on changing the amount of fat on your body: cortisol, blood sugar, stress, food as fat/carb/protein

[belenen]

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[stray_infinity]

Thank you for this! I'm intrigued about how cortisol has links with oppression and reveals correlations for why certain groups of people as a collective might appear physically different from others. Also, as someone who exercises daily and keeps track of nutrition fact numbers as I eat, this helps fortify my understanding of how to develop weight loss strategies.

In the beginning, you claimed you weren't an expert. I don't think anyone can really claim to be an expert. I think ideally, people should take the time to get to know their body and what works for them, unless they have serious underlying genetic issues that make it difficult to maintain healthy weight and nutrition. My in-law patronized me for having pretzels for breakfast. Maybe that doesn't work for her, but I knew the pretzels didn't have any fat, barely any carbs or calories, and had some decent fiber, protein, and other minerals. We should shoot for understanding the general knowledge of nutrition and figure out how our lifestyle interacts with the things we eat - our differing sleep schedules, drug consumptions, exercise patterns, happiness, basically most of the factors you've already mentioned, all shade how we should approach our diet.

Good words here, Belenen!

[belenen]

Very true, there is no one strategy that works for all people! Which is why people shouldn't judge others' food choices, like your in-law did. *shakes head*