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One of the primary arguments of a keto/paleo diet is that the different diets affect how many calories your body thinks it needs, how it uses them, and how it influences behavior a…

Frequently the addiction is not the brain trying to avoid pain. Sometimes it is a socially acceptable substance with addictive chemical properties. A friend of mine is an alcoholic…

Oh, I agree - one of the root causes was the belief in homeopathic philosophy. My main point is that this case is a lousy talking point when campaigning against homeopathy. It's no…

He's saying that homeopathy is not directly lethal when applied by someone who knows what they're doing. There was a case recently where a woman was doing unlicensed "plastic surge…

Homeopathy is a gigantic scam that depends solely upon the placebo effect. But this specific case is a really stupid one to use as an indictment. It's like railing against the liqu…

I've never worn a 10 year old piece of clothing outside of my house, because none of the clothing I've bought has been durable enough to survive even 5 years. Based on the article …

Thank you for saying what I came here to say. Let's look at two scenarios: They both involve a show that 100k people want to watch, but 20k of those people can't/won't watch it usi…

I am still on keto, and it's continuing to come off. I'm not insanely strict with myself, so I'm not losing weight as fast as I could be, but I've found a good balance based on my …

I actually did the 1250kcal method for a full year when I was 10 years younger, and it worked like a charm. It required a LOT of discipline and extremely careful calorie counting, …

I've personally lost 35 pounds in 5 months on keto, and I've had all my cholesterol levels drop, along with my blood pressure. (Which probably has more to do with my weight loss th…

While you're here, I wanted to say thanks for all the research you've done and posted. It's been really useful reading. Also, holy crap, D5B. I still get crushed on D3B.

True, n-backs don't necessarily represent cognitive improvements, but they are a method to identify changes in some kinds of mental processes. For instance, if you do Dual 3-Back f…

Have you looked at gwern's nootropic page? I've seen articles from it posted on HN on occasion. He seems to be doing a pretty solid job of testing the potential effects of various …

All it takes is for one person getting burned to affect their entire social circle. Every person who's been shouted at for trying to help a kid has probably told everyone they know…

I think one advantage of his test is that it's (apparently) independent of an entity with a stake in the outcome. Based on everything I've seen about OkCupid, there's no shortage o…

I'm looking to get in on one of the IPOs coming this week (Service-Now), but I've never actually done any stock purchasing before outside of 401ks, etc. Can anyone recommend a webs…

faevor.com/net/org. A site for establishing and trading promises and favors between friends. (Inspired by the whole "favor trading" schtick the fae tend to have in mythology.)

What I'm wondering about is how that Retina screen handles in Boot Camp Windows. I haven't seen any reviews that discuss that, and that's going to make or break things for me.

Probably Facebook ads not working. Two of my friends run a wedding planning business. They gave up on targeted Facebook ads because they got MUCH better results using Adwords. The …

As an Adderall user, I can back this up. The symptoms of use are very similar to meth. Ever seen that "meth jingle" ad? The whole "pulling hairs out of your face, cleaning everythi…

I'm somewhat surprised there aren't any dating sites that have set up a built-in "brown M&Ms" system to help with the shotgun strategy problem. By "brown M&Ms", I mean something li…

Aha, gotcha; I didn't get that part. Thanks for the clarification!

There's a lot of mention in the article about "McKinsey"; looks like that's a management consulting firm. The impression I get is that they have a bad reputation, but I have no ide…

One thing that SMB did really, really well was provided a very slick learning curve. Every level provided you with techniques that, while learned through repetition, were applicabl…