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>There is absolutely no way the public can reasonably believe yay or nay on any new thing about healthy living. There is nothing new about healthy living. Eat

>There is absolutely no way the public can reasonably believe yay or nay on any new thing about healthy living. There is nothing new about healthy living. Eat plants. Drink water. Sleep well. Don't add salt to anything. Avoid sugar. Eat meat only in moderation. Fiber from beans makes you poo good. Coffee and alcohol in moderation is alright. Drinking to the point of visible external intoxication is not "in moderation". Exercise, even if only a walk in the evening. If you are overweight, eat fewer calories each day than your body needs to function. If you are underweight, eat more calories each day than your body needs to function. None of that sells books, or drives eyeballs to the latest ad-infested "Doctors say x will kill ya!" article.

firethief 8y ago
> Don't add salt to anything. This is a good guideline for people who are on a sad diet and get plenty of sodium from processed foods and meats, but someone following the other guidelines you list and not salting anything is likely to be more at risk of low sodium than high, depending on their personal risk factors (HBP and genetic history). (assuming the reason "avoid overly processed foods" isn't listed is that it goes without saying)
- kazinator 8y ago
  I followed the low sodium bullshit for more than a decade and never put two and two together: that what was making me debilitatingly drowsy on rest days after multiple days of vigorous exercise was the lack of sodium. Almost exactly year ago I started adding salt to everything. Not only did the drowsiness go away, I haven't had single muscle cramp in the twelve months since.
Severian 8y ago
Yeah, you need some salt if you eat unprocessed food. Sorry.
Grue3 8y ago
I can see some problems with your diet, such as it does nothing to prevent iodine deficiency, since you don't eat (iodized) salt, drink only water and basically don't eat anything containing iodine.

firethief 8y ago

> Don't add salt to anything. This is a good guideline for people who are on a sad diet and get plenty of sodium from processed foods and meats, but someone following the other guidelines you list and not salting anything is likely to be more at risk of low sodium than high, depending on their personal risk factors (HBP and genetic history). (assuming the reason "avoid overly processed foods" isn't listed is that it goes without saying)

kazinator 8y ago
I followed the low sodium bullshit for more than a decade and never put two and two together: that what was making me debilitatingly drowsy on rest days after multiple days of vigorous exercise was the lack of sodium. Almost exactly year ago I started adding salt to everything. Not only did the drowsiness go away, I haven't had single muscle cramp in the twelve months since.

Severian 8y ago

Yeah, you need some salt if you eat unprocessed food. Sorry.

Grue3 8y ago

I can see some problems with your diet, such as it does nothing to prevent iodine deficiency, since you don't eat (iodized) salt, drink only water and basically don't eat anything containing iodine.