[blenderdt]

Lately I am reading into the cause of the diabetic pandemic. It's kind of shocking to read that our food is to blame and food companies are blocking change.

Somehow this 'fat is bad' lie came into the world. We have been eating fat for thousands of years. Fat is full of all kinds of stuff the body needs. The brain can tell us when we ate enough fat so we feel full. The body can handle fat very well so it doesn't get stored and we won't grow fat.

But no, fat became wrong and was removed from our food making it tasteless. So sugars are added. This is good news for the food industry because the brain doesn't register when we have enough sugars. So we keep eating.

And this item on HN continues the trend. There is no solution but it's about companies making huge profits over insulin.

[icehawk]

For some people (Type I diabetics) changing food is not a solution. They don't have the β-cells that make insulin, so they're reliant on synthetic insulin. Even replacing the pancreas is only a stopgap measure, and their immune system enforces that. Yes, they're 5% to 10% of all diabetics but don't simply dismiss this as continuing the trend.

[blenderdt]

True, I should have added that to my comment.

[everforward]

I don't know if you've seen it, but putting the blame on fat was an orchestrated effort by the sugar industry: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074...

The appeal to naturalism is kind of iffy, though. The kinds and amount of fat we eat might be substantially different than many of our ancestors. I'm not making an argument either way, just that I doubt modern food resembles ancient diets.