Netflix Documentary "Sugar Coated"

LuckyLarry · #1 04-28-2017, 07:25 AM

Steve: Or maybe it's another example that Americans need to change the way we eat?

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

About a year ago I noticed that a number of my buddies all of a sudden were being diagnosed as "pre-diabetic". Then my wife's friends. All of a sudden it seemed like every other person we know was hearing this. There was an article in the NY Times this year about this phenomena, and doctors debating whether its real or not. I'm not saying to ignore any of what you are hearing, but this pre-diabetes stuff has gotten a little crazy I think.

Snapolit1 · #2 04-28-2017, 08:14 AM

Oh I don't doubt that at all. But I also think as medical tools are getting finer and finer, and tests are getting better, things are being identified as "problems" where people have been living with them for years. Take cholesterol levels. Over the last three decades the standards of what is high bad cholesterol have steadily fallen. Why? Why was my cholesterol perfectly fine for 1980 but now considered high?
A decade ago my wife was diagnosed with some dubious "pre-cancer" situation. Took heavy duty drugs for years. Now the condition she was diagnosed is not considered "pre" anything. Doctors just realized that they hadn't seen this before because they didn't have the tools, and now it is ignored.

LuckyLarry · #3 04-28-2017, 08:18 AM

Good points.

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Oh I don't doubt that at all. But I also think as medical tools are getting finer and finer, and tests are getting better, things are being identified as "problems" where people have been living with them for years. Take cholesterol levels. Over the last three decades the standards of what is high bad cholesterol have steadily fallen. Why? Why was my cholesterol perfectly fine for 1980 but now considered high?
A decade ago my wife was diagnosed with some dubious "pre-cancer" situation. Took heavy duty drugs for years. Now the condition she was diagnosed is not considered "pre" anything. Doctors just realized that they hadn't seen this before because they didn't have the tools, and now it is ignored.

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