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> Eat plenty of low fat foods, and replace saturated fat with industrial seed oils."

How is saturated fat from "industrial" animal farms or "industrial" palm farms any worse than unsaturated fat from "industrial seed oils"?

>"Calcium builds strong bones! Therefore, you can never drink enough cow's milk."

The first part seems true, the second part seems like a strawman just so you can debunk it.

>"If you don't eat then you'll starve, your body will go into starvation mode, and your metabolism will crash!"

Again, first part seems objectively true (unless you can photosynthesize or something), the second part seems like a strawman.

>"Distilled water will weaken your bones and you won't get enough minerals! Never drink distilled water."

The first part seems to be true? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_water#Health_effects. All else being equal, you'll get less minerals by drinking distilled water than without. You can certainly adjust/supplement your diet so it's not an issue, but that doesn't mean the effect isn't there. As for the second part, it seems to be either a strawman or a general advice taken out of context. I interpret it not as "not drinking distilled water ever" (like it's poisonous or something), but that there's no real reason to go out of your way to specifically buy distilled water to drink.



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