sanqueue@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is one fact that someone shared so confidently but turns out to be false?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12
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minus-squareLogh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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
minus-squareKISSmyOS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy 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.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’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.
“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
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.
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.