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Recommends lhuser123 · 2020-01 · on “Caffeine attenuates high-fat-high-sucrose lipogenesis and body fat accumulation”

> Nutrition is confusing because we’re not used to looking at lots of tiny effects adding up to something large. This. I think is always more complicated than we think. And one thing that many times is left out of the discussion is that some foods may have different effects on one individual than others. I was once looking for videos that talk about this and after watching too many, the only one found was : “What is the best diet for humans? | Eran Segal | TEDxRuppin” [this video] When explaining their studies, at one point he said “It was not just about the food, it was also about the person eating it”

Recommends gardnr · 2023-11 · on “In the Gut's 'Second Brain,' Key Agents of Health Emerge”

Then there's something about Heart Rate Variability (HRV), the vagus nerve, parasympathetic nervous system, and gut biome all being connected. I can measure one of those relatively easily with a chest strap. It seems like the only thing we do know at this point is that we don't know anything. This is an interesting TEDx talk from Eran Segal "What is the best diet for humans?": [this video] My current conjecture / conspiracy theory / understanding includes: * Bacteria near the roots of plants generate electricity. * Plants grow faster in electrified soil. * Electrical brain stimulation can enhance brain function. * There are processes and interactions happening in our gut that we really don't unde

Cites jmulho · 2018-07 · on “Show HN: Glycemic load calculator”

I don't know how to calculate it. But I do know that the combination matters. Try this experiment. Eat a bagel plain for breakfast. Wait as long as you can for lunch. Note when you start feeling like you are starving and your hands get shaky (blood sugar crash). Next day eat the bagel with peanut butter. Note how you feel after the same amount of time. I predict the blood sugar crash will later, or won't happen at all. I have found that the secret to sustaining a vegan diet is beans (resistant starch). They release sugar into your blood over many hours, blunting the blood sugar roller coaster that would otherwise be caused by eating a lot of fruits and vegetables without a lot of meats and f

Cites fluffything · 2019-10 · on “Edward Snowden on The Joe Rogan Experience [video]”

There is some research nowadays showing that different diets work differently well for different people: [this video] Most of our current long-term (>1 year long) studies about diets deal with the problem of "subjects not sticking to the diet" by just saying that X% of participants stopped the diet and then proceeding to analyze the health benefits for the Y% that stuck to it. That's a fair thing to do, but what's not supported from those results is the conclusion that such a diet would have worked very well for the X% had they stuck to it.