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Nutrition is one of my favorite topics on HN. Not because the discussions have any utility, but because it's amazing to see out of a group of highly intelligent
by eloisius 3y ago
Nutrition is one of my favorite topics on HN. Not because the discussions have any utility, but because it's amazing to see out of a group of highly intelligent people, the weirdest dietary gospel emerges. Anecdotes about how Wim Hof breathing and drinking only apple cider vinegar solved their IBS or something.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoThis whole trend of “apple cider vinegar cures X” makes no sense to me. My mother, who suffers from acid reflux, wanted to try drinking an acetic acid solution to cure her acid reflux. All because she saw it on Facebook. Thinking on it, diet trends really are the “TikTok challenges” of old.
- padjo 3y agoThank you for helping me turn despair into joy. I was getting upset by all the crazy cultish assertions in this thread. This reminded me how funny it all is. Clearly so much emotion involved when people discuss diet!
- zamfi 3y agoI think you are underappreciating the placebo effect here. It is very strong, and it's likely one reason for the proliferation of "X solved my Y" anecdotes. It may well have -- but through the placebo effect, making it useless for others.