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Wonderful. "Hacker" News at its finest. A post that is nothing more than an anecdote full of questionable horseshit on an important matter like health in turn g
by logjam 13y ago
Wonderful. "Hacker" News at its finest. A post that is nothing more than an anecdote full of questionable horseshit on an important matter like health in turn generates HN comments that are merely anecdotes full of questionable horseshit. On health. Health.
- DanBC 13y agoKickstarter in two weeks?
- SandB0x 13y agoBut dude think of the metabolic hacks and read about my one weird trick for rapid weight loss.
- cynicalkane 13y agoThis is what the flag button is for.
- KMag 13y agoYou forgot to mention vague references to "toxins" and "detox" as well as anecdotal feelings of mild euphoria (edit: or subjectively elevated mood following/compared to a reduced baseline mood induced by initial hunger) given as evidence of health benefits. I have read Eat Stop Eat, and do a 24-hour water/coffee/tea fast once a week. I had my annual medical exam recently, and I mentioned to the nutritionist that I fast once a week. Her response wasn't positive or negative, just "you can fast if you like, but no longer than 24 hours, and don't let your hunger cause you to over-eat following the fast". The health benefits of my weekly fasting are probably not as great as I think. We'll see how my blood chemistry has changed from my last physical.
- codex 13y agoThis article is at least as valid as the technical blog bike shedding that is normal HN fodder--possibly more so, as an actual experiment was performed. Would you like sources that fasting is bad for you? Every clinical study I've come across suggests otherwise.
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