• @Logh@lemmy.ml
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    311 year ago

    “Fat is carbohydrates and people who don’t eat fat get carbohydrate deficiency which causes obesity. You need lots of carbohydrates to stay healthy, so eat fat!” - old man in my office block

    • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      91 year ago

      There’s a kernel of truth here. Carbohydrates are most readily converted to fat when you have a calorie surplus, but I’m not a 100% this mess is try to say that.

    • @jet@hackertalks.com
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      71 year ago

      It’s so close to being true, like truth adjacent

      Simplifying things a bunch, eating carbohydrates spikes insulin, which tells your body hey store this.

      So if you eat carbohydrates and you eat fat you’re getting a double whammy of store this fat.

    • @KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      My neighbor explained to me that fat cells are mostly water, so to get rid of them you should stop drinking water and only drink milk instead.