oh, and dont drink fucking red bull
It's still illegal to sell Red Bull in France isn't it?
Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
+1! > 5. Shop for food on the outer walls of grocery store Haha, I never thought of it that way, but that is good advice and a great way of putting it (all the processed food is in the middle), you still have to be careful though of things like milk, which although it's one the outer wall, generally isn't a good thing to take. I always go for the almond milk and avoid regular milk like the plague. I also shop at loca…
Is there any empirical evidence that milk is harmful?
> Is there any empirical evidence that milk is harmful?
When much of the USDA and other governmental bodies are either made up of food company lobbyists, or are influenced by them, it's hard to know what the truth actually is.
For reference, see:
http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/corrupt14.php, "Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, Food Inc. (film)
However, there is research, you can google it. Here's an article that talks about it, and links to some studies at the bottom: http://www.naturalchild.org/guest/linda_folden_palmer.html
There's lots of other seemingly-quackery stuff out there, but from what I can tell the main issue is that no one has funded what you're looking for: a long-term, controlled, peer-reviewed study of the effects of modern (non-raw) milk. My guess is because a lot of companies with a lot of money who already exert a lot of power over governmental bodies and grant-givers, don't want such research done.
But, if you're willing to read what's out there, just google it:
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
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That's all awesome, but..... you got taller?
I was still growing at that age (peaked in weight at around 16 or 17, so I wasn't done growing yet). Perhaps I'm off a bit on the height (could have been 5' 11"), but I definitely grew a bit more. Interesting theories about posture though. I have no idea if that affected it or not.
You weren't done growing at 17?
I'm glad I stopped at 15.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was still growing at that age (peaked in weight at around 16 or 17, so I wasn't done growing yet). Perhaps I'm off a bit on the height (could have been 5' 11"), but I definitely grew a bit more. Interesting theories about posture though. I have no idea if that affected it or not.
You weren't done growing at 17? I'm glad I stopped at 15.
I wish parts of me didn't stop at 15. ;)
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
nice work! i ran my first half-marathon last spring. it was awesome!! anyone reasonably athletic can train in a couple months to run a half-marathon no problem. long running is totally awesome and zen. i've been meaning to get back into it but wacky swim sports have taken over my evenings.
Top ten reasons not to run marathons: http://www.arthurdevany.com/2005/08/top_ten_reasons.html
We've already been over this ground more than once:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733166
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=783074
Summary: 100,000+ person study found that men who ran two or more marathons per year were 41 percent less likely to suffer from high blood pressure, 32 percent less likely to have high cholesterol, and 87 percent less likely to be diabetic than non-marathoners. Those who ran only one marathon every two to five years also had significantly lower risk for these conditions than non-marathoners.
Other studies link long-distance cardio with neurogenesis, increased life expectancy, and more.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#156This is what I do: - run 5x per week every morning (~30 miles a week; more if I'm training for something) - stretch, dynamic before, static after. Essential to prevent injuries - weight lift 3x per week (bi/tri, chest/upper-back, abs/lower-back/shoulders) - take rest days - sleep 9-10 hours a night, going to bed at the same time (EDIT: every's needs here are a little different) - eat 1 salad per day - eat lots of fru…
That's all awesome, but..... you got taller?
My dad, who is 54, got taller since he started swimming every other day in the past two years.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
Top ten reasons not to run marathons: http://www.arthurdevany.com/2005/08/top_ten_reasons.html
We've already been over this ground more than once: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733166 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=783074 Summary: 100,000+ person study found that men who ran two or more marathons per year were 41 percent less likely to suffer from high blood pressure, 32 percent less likely to have high cholesterol, and 87 percent less likely to be diabetic than non-marathoners. Those who ran only o…
> 41 percent less likely to suffer from high blood pressure
Compared to whom? Serious racquet sport competitors? Power lifters? No, compared to couch potatoes with lousy diets. Well no shit. That's not the point.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
We've already been over this ground more than once: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733166 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=783074 Summary: 100,000+ person study found that men who ran two or more marathons per year were 41 percent less likely to suffer from high blood pressure, 32 percent less likely to have high cholesterol, and 87 percent less likely to be diabetic than non-marathoners. Those who ran only o…
> 41 percent less likely to suffer from high blood pressure Compared to whom? Serious racquet sport competitors? Power lifters? No, compared to couch potatoes with lousy diets. Well no shit. That's not the point.
Endurance athletes fare significantly better than basketball, soccer and sprinting athletes, who fare better than power athletes, who fare better than couch potatoes.
In terms of life expectancy, endurance athletes such as marathoners and cross-country skiers live about 2 years longer than sprinters, 4 years longer than power lifters and 6 years longer than the general populace.
http://www.mdconsult.com/das/citation/body/163630869-2/jorg=...
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
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> Oh yeah, and watch what you eat, I guess. We may be complimentary hackers in this sense, so I'd like to expand on this sentence of yours. I don't exercise very much, but be it good genes or not, I'm very healthy--ahem, as far as I know, where'd I put that piece of wood..? From my years of exposure to the topic, what I've found is that your last sentence deserves far more than a sentence dedicated to it. For some (a…
Obviously, my "I guess" was tongue in cheek. Volumes upon volumes have been written on it. It should be common sense that you don't fuel your daily existence with ho-hos and mountain dew. Unfortunately, a lot of hackers opt for that -- or worse! some days, I'm guilty of it, but I do burn about 1,800 kCal on the bike daily. Still, burning the calories you eat is only part of the deal. The whole "organic" thing doesn't…
When was your grandfather born? He and his generation may very well have been eating what today is labeled "organic food".
Factory farming is a relatively new phenomenon that has swept the country in only recently, and with phenomenal speed.
>> In the 1930s, 24 percent of the American population worked in agriculture compared to 1.5 percent in 2002; in 1940, each farm worker supplied 11 consumers, whereas in 2002, each worker supplied 90 consumers.[23]
>> The number of farms has also decreased, and their ownership is more concentrated. In the U.S., four companies produce 81 percent of cows, 73 percent of sheep, 57 percent of pigs and 50 percent of chickens.[24] In 1967, there were one million pig farms in America; as of 2002, there were 114,000,[25] with 80 million pigs (out of 95 million) killed each year on factory farms as of 2002, according to the U.S. National Pork Producers Council.[23]
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_farming
And that wiki article is missing a lot of information that's mentioned in Pollan's book and the film Food Inc.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#160Taekwondo.