We now think of stress as the body getting out of balance, and this pathway recognizes the imbalance and corrects it. So it’s more of a physiological balancing act than what we originally thought, where it was simply a bad thing that happened when you were exposed to stress.
Makes sense
If you eat a poor diet, say a high-fat diet, it activates the pathways of stress throughout your entire body: muscles, liver, fat… everywhere. What you eat has a huge effect on biology, and obesity is a major epidemic in the developing world and increases the risk of many diseases, such as cancer.
Just an assumption against fat... But it doesn't cancel out the stress hypothesis
We have to worry about what we eat and the food we’re eating, but when you eat and fasting periods are also important. But in many cases, human studies haven’t reached a stage where the same thing has been done as in other organisms like mice.
Fair point