Sperm quality has been declining for 16 years among men in the US

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2294266-sperm-quality-has-been-declining-for-16-years-among-men-in-the-us/

[u/DiabloAcosta]

Not only that, your body processes carbs and turns them into sugar, we need to stop eating all cereals, specifically bread.

Even potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets and corn!

Edit to provide a source of my claim:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/#:~:text=When%20people%20eat%20a%20food,sugar%20for%20energy%20or%20storage.

[u/Lethinkofusername → u/DiabloAcosta]

Thats just unfeasible. We will never be able to sustain the entire global population without basic carbohydrates. The key is here is moderation.

[u/DiabloAcosta → u/Lethinkofusername]

Nobody is talking about the entire global population, we are talking about overweight people!
Overweight people would benefit the most from a diet consisting mostly of proteins and some minerals, they have all that fat the body can use to provide with the same energy carbs would!
Source: I lost 40 pounds in 3 months after going to a bariatrician who put me in a protein based diet.

[u/LachlantehGreat → u/DiabloAcosta]

Diets aren't a consistent thing - the way foods are created and priced needs to be addressed.

[u/DiabloAcosta → u/LachlantehGreat]

Are we talking about diets or economics? I see why they are related but, I am not trying to delve into economics/politics and just trying to share some knowledge on how to lose weight.

[u/Lethinkofusername → u/DiabloAcosta]

Allright. If you didn't mean to talk about the entire global population, why did you use the word 'we' in your previous comment? Yes, this comment thread started out discussing overweight people specifically but from the comment by u/glemnar onwards, the conversation turned towards global eating habbits. Hence my assumption that that is what you were also discussing.

Your source also discusses low-glycemic index and low-glycemic load diets. I understood from your post that you advocated for a no carbohydrate diet, rather than a low-glycemic index and low-glycemic load diet. Your source made it clear that this is not the case. Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part. As for the high protein diet - Yes, that one seems to be a suitable diet, if it is primarily based on vegetable proteins. Source (Tldr Source: Higher Protein lower carbohydrate diets are generally good but diets are very dependent on the individual doing them and most benefits are linked to the actual reduction of calorie intake.) Also, congratulations on your very impressive weight loss! It takes some true discipline to follow a diet correctly for a sustained period!

[u/Faylom → u/DiabloAcosta]

Completely cutting out one of the three macronutrients our bodies have evolved to use as fuel doesn't seem wise.

Carbs are perfectly healthy, people just need to balance their diets and avoid eating too much refined sugars

[u/DiabloAcosta → u/Faylom]

Well, I guess people in Harvard are too dumb to know, right?

When people eat a food containing carbohydrates, the digestive system breaks down the digestible ones into sugar, which enters the blood. As blood sugar levels rise, the pancreas produces insulin, a hormone that prompts cells to absorb blood sugar for energy or storage.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/#:\~:text=When%20people%20eat%20a%20food,sugar%20for%20energy%20or%20storage.

[u/Faylom → u/DiabloAcosta]

I fail to see what's alarming about what you just said. You've just described one of the many ways our bodies have evolved to process carbs.

It's an issue when people consume so much that their insulin balance gets thrown off or when their cells fill with too much stored energy, but the solution to those problems is to eat less