Conspiracy theorists
Does anyone feel like that we sometimes get put in the same group as conspiracy theorists and anti vaxers? We have a similar message in that we day the current government advice on nutrition is dead wrong and the lack of science leading up to it was non existent or lacking.
People just roll their eyes and assume we are another crackpot who believes the government is out to get them. Of course the government and the scientists wouldn't be giving this advice without it being backed by hard science. That's what people think and when we start saying otherwise we get put in the deniers group.
It was really hard to even convince my doctor (retired gp) mum to give it a try. She tried gastric bypass band surgery first. That failed because she kept still eating with the band and it made her sick and come up. But now after trying everything she is finally giving it a go. She is still quite sceptical (read fat phobic).
But I'm getting away from the point. How do we express that the government and science do get it wrong sometimes. But no we aren't a antivaxer or going to start talking about chemtrails etc. That we want to have science, including RCTs. And that we are open to debate
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My country is very backward and corrupt. They openly say they need our people to be fat and sick and to die at 65 so they can't collect the "free money". One guy said the country would bankrupt if everyone was healthy! But if I said that in public they would take my by force and put me in a nuthouse and through the key in the Danube.
cot5r 1 points · Aug 2018
Lot of truth to this. Wanna go down a philosophical ‘rabbithole’? One must wonder what US gov’t officials think about all these baby boomers living into their 90s (and beyond). The projections for life expectancy have been surpassed consistently for decades. What would be the easiest way to ‘throttle’ life duration for large swathes of a population? Allow known issues with an aging water supply infrastructure to fester (wit.: Flint, MI). Both presidential candidates in the last election cycle promised to make infrastructure a central theme to their term. In that regard, their policies differed very little; yet, nothing noteworthy has been done here. I don’t actually believe the theory above, but it occurred to me one day when I was pondering both issues.
2bfree2 2 points · Aug 2018
Well I lost lots of kilos and am way less fat an no meds. If I keep getting and staying healthy they might report me to party people then I have to answer for my crime.