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Exercising hard = good for health. News at 11.

jgrahamc 2mo ago
Yeah. The formula isn't terribly complicated: don't eat crap and move your body in different ways. Despite doing exercise (including high intensity stuff like spin class) I was overweight and had a HOMA-IR of 3.8 (Moderate Insulin Resistance) and insulin 13.2 (Early Insulin Resistance). This was because I was addicted to sugary stuff. I cut my refined sugar intake to almost zero and in two months HOMA-IR went to 1.02 (Normal Range) and insulin to 4.9 (Optimal / Longevity Range). My triglycerides had peaked at 228 (Moderate Risk) and dropped to 96 (Normal/Good). Glucose went from 116 (Prediabetes) to 85 (Healthy). My assistant in cutting all that sugar was Claude. I used Claude as my buddy: I'd chat with Claude when I had cravings and it gave me alternatives and support. And it worked.
- andy_ppp 2mo ago
  Such good advice. Another probably unpopular use of AI - I was using Claude to figure out all the music I listened to at university and what would have been playing in the bars at the time. I was loving the nostalgia and I would not have remembered 205 of it without the conversation!
- newsomix9xl 2mo ago
  Wow, I'd like to see a writeup of your Claude as diet buddy experience.
  - breezybottom 2mo ago
    "Claude does candy bar has sugar?" "Claude does Fruity Loop has sugar?" "Claude does mint chocolate chip has sugar?"
    - newsomix9xl 1mo ago
      "My assistant in cutting all that sugar was Claude. I used Claude as my buddy: I'd chat with Claude when I had cravings and it gave me alternatives and support. And it worked." A little more than your example
- gbuk2013 2mo ago
  While there are infinite arguments to be made about individual diets, literally no one can do wrong by heavily cutting refined sugar intake.
  - Fricken 1mo ago
    Elite cyclists are all about maximizing their sugar intake. The more sugar their bodies absorb the better they perform. They chug liquid sugar until they puke, and then drink some more. It trains their guts to absorb more sugar.
rafaelmn 2mo ago
This is about comparing different exercise intensities ? Sprinting > jogging basically ?
randusername 2mo ago
EXCLUSIVE: Local man gleefully continues letting himself go while awaiting scientific consensus on universally optimal diet and exercise

Yeah. The formula isn't terribly complicated: don't eat crap and move your body in different ways. Despite doing exercise (including high intensity stuff like spin class) I was overweight and had a HOMA-IR of 3.8 (Moderate Insulin Resistance) and insulin 13.2 (Early Insulin Resistance). This was because I was addicted to sugary stuff. I cut my refined sugar intake to almost zero and in two months HOMA-IR went to 1.02 (Normal Range) and insulin to 4.9 (Optimal / Longevity Range). My triglycerides had peaked at 228 (Moderate Risk) and dropped to 96 (Normal/Good). Glucose went from 116 (Prediabetes) to 85 (Healthy). My assistant in cutting all that sugar was Claude. I used Claude as my buddy: I'd chat with Claude when I had cravings and it gave me alternatives and support. And it worked.

andy_ppp 2mo ago
Such good advice. Another probably unpopular use of AI - I was using Claude to figure out all the music I listened to at university and what would have been playing in the bars at the time. I was loving the nostalgia and I would not have remembered 205 of it without the conversation!
newsomix9xl 2mo ago
Wow, I'd like to see a writeup of your Claude as diet buddy experience.
- breezybottom 2mo ago
  "Claude does candy bar has sugar?" "Claude does Fruity Loop has sugar?" "Claude does mint chocolate chip has sugar?"
  - newsomix9xl 1mo ago
    "My assistant in cutting all that sugar was Claude. I used Claude as my buddy: I'd chat with Claude when I had cravings and it gave me alternatives and support. And it worked." A little more than your example
gbuk2013 2mo ago
While there are infinite arguments to be made about individual diets, literally no one can do wrong by heavily cutting refined sugar intake.
- Fricken 1mo ago
  Elite cyclists are all about maximizing their sugar intake. The more sugar their bodies absorb the better they perform. They chug liquid sugar until they puke, and then drink some more. It trains their guts to absorb more sugar.

rafaelmn 2mo ago

This is about comparing different exercise intensities ? Sprinting > jogging basically ?

randusername 2mo ago

EXCLUSIVE: Local man gleefully continues letting himself go while awaiting scientific consensus on universally optimal diet and exercise