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  • Sample size of 1, but I’ve basically stopped buying beef since many years back because of how much more expensive it was as compared to chicken or vegetarian options. Granted, I like the climate benefits as well, but I wound down my beef purchasing before that was a more primary concern of mine.

    This is in Sweden where beef prices as compared to alternatives have been high for a long time.



  • To clarify - Sweden has a lesser variant of the U.S credit score system, but it differs in some important ways. For example, you don’t have to get a credit card to ‘build credit’ - you are assumed to be in good standing unless you have unusual ratios of debt and so on.

    Sweden does not have a social credit score system.




  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mltoGreentext@sh.itjust.worksAnon goes on a diet
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    Yep, that’s leptin resistance for you. Obesity is really a hormonal condition, and this is why GLP-1 inhibitors are so effective - they actually treat the hormonal condition and allow the recipient to manage their food intake without having their body hormonally work against them.

    A layman’s explanation (to be clear, I am the layman) of my best understanding of the subject:

    Hunger is controlled by 2 hormones:

    • Ghrelin, which causes hunger and is produced by the stomach
    • Leptin, which suppresses hunger and is produced by fat cells

    As fat cells accumulate, leptin levels also increase, but a person that has developed leptin resistance will not feel the appropriate amount of hunger suppression from the leptin, leading to chronic hunger unless large energy intake is sustained.