Are you sure you got the carbs thing right? I was under the impression that total energy intake is a better proxy than either carbs or fats alone. Also under the impression that this is the general wisdom, so you might literally just be a conspiracy theorist wrt carbs/fat.
My impression after a little research is this: simple carbs that are not encased in fiber tend to cause more hunger sooner than other sources of calories. Therefore, even though all calories are roughly equal in directly causing weight gain, carbs indirectly cause more weight gain. And more discomfort, in fighting hunger.
I feel like a lot of these framings obscure the massive benefits of veggies, fruits, legumes etc. Evidence favors and I’ve always felt really good/healthy trying to hit the Daily Dozen (https://nutritionfacts.org/daily-dozen/) and then there just isn’t much room for junk.
Conspiracy =/= wrong + contrarian. That’s an issue with the current Overton window. Conspiracy used to mean people conspiring.
So there’s a difference between “carbs bad”—which is probably just wrong and contrarian, and “cereal companies colluded to convince you meat and fat are unhealthy, so you’d eat their sugar cereal,” which is a conspiracy theory.
The reason conspiracy theories are typically (rightly) ridiculed is that they tack on a whole bunch of non Occam’s Razor propositions to a theory, without the accompanying evidence. The conspiracy from cereal companies is one possible explanation for why meat/fat were incorrectly demonized, but it requires more evidence to assert than just “fat and meat have been incorrectly demonized.”
All this is to say—he’s not a conspiracy theorist, even with the carbs/fat thing. He might be wrong and contrarian (I also believe carbs are fine, so I believe he is), but to call it “conspiracy” is incorrect.
Are you sure you got the carbs thing right? I was under the impression that total energy intake is a better proxy than either carbs or fats alone. Also under the impression that this is the general wisdom, so you might literally just be a conspiracy theorist wrt carbs/fat.
My impression after a little research is this: simple carbs that are not encased in fiber tend to cause more hunger sooner than other sources of calories. Therefore, even though all calories are roughly equal in directly causing weight gain, carbs indirectly cause more weight gain. And more discomfort, in fighting hunger.
For weight loss or general eating?
I feel like a lot of these framings obscure the massive benefits of veggies, fruits, legumes etc. Evidence favors and I’ve always felt really good/healthy trying to hit the Daily Dozen (https://nutritionfacts.org/daily-dozen/) and then there just isn’t much room for junk.
Conspiracy =/= wrong + contrarian. That’s an issue with the current Overton window. Conspiracy used to mean people conspiring.
So there’s a difference between “carbs bad”—which is probably just wrong and contrarian, and “cereal companies colluded to convince you meat and fat are unhealthy, so you’d eat their sugar cereal,” which is a conspiracy theory.
The reason conspiracy theories are typically (rightly) ridiculed is that they tack on a whole bunch of non Occam’s Razor propositions to a theory, without the accompanying evidence. The conspiracy from cereal companies is one possible explanation for why meat/fat were incorrectly demonized, but it requires more evidence to assert than just “fat and meat have been incorrectly demonized.”
All this is to say—he’s not a conspiracy theorist, even with the carbs/fat thing. He might be wrong and contrarian (I also believe carbs are fine, so I believe he is), but to call it “conspiracy” is incorrect.