A new study suggests that cutting calories by 12% might help people live longer and healthier lives.
Excuse me! This is a fact that’s been KNOWN for 1000s of years(1), clearly demonstrated in studies over and over in the last century all over the place. And — frankly — is just plain obvious in any case.
What is it they think the multi-billion dollar Weight Loss Industry bases its “product” on?
This requires a study? Really? Who’s spending money on studies to “suggest” stuff that’s already so well known it’s beyond question? Can’t you find something new to study?(2)
Silly me — I thought the point of a study was to search for NEW data. Goodness.(3)
No wonder Humans still haven’t been invited to join the Great Galactic Council.
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(1) Really, 1000s of years. If you doubt, check into the ancient Yogic and Vedantic literature, among others.
(2) How about a study to find out why so many already-well-known issues end up being studied? Or how many times a current Doctorate Thesis is presenting something already known, something I read about in High School decades ago?
(3) OK… there’s a possible “justification” for this study, given the new “weight loss” and “diabetes treatment” drugs being approved now (see a previous recent posting). Unfortunately, it’s not a good justification. There’s a possibility that this “study” is paving the way for these drugs and is in reality an elaborate info-mercial. That would really suck, you know? Down grades all studies and makes them all suspect. (Which — unfortunately — they are.)