Carbs, Fats, and the Mortality Maze: What Your Diet Means for Your Life Expectancy Grandma used to constantly say, "Eat your carbs, they give you energy!" but now, personal trainers are encouraging you to stop eating carbs and switch to keto. What gives, then? I stumbled uncovered an intriguing cohort research that may or may not put some of these arguments to rest. But guys, it's data! In addition, data makes me more excited as a medical student than an aerobic workout. The study looked at how
  • Eldermantle
    8·
    1 year ago

    This finding reminds me of the studies that found people who drank a little alcohol lived longer than those who drank no alcohol. Further investigation finds that the no alcohol group included reformed alcoholics, who has already done enough damage to their systems to shorten their life expectancy, and this extra group was enough to skew the figures.

    So I think we need to ask: are there reasons to think taking <40% of calories as carbs is selecting for a group with shorter life expectancy? Maybe - anorexia would be one, although I’ve no idea of its prevalence among Japanese men.

    The paper makes no mention of considering this sort of thing. edit: correction because I can’t read the paper.

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
      22·
      1 year ago

      Did you actually read the paper, or just its abstract?

      Edit: it’s a genuine question, folks. This is a science community.

        • El Barto@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Where did I mention that I was referring to the article?

          The parent poster wrote “the paper,” so I was referring to the paper. Not the article.

          • HubertManne@kbin.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            Im betting when he said paper he meant the link in the post. At least I thought so. I get what you are saying but in an internet forum I usually assume words are used in the most generic sense.

            • El Barto@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 year ago

              Well, that just falls in the realms of opinions. I could agree with you in a different context. But in this community about scientific discussion, I’ll assume the parent poster meant paper when they wrote paper.

              Regardless, that’s why I asked the question as a clarification.

      • Eldermantle
        2·
        1 year ago

        Hmm… I thought I’d read the paper, but it turned out I got confused by an abstract with multiple sections. I thought it was very short. My mistake

        So I can’t say whether the authors addressed whether the low carbohydrate group was selecting for people already known to be at risk.