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That's why I started out by saying "to a good first approximation". I don't see a lot of value in the kinds of "quantified-self" hyperoptimizations people alwa

That's why I started out by saying "to a good first approximation". I don't see a lot of value in the kinds of "quantified-self" hyperoptimizations people always seem so anxious to go for around this. Maintaining a good, healthy diet certainly isn't enough for everyone, and of course I see why folks for whom that doesn't suffice go deeper. But if you're starting anywhere else but by investing in the habit of maintaining a good, healthy diet, I think you're starting in the wrong place. My experience has been that it is truly astonishing how much benefit can be derived simply from the habit of eating well.

saiya-jin 6y ago
Completely agree, there is no point these days to go beyond basic regime of eating healthy, exercising healthy, sleeping well, have good relationships, not too stressful work and maybe few little personal extra things like meditation or similar mood setter. Each of these can be broken down to 1-2 levels of more details, but it doesn't make sense to go deeper. Ie with food - lots of veggies, then bit of +-healthy everything, ideally BIO, tasty, eat more in first half of the day etc. The number of people who can consistently manage all of those to a good level would be astonishingly small. But we all can try to cover as much as possible, and it will be good enough for most for good healthy life.