cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2916565
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2916431
There’s a lot of talk of the “obesity epidemic” and this is often discussed in scientific terms, about “counting calories” to lose weight, or fad weight loss diets (which can work), or just “exercising more and eating less”
But I’ve thought from time to time that maybe this is more of a spiritual problem of the sin of gluttony, and as such it may not be as easily solved by self-will and discipline, but by the grace of God through people undergoing holy fasts for the good of soul and body
What do you think about the spiritual dimension of the “obesity epidemic”, or the traditional idea of the sin of gluttony?
Catholic encyclopedia on gluttony: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm
Aquinas on gluttony: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3148.htm
Treating obesity as a moral failing is shitty. That’s what I think.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK1zePxBJu4
There’s an interesting new model, " the hormonal model " instead of the calorie model. It correlates well with the rise of obesity in the West and now in the east.
If the hormones are out of balance, the body cannot reach homeostasis, which it really wants to do.
Looking at it as a spiritual failure, puts people to disadvantage to fix the problem. Which is to get out of hormonal dysregulation
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what are the recommendations for balancing the hormones (tl;dw if video discusses it?)
Tldr of the video: reduce/remove sugar and carbohydrates. Sugar and carbs increase blood sugar, which the body regulates with insulin. Modern food is full of it. So if you eat all the time, all day, your insulin is always high… insulin is a super hormone, which regulates everything in the body…
Basically it’s like trying to park a car with your foot always on the gas.
Gluttony: the word we use to distinguish between those with a high metabolism and those with a low one.
Seriously, this is asinine. No, the obesity epidemic is not a spiritual one. It’s a cultural health and science one, because we haven’t had normal chemicals in our bodies in a century.
So, you are just assuming that “sin” is a universal truth and starting your argument from there, huh?
Do you know of any real world examples in which a problem has a potential scientific solution and a potential spiritual solution, and the spiritual solution is more effective?
well psychology can be pretty non-scientific for one
Psychology is not a scientific field because it does not meet the five basic requirements for a field to be considered scientifically rigorous: clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly controlled experimental conditions, reproducibility, and predictability and testability.
lust might be another problem like gluttony for another
