Comment by karim79

11 hours ago

Cutting out sugar and useless carbs, and trying to replace those things with nuts and quality proteins - more nourishing and filling substitutes, can help a bit, I think. Mostly, try to stay away from refined sugar and products containing sugar or corn syrup. And for the love of God, lots more vegetables. Less dairy perhaps?

Get an apartment on at least the third floor, in a building without a lift.

Get a pet dog which needs to be walked several times a day.

Eat lots of chili peppers[0]:

"The analysis included data from more than a half a million people in multiple countries. When compared with people who never or rarely ate chili pepper, those who ate it regularly had lower rates of death due to cardiovascular disease (by 26%), cancer (by 23%), or any cause (by 25%)."

[0] https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/will-eating-more-chilis-....

A little bit of high-intensity workout each week?

I know people who are incapable of eating lunch or any meal without a large can/bottle of full-strengh coca cola or such, ever single day. Most of whom complain about not being able to lose weight.

The science is pretty clear. Breaking out of old habits is much more challenging.

EDIT: Typos: whole -> whom, mean -> meal

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bottom999mottob  11 hours ago

The health effects of nuts are fairly overstated especially since many of them are high in PUFAs.

  • throwaway2037  6 hours ago

    Google tells me that PUFAs == Polyunsaturated fatty acids

    Since when are polyunsaturated fatty acids considered unhealthy? As I recall, the real enemy is saturated fats.

  • karim79  11 hours ago

    I think my main point was about reducing all sugar, and reducing the intake of garbage carbs.

    "Although nuts are high in fat, it’s mainly healthier unsaturated fat. They contain protein, B vitamins, vitamin E and minerals, including iron, potassium, selenium, magnesium, zinc and copper."[0]

    [0] https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-maga....

    • bottom999mottob  9 hours ago

      I get your main point. My main point is that unsaturated fats, specifically poly-unsaturated fats, are definitely not better than saturated fats and we shouldn't be telling people to eat more nuts. The evidence linking saturated fat to heart disease has been weak, and organizations like the American Heart Association have promoted this claim while also promoting crap products like Crisco while taking money from Proctor & Gamble.

      "The idea that saturated fats cause heart disease, called the diet-heart hypothesis, was introduced in the 1950s, based on weak, associational evidence"[0]

      [0]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9794145/

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