Weight loss relapse associated with exposure to perfluoroalkylate substances
Again. Missing big fat disclaimer. &quot;Correlation does not imply causation&quot;. It is wrong to jump from &quot;Weight loss relapse associated with exposure to perfluoroalkylate substances&quot; to &quot;Obesogenic PFASs may cause weight gain and thus contribute to the obesity pandemic&quot;.<p>Here, the word &quot;may&quot; is correct but it should really be &quot;we just don&#x27;t know, it is possible&quot;. But &quot;obesogenic&quot; suggest that the link has been proven which it has not.<p>I am not defending PFAS. But our history is full of missed opportunities and billions of people doing stupid shit for decades because somebody jumped to conclusions to fast. We have still not eradicated notion that fats are all wrong and need to be removed from the diet where it is exactly the opposite -- it is very likely that removal of fats from the diet is responsible for the large part of obesity epidemic. Right after people believing you need to eat multiple meals a day to be healthy.<p>It is important to keep focus on stuff that we already know is detrimental to our health and these are excessive amounts of carbohydrates (filling the void when fats were removed from the diet), refined sugars and reduced time between meals not allowing people to exercise their lipid transport in reverse.