[llm_nerd]

Making hugely contentious claims and then stating that it's "settled science" is not a convincing tactic. Again, you are using the anti-science tactic of saying "this one thing kind of said this, and that's what I've selected as my position, ergo it is The Truth". Science doesn't remotely work like that. Claiming you are on the side of "scientific consensus" is so cosmically wrong you're either lying, or staggeringly ill-informed.

There were HCQ and Ivermectin fanatics who were sure it was "settled science" because they read only what they wanted to see, and only accepted results they wanted to be true.

"f you don't eat at that point, your body reacts by slowing down your metabolism, conserving more calories than you saved from avoiding sugar and also discouraging you from exercising."

Ah, the "what's even the point?" tactic, which is the fallback of lazy dieters everywhere. Their metabolism "slowed" and magically the conservation of energy no longer applies.