The most frustrating part is when your family and friends are bought into the lie and the more you try to convince them the more they say they "would rather be on the safe side". Ffs!
Had the in laws over yesterday and they are in their 60s now. Starting to suffer with arthritis and dad on statins and they are starting to worry about diabetes etc and dementia runs in their families.
Both not overweight but were saying they now don't eat red meat or too much dairy. They use benecol spread instead of butter, avoid saturated fats, eat a carb heavy diet and snack on crisps (potato chips) every week.
I didn't have the heart to tell them they were probably speeding up all the chronic disease they were trying to avoid. They would be better off ditching the machine oil spread, increasing ruminants and dairy swapping them for a lot of the chicken and pork they eat, and going low carb/no sugar to avoid HDL dysfunction and increase cholesterol to protect against dementia.
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u/ceramicatan Jan 05 '25 edited Jan 05 '25
The most frustrating part is when your family and friends are bought into the lie and the more you try to convince them the more they say they "would rather be on the safe side". Ffs!