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Who is this guy? I’m glad his diet seems to work for him, but I’m not really clear what the value of the post is. I made fried rice today and it was great. Tha

• ethbr0 5y ago
  > TEDtalk You forgot the closing about how because you made great fried rice today, we will all be able to solve world hunger in 2 years.
• codeflow2202 5y ago
  Well there is a few people for whom this diet is having great effects. But there is indeed no science at all to back it up at the moment. But it is surely curious that such a diet which goes against every knowledge we have about diet can work even if just in the short time. 2 examples of dogmas which got debunked: -you need to eat carbs to nourish your brain -you need fruits and veggies to avoid scurvy
  • braingenious 5y ago
    It is indeed kind of, in a very mild roundabout and self-involved way, “interesting.” I know a guy that tried this diet and ended up on statins at 23 but I never thought to write about it on substack for (lol) consumption on HN, and I certainly wouldn’t have expected that ephemera of an anecdote to make it to the front page of a popular website about technology. Edit: also it is downright hilarious that it’s assumed that this guy doesn’t season his food at all aside from salt. Is there an HN/lobsters settle site for comedy articles?
    • codeflow2202 5y ago
      High LDL is a known consequence of keto on lean people. There are ongoing studies to find out if this is a risk factor for plaque development in otherwise metabolically healthy people. Anyway stopping the diet would normally lower his LDL to his previous levels without the need of going on statins at 23...