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by shlant 6y ago
> That's fine: you move to another town that's cheaper This is a pretty privileged perspective to have and shows that you may not fully grasp what it's like to be poor. Do you understand the costs of moving (both monetary
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by shlant 6y ago
not sure if this resonates with anyone else, but from my own experience (especially back when I had really bad anxiety) I think a major draw of news is the perceived feeling of safety from being "in the know". I believed that the
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by shlant 6y ago
the easiest solution is a "bum gun" type setup that is common in South East Asia: https://www.google.com/search?q=spray+bidet . I can't imagine living without one
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by shlant 6y ago
you can certainly cite the multitudes of factors working against staying healthy in todays modern environment, and those are super valid and should be considered. However, ULTIMATELY nobody can force you to be healthy and bar getting rid of
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by shlant 6y ago
yea there are a lot of people on twitter poking fun at the fact that there were probably MUCH more lucrative things you could have done with that kind of access. Seems like a quick smash and grab by some teenagers or something
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by shlant 6y ago
but does that make it the "default energy System"?
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by shlant 6y ago
> low-carb takes less effort and discipline "less effort and discipline" than what? depends on the comparison Also, I'm sure a lot of people who have had trouble staying on the diet would disagree. Regardless of the specif
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by shlant 6y ago
> Firstly those studies are all in children Your point? the OP ended his sentence with "especially in children" so I thought I'd share that which was relevant to children. If you are looking for information on adults, here
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by shlant 6y ago
you could certainly make the argument that most humans haven't a primarily fruit based diet for a while (although evolutionarily it really hasn't been that long) but that doesn't change the fact they are our closest ancestors
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by shlant 6y ago
I tend to agree that, in many cases, more "natural" is more "healthy" but my main caveats would be: 1. "natural" does not automatically mean better. Depends on the context and many other factors. 2. Determining
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by shlant 6y ago
edited. Thanks for catching that. I have a lot of different links in my notes haha
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by shlant 6y ago
> If it worked, why do we still have an obesity epidemic not everyone follows the advice? It takes a LOT of effort and discipline? Food is a powerful vice and coping mechanism. Addiction of any kind is not an easy thing to overcome es
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by shlant 6y ago
I agree with the responder that your original statement sounds a bit hyperbolized, but I also am an advocate that diet can treat a LOT more conditions than most people think
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by shlant 6y ago
do you have any sources that aren't from "justmeat", "paleomedicine" or "meatrx" which are clearly extremely biased?
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by shlant 6y ago
I have edited my comment to reflect that glucose is not the only energy source (although it is still REQUIRED)
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by shlant 6y ago
IMO any extremely restrictive diet is not sustainable and therefor not a real, long-term solution for health
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by shlant 6y ago
> This advice doesn't work though It does work in the vast majority of cases. "biological/environmental factors" that may make this harder are the exception, not the norm > The main advantage of the low-carb diet i
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by shlant 6y ago
> it had nothing to do with diet > obviously not diet related You are making some pretty black and white statements without any evidence to support it but giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming all that is true, that does no
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by shlant 6y ago
exactly. The diet is one big Appeal to Nature fallacy
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by shlant 6y ago
> In the worst case it probably won't kill you Unfortunately, that is also not necessarily true: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19027591/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15679508/ https:
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by shlant 6y ago
here's some information to start with: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-9699-0_... Here is a simplified overview: https://steemitimages.com/DQmYgdPbWvCt78oycPdEKNffevjh7UnC
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by shlant 6y ago
> ketones are much more efficient at crossing the blood brain barrier Source? > Ketosis is the default energy System, in that all things being equal when a person doesn’t introduce any food they naturally go into ketosis. People liter
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by shlant 6y ago
additional downsides include kidney stones[1,2,3,4], bone mineral loss[5] and a long list of other complications (including death): https://www.thepaleomom.com/adverse-reactions-to-ketogenic-d... 1. https://pubme
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by shlant 6y ago
> "It is the primary energy system" No, it's not [1]. Why do you think many organs[2] including the brain[3] that NEEDS glucose to run? > "we are in ketosis until we start to eat "food" high in carbs&qu
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by shlant 6y ago
"Corona-19 is 1/10th of a micron across, which is smaller." People seem to have a huge misunderstanding about how viruses travel through air (which is how you get stupid memes like this[1]). There aren't isolated viruses
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by shlant 6y ago
"Doesn't sound like their value proposition is really built around vegetrains/vegans at all" you are right - it's not. They care about convincing people to eat less meat because that's where the greatest impact
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by shlant 6y ago
"as a reducetarian" I applaud you for taking the slow, steady and sustainable route. More people need to realize it's not "all or nothing"
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by shlant 6y ago
economy of scale is starting to kick in and the initial cost of R&D is being recouped. I agree it is expensive, but just like solar, it will only get cheaper the more we support it.
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by shlant 6y ago
so you would treat a dog in the same way you would a blade of grass?
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by shlant 6y ago
agreed. We have enough nihilistic, "all or nothing" thinking. There are almost ALWAYS ways to improve incrementally and the magnification of those improvements by many people cannot be ignored.

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