▲ 166 ▼ Pesticides and other common chemical pollutants are toxic to our ‘good’ gut bacteria (www.cam.ac.uk) submitted 10 months ago by Valiscian@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (4 children) I wonder if this is the real reason for the obesity crisis. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 10 months ago (3 children) No doubt it's a factor due to people failing to absorb as many nutrients, leading to increased over-eating permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) this is highly speculative. people don’t over eat because they’re lacking vitamin X, they over eat because processed foods are scientifically designed to be tasty as fuck. we are surrounded by ultra indulgent food and a lot of people can’t handle it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago And stress. And processed foods tend to be high in calories. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago It's speculative to suggest that it's a factor? Meanwhile you're talking as if there's a single definitive cause and effect in a fundamentally complex system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 10 months ago (3 children) No doubt it's a factor due to people failing to absorb as many nutrients, leading to increased over-eating permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) this is highly speculative. people don’t over eat because they’re lacking vitamin X, they over eat because processed foods are scientifically designed to be tasty as fuck. we are surrounded by ultra indulgent food and a lot of people can’t handle it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago And stress. And processed foods tend to be high in calories. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago It's speculative to suggest that it's a factor? Meanwhile you're talking as if there's a single definitive cause and effect in a fundamentally complex system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children) this is highly speculative. people don’t over eat because they’re lacking vitamin X, they over eat because processed foods are scientifically designed to be tasty as fuck. we are surrounded by ultra indulgent food and a lot of people can’t handle it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago And stress. And processed foods tend to be high in calories. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago It's speculative to suggest that it's a factor? Meanwhile you're talking as if there's a single definitive cause and effect in a fundamentally complex system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago And stress. And processed foods tend to be high in calories. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago It's speculative to suggest that it's a factor? Meanwhile you're talking as if there's a single definitive cause and effect in a fundamentally complex system. permalink fedilink source parent