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by Evgeny 16y ago
These are all good points to think about. For this particular one, I agree: Even if he were examining that many people, he wouldn't expect to detect cancer at nearly the rates that modern medicine would. But at the same time, as the book
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by Evgeny 16y ago
I do not have data at hand about cancer rates in the western world by age, but my guess would be that it's not so uncommon at the age of 60+. Just talking to myself here: http://www.nia.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ConferencesAndMee...
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by Evgeny 16y ago
Well, in the modern world even school kids may have cancer - my daughter has a classmate who went through it, and that's primary school. I don't know the details though about type of cancer etc. But those cultures didn't have cancer, din't
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by Evgeny 16y ago
How would you explain that there are (or were) cultures completely or almost completely free of cancer - with it becoming more common when they adopted the western lifestyle? In Cancer, Disease of Civilization (1960), Wilhjalmur Stefansson
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The cheeseburger would most likely be dangerous not because of read meat, but because of the processed wheat in the bun. Not sure about other ingredients.
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That we have all evolved from some very simple single-cellular ancestor that lived billions years ago and everything that happens to us on a biological level is encoded in the DNA.
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Of course, but we have a much clearer idea of what sustains health than ancient civilizations. I'm not so sure about that. I usually offer two of my favourite links that describe well how the human health deteriorated when agriculture bec
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by Evgeny 16y ago
This is a comment asking if someone can provide a tl;dr version.
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We understand nutrition No, we can not say that. Nutritionists can not even decide on the reasons for the obesity - some say people just eat too much and exercise too little (aka "calories in, calories out"), others point to more complex
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A point to consider is the probability that microbes ever evolve into something more complex (multicellular organisms). After all, there are huge amounts of bacteria on Earth these days, but I'm not aware of any cases of them evolving into
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by Evgeny 16y ago
anyone who thinks this is a good/bad thing for a founder to do? From what I know so far - by reading, including scientific works, and studying biochemistry, it appears that the humans evolved to obtain at least some of their diet from ani
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by Evgeny 16y ago
This is the sort of discussions I love best on HN: I read a thoughtful comment and have no choice but upvote it because it's very thought provoking and I'm nodding all the way through it. Then I read the opponent's comment ... and feel the
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by Evgeny 16y ago
I don't exercise for one simple reason - its a temporary solution to a permanent problem and as a geek I hate, hate, hate those with a passion. Breathing, eating - also a temporary solution to a permanent problem. It just takes more time
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Some cottage cheese mixed with natural whole milk yogurt and sour cream. A small cup of coffee with a tablet of sugarine.
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Add to that "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes and that's a start! http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Controversial-Scienc...
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The rate of inflation these days is astounding ...
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apparently you can use your anal sphincter muscles to outwit a polygraph test. I'm interested to learn more about this technique - any links/keywords?
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Even that will not make me create a twitter account ...
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read a book or pretend to do something else. In other words, they perform an activity that they could be performing at home without having all these people around I sometimes do that just to avoid distractions at home - internet, cats, ho
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Honest question to the HN audience: Do you think that being proud of someone just because he's your compatriot is rational or irrational? After all, you just share the same nationality by random chance, therefore isn't it the same as being
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by Evgeny 16y ago
Why does the period of economical growth is inevitably followed by recession/depression? Why is it not possible to, maybe, regulate the economy so that economical growth would be slightly slower during the growth period, but use that artifi
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by Evgeny 16y ago
That being said there is some strong evidence that the _Okinawa diet_ is extremely good for the health. Actually, I tried to find out what the Okinawa diet is, but I found contradictory information. For example, some sources say that it i
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There is not much difference in "cancer correlation with plant proteins" and "cancer correlation with animal proteins". High cholesterol is correlated with some cancers. But areas with high cholesterol are riddled with other risk factors. C
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by Evgeny 16y ago
Personal anecdote: I eat quite fast and I have no troubles keeping my weight at a stable 75kg at 178cm height. Secret? Well, I know generally how much I eat, so that's how much I put on my plate. When it's finished, it's finished, no matter
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Company - a good company - can easily outlive its founder and all his family.
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I'm wondering: are there any errors in your favour at all?
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Psychologists at Virginia Commonwealth University monitored 30 chronically anxious people during guided meditation. Seventeen percent indicated that their anxiety got worse. 17% of 30 = 5.1 people. Why not just say "five out of thirty ind
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Find me a professional athlete on a grain-free diet. Maybe they're out there somewhere, but I'm pretty sure if you find me one I'll find you a better professional athlete who eats grains. Find me a (former) professional athlete who lived
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The protein theory is bad news for people on low-carbohydrate weight-loss plans like the Atkins diet. "I'd be wary of diets that put a heavy emphasis on protein," says Piper. "It's hard to see how that could be healthy." Um, how come they
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cutting out grains is very hard. Certainly not. You just stop eating them. I stopped about half a year ago and never looked back. Well, my health was reasonably good so I can't say it improved dramatically since. However, I had some diges

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