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by sbenitoj 8y ago
My mother committed suicide 8 years ago, and this is something I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about and trying to understand (in part to ensure I never suffer the same fate). For anyone who has struggled with depression or
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
All non-market pricing options (like rent control) are inherently arbitrary. Also frequently it’s property taxes that force people out of neighborhoods (eg their families own a place for years, and then the property values go up making it t
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Please provide a resource that is more up to date.
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
This is simply not true, there is ample evidence for Paleo diets, read the book and it references the studies. What is your theory for why the entire western world is suddenly obese? Why were people not obese even 70 years ago?
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
If you stick with properly raised proteins, healthy fats (no trans fats), and low-carb veggies you don’t have to keep track of anything, the calories take care of themselves. Limit starchy carbs and treats to one meal after your workouts. P
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Check out the book Good Calories, Bad Calories which looks at the subject in depth (specifically the role of insulin)
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Not long term it’s not, the studies that show that are short term in nature, like most diet studies. Fiber is a double edge sword, some people do great with more, some people do terrible with more — it’s highly dependent and the only way to
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
This book is cutting edge science, with ample references to recent studies. It came out last year and is written by someone who has personally helped hundreds of thousands (if not millions of people) to lose weight and keep it off long term
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
This is overly reductionist and places the blame on people attempting diets. Most people I’ve found have simply been given terrible dietary advice (like eat high carb, low fat), which doesn’t work for the vast majority of people (because it
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
There is absolutely nuance to it, I’m certainly not a proponent of a sedentary lifestyle or not working out. But if people just start exercising without also switching to whole foods, they will never out-exercise their diet — in fact many p
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Are you claiming that ALL foods — whether they’re sugar or grass-fed beef — affect your hunger-related hormones the same? Also, where’s the evidence for people consuming processed sugar longer than meat? Never seen that claimed before.
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
That is exactly how I get my many, many clients to lose weight — eating meat and veggies naturally causes people to reduce their calorie intake by increasing their feelings of satiety from the foods they’re eating.
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Technically correct, but most people don’t overeat when consuming whole foods — just like they didn’t before the 1950s.
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
That sounds true but the evidence shows otherwise. Women in the 1950s were mostly lean and did almost no exercise. Look around at the people who are the most physically active today (day laborers/construction workers). They’re active a
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Appreciate your comment. To be clear the population of people on HN is a self-selecting, techie group of ppl. Most people cannot do CICO long term. And even if you can you’ll realize it doesn’t work the leaner you get, quality becomes incre
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
This is a statement that’s technically true but misses the most important point — sourcing your foods from fat/protein/veggies will naturally take care of the calories piece. All mammals, including humans, have the ability to natu
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
I’m all for anything that helps people, including gamification. But if your focus is calories, and not the quality/source if your food, then you’re not solving the REAL problem which is distorted hormone levels affecting how full you f
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Why were people before the 1950s almost completely unaware of calorie counts but almost all lean?
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
The broader point I’m trying to make is that calorie counting DOES NOT work long term. It’s exhausting. It’s monotonous. It’s inaccurate. It’s impossible to do unless you’re eating at chain restaurant all the time. And we are not robots whe
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
This is the point I made below, whole foods are superior to calorie counts No one eats a grass-fed steak and goes into a downward spiral. Tons of people spiral out of control if they consume even small amounts of junk food. WHAT you eat mat
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Can you clarify your statement? I don’t understand what you’re saying.
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I am not a hater, I do this professionally
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
That’s not what I’m suggesting. Certain foods generate more heat while being digested (like protein) than others (like sugar and white flour). Consuming 100 calories of protein results in fewer calories digested than consuming 100 calories
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
It won’t last, calorie counts are not reliable indicators of how many calories you’re actually digesting (look up the thermic effect of food), and long term you will not keep it off if you focus solely on calories, quality whole foods come
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
As someone who helps people lose fat professionally, I can say with near 100% confidence this will have almost zero effect on the vast majority of people. People were lean long before calorie counts were readily available, the problem peopl
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
Congrats on starting! That’s the hardest part. As someone who helps people lose weight professionally, I’m curious to hear what program, if any, you found and how did you decide to do it? (I’m not selling anything, just curious).
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by sbenitoj 8y ago
To be clear the widespread use of LEDs has caused significant health issues for many people, especially shift workers, due to disrupting their circadian rhythms and decreasing their sleep quality. With that said, even though I’m against reg
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by sbenitoj 9y ago
To be clear, over usage of antibiotics is a MASSIVE health issue. Penicillin was an amazing discovery, but less than 100 years later we’re discovering antibiotic resistance and lifelong gut issues due to antibiotic usage.
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by sbenitoj 9y ago
That’s why logic is superior to many “scientific” studies. It’s clear that the environment we evolved in lacked much alcohol, therefore studies showing alcohol is healthy should be taken with a grain of salt.
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by sbenitoj 9y ago
You don’t believe blockcbain currencies can be a form of sound money? What do you think can? (Not trying to argue, genuinely curious).

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