Diabetes - Egg connection?

[George K]

Well, who are you going to believe, the Finns or the Aussies?

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Diabetes - Egg connection?:

Over the past few decades China has undergone a substantial nutritional transition that's seen many people move away from a traditional diet comprising grains and vegetables, to a more processed diet that includes greater amounts of meat, snacks and energy-dense food.
"At the same time, egg consumption has also been steadily increasing; from 1991 to 2009, the number of people eating eggs in China nearly doubled*.

Odd that they single out eggs.

I'm not a proper doctor, but I would have thought that snacks might be a more obvious place to start looking for causation.

[taiwan_girl]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Diabetes - Egg connection?:

@George-K said in Diabetes - Egg connection?:

Over the past few decades China has undergone a substantial nutritional transition that's seen many people move away from a traditional diet comprising grains and vegetables, to a more processed diet that includes greater amounts of meat, snacks and energy-dense food.
"At the same time, egg consumption has also been steadily increasing; from 1991 to 2009, the number of people eating eggs in China nearly doubled*.

Odd that they single out eggs.

I'm not a proper doctor, but I would have thought that snacks might be a more obvious place to start looking for causation.

I have seen it in Taiwan as I have grown up. People are getting heavier and heavier, and it certainly is I am sure from diet - more fast food, etc.

[Copper]

I wonder if that is just plain eggs or does it include eggs in cake or cookies and so on?

[George K]

@Copper said in Diabetes - Egg connection?:

wonder if that is just plain eggs cheap Scotch or does it include eggs Scotch in cake or cookies water and soda and so on?

FIY

[jon-nyc]

This is a reminder of what epidemiologists do then there are no pandemics and why we should be skeptical of them

[Loki]

Wtf. It’s not the eggs good or bad. Be a detective on your lifestyle, you don’t even have to be good at it know what the proble, is. It smacks you across the face. A study like this is such a disservice to the real problems that cause diabetes.

[Mik]

No one gets out alive.

[Doctor Phibes]

For me, the best reason to stay healthy is to improve my chances of actually enjoying my old age, not necessarily prolonging it.

[jon-nyc]

Well, those are pretty related. It’s a lot harder to enjoy old age when you have limited mobility, chronic conditions, etc.