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The kind I've iterated on for years to maximize my body. I wish I had a good answer, but it's similar to exercise. The best food for you is the one that works

The kind I've iterated on for years to maximize my body. I wish I had a good answer, but it's similar to exercise. The best food for you is the one that works for you. I also highly recommend no-food (don't try to twist this). Fasting for various periods is undeniably beneficial for men and women past menopause (younger women should carefully research preventing doing any harm). Rather than tell you exactly what I eat, I'll tell you that I aim to minimize blood sugar, most of the time(exercise, and simply trying to live a little can change this). And that I also give myself permission to eat outside my boundaries occasionally, though doing so often keeps me on track in the future because of the obvious negative outcomes (which are a lot easier to recognize when you have absolute control over what your ingesting). The science of nutrition is complex, but I'm sure a lot of programmers would be intrigued by chemistry and equations involved in metabolism. It also changes the way you think about eating. I was fortunate enough to land myself in a tough nutrition class in college, which can look more like organic chemistry. Edit: to satisfy the downvoters: I'm mostly keto, always low carb unless it's some occasion where I'd otherwise regret not participating. Organic, and well-treated animals are also a staple (and yes, a luxury not available to all). There are really so many little things that if you or your partner aren't significantly interested in learning about it as a hobby then you're undoubtedly going to miss a lot. Note: to anyone asking what exactly I eat, why? You don't even know anything about me. What if I'm an athlete? Then what I eat would make a sedentary person obese. Not to mention, VARIETY IS ESSENTIAL. Ideally I would eat every single good thing that's available to maximize my exposure to good things. Good luck to you!

jiofih 5y ago
Cool. So what kinds of good food do you usually eat?
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  Nuts, seeds, low-carb vegetables, fiber supplement, occasional fruits especially berries (exception is a avocado every day). No red meat. Fish or chicken or turkey 2-3 times per week. Occasional eggs. Fish should be wild caught and either salmon or small like sardines, herring, mackerel , etc. Probiotic and prebiotic foods. Limited dairy and only non-cow daily unless it’s A2. Coffee and green teA but no caffeine after 2 PM. Organic as much as possible.
  - maxqin1 5y ago
    Spot on, thanks.
    - theonething 5y ago
      Then why didn't you just say so.
      - maxqin1 5y ago
        GIYF. Or in other words, "teach a man to fish..."
nradov 5y ago
You shouldn't be down voted. This is generally good advice. Human nutrition is still poorly understood and there is huge variation between individuals. The best that most of us can do is run our own n=1 experiments and determine empirically what seems to give the best results.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  How do you empirically measure results for your n=1 experiment, where you are experimenter, subject, and outcome? If I see comments providing diet advice with words like "undeniably", I lean toward downvoting them.
  - nradov 5y ago
    Obviously there's no way to conduct a high quality controlled experiment and eliminate bias. But you can play around with adding or removing certain foods from your diet. Look for correlations with how you subjectively feel, and objectively perform. You might find some effects that are large enough to be significant even with n=1. Or not.
  - inimino 5y ago
    How do you not? You're living this life anyway, might as well try to learn from and compare your various diets. Unless you eat the same meal every day for your whole life, I don't see how you could not learn something from it.
    - maxqin1 5y ago
      It's like some HNers never learning the simple art of deduction.

jiofih 5y ago

Cool. So what kinds of good food do you usually eat?

TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
Nuts, seeds, low-carb vegetables, fiber supplement, occasional fruits especially berries (exception is a avocado every day). No red meat. Fish or chicken or turkey 2-3 times per week. Occasional eggs. Fish should be wild caught and either salmon or small like sardines, herring, mackerel , etc. Probiotic and prebiotic foods. Limited dairy and only non-cow daily unless it’s A2. Coffee and green teA but no caffeine after 2 PM. Organic as much as possible.
- maxqin1 5y ago
  Spot on, thanks.
  - theonething 5y ago
    Then why didn't you just say so.
    - maxqin1 5y ago
      GIYF. Or in other words, "teach a man to fish..."

nradov 5y ago

You shouldn't be down voted. This is generally good advice. Human nutrition is still poorly understood and there is huge variation between individuals. The best that most of us can do is run our own n=1 experiments and determine empirically what seems to give the best results.

wolverine876 5y ago
How do you empirically measure results for your n=1 experiment, where you are experimenter, subject, and outcome? If I see comments providing diet advice with words like "undeniably", I lean toward downvoting them.
- nradov 5y ago
  Obviously there's no way to conduct a high quality controlled experiment and eliminate bias. But you can play around with adding or removing certain foods from your diet. Look for correlations with how you subjectively feel, and objectively perform. You might find some effects that are large enough to be significant even with n=1. Or not.
- inimino 5y ago
  How do you not? You're living this life anyway, might as well try to learn from and compare your various diets. Unless you eat the same meal every day for your whole life, I don't see how you could not learn something from it.
  - maxqin1 5y ago
    It's like some HNers never learning the simple art of deduction.