There actually seems to be a lot more studies coming out on dietary affects on the body now and it's been fascinating to see what's coming up. There finally seems to be more agreement that there isn't a one size fits all approach to eating and one thing that most researchers at least agree on fully is that our modern ultra processed foods are the worst thing for all chronic conditions.

There are those who say they've achieved good results on a low fat, high carb unprocessed mainly plant based diet for their diabetes. They tend to argue against the keto approach, but both are valid, in my opinion. There is certainly something to be said about avoiding mixing fats and carbs, at least in large amounts. I touched on this in a previous post, if you're interested.

With regards fats, that really is a fascinating, but highly argued topic. I agree that the cholesterol narrative certainly seems to be falling apart, despite the fact that many are desperately clinging onto it and everyone's doctors are trying to put them on statins. Some argue that it's saturated fat that causes diabetes, not carbohydrates, but I haven't managed to find any research that caused it without also including refined seed oils, which leads me to wonder if the culprit is in fact the refined oils. I recently came across a video claiming proof of those oils being the culprit, but didn't get chances to watch it and now can't find it again. It's something I want to look into, though.

Did you know that they recently discovered that there is an essential saturated fatty acid called C15? This is something else that goes against the old saturated fats being bad narrative.

I think fatty acids is a much more nuanced than demonising one type over another. There are plenty of good cold pressed plant oils and they're struggling to find any harm in animal products as well. It's only when the refined oils come into the equation that the evidence of harm starts to come in. A subject I want to research more.