Turning the Puzzle Sideways: Sleep, Diet and the Brain-Gut Connection • Hacker News Board

Re: Turning the Puzzle Sideways: Sleep, Diet and the Brain-Gut Connection

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Post by peteretep » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 11:05 PM UTC

londt8 wrote: post #81

peteretep wrote: post #33

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It's a shame there's so much pseudo-science around food intolerances, as I'd basically dismissed out of hand that I might be intolerant to some foods. As part of a separate diet, it's become clear to me that bread caused the life-long indigestion I've suffered, and that eggs were causing my skin to be bad, neither of which were links I'd made before. Also currently on a diet that isn't keto -- I'm eating a lot of veg…

Have you checked for diabetes?

I have, because I’m super super sensitive to sugar, get thirsty a lot, and pee a lot but ... the tests are always normal. Cutting out sugar has made any symptoms go away.

Re: Turning the Puzzle Sideways: Sleep, Diet and the Brain-Gut Connection

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Post by peteretep » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 11:06 PM UTC

richardthered wrote: post #107

peteretep wrote: post #33

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It's a shame there's so much pseudo-science around food intolerances, as I'd basically dismissed out of hand that I might be intolerant to some foods. As part of a separate diet, it's become clear to me that bread caused the life-long indigestion I've suffered, and that eggs were causing my skin to be bad, neither of which were links I'd made before. Also currently on a diet that isn't keto -- I'm eating a lot of veg…

There are food allergy tests that you can take, too. I've done the ALCAT test, and it was very helpful. It's a blood test, and provides a big list of red/yellow/green foods. e.g. Red = likely to cause a strong negative reaction. I found it to be extremely helpful in finding things that were causing issues. Kale, Cumin, etc. Things that I would not have easily identified on my own.

I did one of those, and later found out the one I did was pretty non scientific :-( I’d urge caution there

Re: Turning the Puzzle Sideways: Sleep, Diet and the Brain-Gut Connection

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Post by semerda » Tue, Apr 09, 2019, 1:31 AM UTC

semerda wrote: post #41

So much keto talk here yet no one mentions blood markers or LDL (bad cholesterol). What ever happened to good'ol'data approach? It's pretty obvious that altering ones diet can have profound effects. But a scientific approach to diet is a far safer approach. Ever tried to lower your bad cholesterol? So a group of friends who are data obsessed tried keto after another group of friends raved on about it like it was a si…

Worth a listen to 2 experts debate LDL, plant based diets etc.. and throw around a ton of data points.

Joe Rogan Experience #1175 - Chris Kresser & Dr. Joel Kahn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULtqCBimr6U

Re: Turning the Puzzle Sideways: Sleep, Diet and the Brain-Gut Connection

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Post by acct1771 » Tue, Apr 09, 2019, 1:15 PM UTC

davemp wrote: post #106

devilmoon wrote: post #70

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I used to think like you wrt the social media conditioning, however now that I've experienced IBS on myself I changed my outlook on it. I am sure that there are people who eat specific diets just because it is a fad and they get conditioned into it by their social circles or influencers they follow, however I am also now quite sure that some of these conditions are very real and people suffer quite a lot because of i…

Never underestimate/write-off the placebo effect.

Never write off going to Europe and eating their food for a few weeks and trying to figure out for months why your chronic skin conditions/etc go away, only to be told the exact stuff you're reading in these threads.