# The Health Thread

**URL:** https://fixed.org.au/t/the-health-thread/158826
**Category:** Pub
**Created:** [September 1, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-health-thread/158826 "2026-09-01T11:52:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Nobody](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/nobody/32/4295_2.png) [@Nobody](https://fixed.org.au/u/Nobody)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-health-thread/158826/1 "2026-09-01T11:53:00Z")

</div>

Just a place to post articles, videos, etc that we find interesting on health.  
It could be diet, exercise, mental health, whatever.

I’ll start with the one below highlights that a lot of physical work and activity can offset a poor diet to the point it makes the diet look good. He makes the parallel comparison with mediterranean people or other blue zones and their eating patterns.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fz-yKX-S2MI/maxresdefault.jpg "Meat, Gravy and Pie. Why Are the Amish So Healthy?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz-yKX-S2MI)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Foo](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/foo/32/4319_2.png) [@Foo](https://fixed.org.au/u/Foo)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-health-thread/158826/2 "2026-09-01T13:38:52Z")

</div>

Lots of “what ifs” in that but he also forgot to mention the portion sizes! 🤔

Foo

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Nobody](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/nobody/32/4295_2.png) [@Nobody](https://fixed.org.au/u/Nobody)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-health-thread/158826/3 "2026-09-01T22:44:25Z")

</div>

The “what ifs” were the point of the video. He’s casting doubt on a lot of paid-for nutrition science/promotion in general.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-health-thread/158826/4 "2026-09-27T02:16:16Z")

</div>

Seems relevant; [Cyclist Cameron Butcher 'died eight times' before heart transplant - ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-27/transplant-games-cameron-butcher/107184388)
