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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Signal312 OP 27 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Sugar and Alzheimers health
I scrolled through Peter Attia's book. He seems very mainstream to me. I don't find it motivating, to get me to change habits. What I found very useful was Nina Teicholtz's book The Big Fat Surprise - this is great for getting you to be skeptical of the accepted nutritional advice, which is huge first step.
I haven't read Gary Taubes recently except for The Case Against Sugar, which I have to say was absolutely excellent and very convincing, to the point that I'm really not attracted to sweets at all.
I didn't recommend Attia for his motivating power, but I find him a measured and credible judge on these matters. He knows all the biochem around these issues deeply, he knows how to interpret research, he knows the "traditional" medical story, and he sees actual patients, which is a powerful blend.
I'm not sure what "mainstream" means exactly, but PA was pushing the Overton window in this field long before normal people had even heard the term "ketosis." If it sounds mainstream it's maybe because the mainstream has absorbed a lot of wisdom, and he was part of that larger evolution.
Anyway, I'm glad you found things that have been helpful. Eating a bunch less sugar is something literally every orthodoxy agrees on.
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Maybe I should take another look at Peter Attia. What I didn't see (again, I didn't review his book thoroughly, just browsed till I got turned off) was any sense of ... I guess I'm looking for some outrage, really, about our current nutritional guidelines.
I mean, for god's sake, they're so bad, they're so ... the word criminal comes to mind. You can't even offer kids in public schools regular, whole milk. You have to give them skim milk, or chocolate skim milk. And guess what they choose? Chocolate skim milk, of course.
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