Freestyler777
Blue Belt
You guys are good, I've got to commend you on that.
I know diabetes is not caused by obesity, and I know the difference between Type 1 and Type 2. And I agree they should completely separate the diseases, since Type 1 is largely an autoimmune disease and type 2 is a disease of lifestyle. Not everyone who has Type 2 diabetes is overweight, obviously. But if you have diabetes and you go to your doctor, the first thing he'll tell you is 'lose weight!'. While American medicine is in the dark compared to progressive medicine in Socialist countries in Europe, there is some validity in calling Diabetes Mellitus (Sweet Urine literally) the rich man's disease. Also, you cannot deny that cancer is far more prevalent now than 100, 200, 500 or many more years ago (I realize many died in what is now considered youth and there was no knowledge of what cancer was let alone diagnostic methods of detecting it).
All I am saying is, the best way to determine which diet is best for human health is by observing the eating and lifestyle patterns of populations of healthy people! It's rather simple. For example, there is NO significant population that eats brown rice as their staple (excluding Zen monks in Japan). The majority of the rice eaten today is sticky, jasmine, basmati, parboiled, or converted (the American version of parboiled).
I'm not a betting man, but I'd be almost sure that there is less obesity (and flatter stomachs) in the Orient, India, Senegal, and Spain (the 3rd longest lived people) than in America and Canada.
Also, there is a growing problem of childhood obesity in Japan as youngsters drift away from fish and rice and seasonal vegetables and opt for hamburgers and soda and other 'western' delights.
It's not proof, but it is visible evidence that something about traditional diets keeps people slim and healthy, and conversely, something about the modern diet makes people sick (and have fat bellies).
But that is my opinion.
I know diabetes is not caused by obesity, and I know the difference between Type 1 and Type 2. And I agree they should completely separate the diseases, since Type 1 is largely an autoimmune disease and type 2 is a disease of lifestyle. Not everyone who has Type 2 diabetes is overweight, obviously. But if you have diabetes and you go to your doctor, the first thing he'll tell you is 'lose weight!'. While American medicine is in the dark compared to progressive medicine in Socialist countries in Europe, there is some validity in calling Diabetes Mellitus (Sweet Urine literally) the rich man's disease. Also, you cannot deny that cancer is far more prevalent now than 100, 200, 500 or many more years ago (I realize many died in what is now considered youth and there was no knowledge of what cancer was let alone diagnostic methods of detecting it).
All I am saying is, the best way to determine which diet is best for human health is by observing the eating and lifestyle patterns of populations of healthy people! It's rather simple. For example, there is NO significant population that eats brown rice as their staple (excluding Zen monks in Japan). The majority of the rice eaten today is sticky, jasmine, basmati, parboiled, or converted (the American version of parboiled).
I'm not a betting man, but I'd be almost sure that there is less obesity (and flatter stomachs) in the Orient, India, Senegal, and Spain (the 3rd longest lived people) than in America and Canada.
Also, there is a growing problem of childhood obesity in Japan as youngsters drift away from fish and rice and seasonal vegetables and opt for hamburgers and soda and other 'western' delights.
It's not proof, but it is visible evidence that something about traditional diets keeps people slim and healthy, and conversely, something about the modern diet makes people sick (and have fat bellies).
But that is my opinion.
