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throw132890123on Combined overconsumption of fat and sugar leads to hypothalamic inflammation

> Google 'inflammation' on scholar.google.com and you will find a number of papers discussing different ways that it can affect you.

No thanks, I'm specifically asking for an explanation of how it affects me.

throw132890123on Combined overconsumption of fat and sugar leads to hypothalamic inflammation

Right I've heard of those examples, but they have nothing to do with diet.

So when people say 'eating sugar causes inflammation' what do they mean? How is THAT inflammation felt?

throw132890123on Combined overconsumption of fat and sugar leads to hypothalamic inflammation

Not really, you're now linking the 'inflammation' described in this article to heart attacks. Surely that'd be a bigger story?

From the 'article' you linked to:

> Obesity and its constant companion, type 2 diabetes, are at epidemic proportions in this country. One thing that connects them is inflammation.

How is this not a most blatant case of 'correlation vs causation'? We know the causes of obesity AND type 2 diabetes. Surely inflammation, a cellular immune thing ... is just a correlating factor?

throw132890123on Combined overconsumption of fat and sugar leads to hypothalamic inflammation

And this happens to who? Does it hurt? Why should I care?

I know literally no-one that has ever complained about 'inflammation'. When I say explain what it means IRL, I mean please explain the impact.

throw132890123on Combined overconsumption of fat and sugar leads to hypothalamic inflammation

Can someone please explain what 'inflammation' means IRL.

All kinds of studies linked to from all sorts of health obsessed forums online would have me believe basically everything causes 'inflammation'.

Meanwhile I'm here, living my life, eating all kinds of foods, without feeling at all 'inflamed'.