sanqueue@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhat is one fact that someone shared so confidently but turns out to be false?message-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down19
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat is one fact that someone shared so confidently but turns out to be false?sanqueue@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareLogh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down3·8 months 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-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoHmmm… Now my brain hurts
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months 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.
minus-squarebitsplease@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoBet money that man had a beer gut lol
minus-squareKISSmyOS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months 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.
“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
Hmmm… Now my brain hurts
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.
Bet money that man had a beer gut lol
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.