at each step. Supposedly they were gearing up for commercialization and this was a complete surprise.

The new-look FDA, despite their promises, is going to make it impossible to develop drugs here if they keep changing the approach.
 
This is what we are up against. I understand not wanting to do chemo, but this is way more than that. Then to do blame the doctors for what little intervention they were allowed to do....

A woman who died after refusing treatment for cancer told a court she was "anti-vax", an inquest has heard.

Paloma Shemirani, who had declined chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, suffered a fatal heart attack caused by her tumour at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH) on 24 July last year.

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Paloma, who grew up in Uckfield, East Sussex, denied even having non-Hodgkin lymphoma, calling it an "absurd fantasy, with no proof".

The Cambridge graduate described the diagnosis as "suspected and unconfirmed", adding that she had a "background in natural healing".

In addition, she feared that if she were to survive chemotherapy it might make her infertile.

"I do not want to undergo such a harsh treatment that could even kill me when there is a possibility this is not cancer", she said.

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Paloma had turned to Gerson therapy - a strict organic vegetarian diet involving enemas - on the advice of her mother's ex-fiancee, Dr Patrick Villers, though Cancer Research UK said there was no scientific evidence of it being an effective treatment.
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The 23-year-old's mother Kay (Kate) Shemirani, who shared Covid conspiracy theories on social media, has blamed doctors' interventions for her daughter's death.

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