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Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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dholowiski wrote: post #22
ry0ohki wrote: post #15

Kind of a dearth of facts here... "The biggest reason is by only fueling your body with shit, you’re also fueling your brain with shit" I'd like to see some kind of evidence to support that. I'd be all for preparing the meal he suggests, but with shopping, prep, cooking, and cleanup it's a significant time investment compared to pizza so I'd like evidence it's doing my startup better.

Absolutely, where is the proof of this, the studies? The human body is extremely good at extracting nutrients from just about anything.

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Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by Andys »

dholowiski wrote: post #22
ry0ohki wrote: post #15

Kind of a dearth of facts here... "The biggest reason is by only fueling your body with shit, you’re also fueling your brain with shit" I'd like to see some kind of evidence to support that. I'd be all for preparing the meal he suggests, but with shopping, prep, cooking, and cleanup it's a significant time investment compared to pizza so I'd like evidence it's doing my startup better.

Absolutely, where is the proof of this, the studies? The human body is extremely good at extracting nutrients from just about anything.

Staying alive is quite different from performing at peak mental fitness.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by jonburs »

jasonwilk wrote: post #18

Nice article. If you want something cheaper than Raman that is better for you, just go to the Asian grocery store. You can get a pound of bok choy for less than $1. Pick up some tofu and some chicken broth (and noodles). Boil all that for about 1.5 minutes and now you have yourself a sodium free, healthy meal that costs less than the disgusting Cup of Noodles or any fast food you might be eating.

Wouldn't there be sodium in the chicken broth (and likely the tofu as well)?

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by jules »

chime wrote: post #14
jules wrote: post #6

Is pizza that bad? I home cook all pizza ($1-$2 per pizza), and it doesn't seem too bad if you look at the ingredients. Pizza + salad seems perfectly healthy. Flour + tomato + cheese + onion + garlic + olive oil + whatever you put on your pizza.

Flour is what causes me to gain weight. I cut out breads and pasta and I lose weight, no matter how little exercise I get.

Fat is what causes me to gain weight. I cut out fat and I lose weight. This is no surprise that you lose weight when you your weight was stable and cut something, anything with calories out.

That said, if your goal is to lose weight then pizza may not be for you. But that wasn't the goal posed in the article.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by mikeklaas »

jasonwilk wrote: post #18

Nice article. If you want something cheaper than Raman that is better for you, just go to the Asian grocery store. You can get a pound of bok choy for less than $1. Pick up some tofu and some chicken broth (and noodles). Boil all that for about 1.5 minutes and now you have yourself a sodium free, healthy meal that costs less than the disgusting Cup of Noodles or any fast food you might be eating.

A "sodium free" meal that includes chicken broth? Do you know how much salt is in even low sodium broth?

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by bretpiatt »

ry0ohki wrote: post #15

Kind of a dearth of facts here... "The biggest reason is by only fueling your body with shit, you’re also fueling your brain with shit" I'd like to see some kind of evidence to support that. I'd be all for preparing the meal he suggests, but with shopping, prep, cooking, and cleanup it's a significant time investment compared to pizza so I'd like evidence it's doing my startup better.

You can spend less than the author suggest and drink your meals.

http://bolthouse.com/our-products/beverages/proteins

..or you can eat it with water...

http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Food-Bar-Pure-Powerful-Bar/dp/...

Yes, it is more expensive than $0.25 per meal eating ramen noodles but it uses even less time than cooking the ramen and you can eat while you keep working easier.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by jules »

code_duck wrote: post #28
jules wrote: post #6

Is pizza that bad? I home cook all pizza ($1-$2 per pizza), and it doesn't seem too bad if you look at the ingredients. Pizza + salad seems perfectly healthy. Flour + tomato + cheese + onion + garlic + olive oil + whatever you put on your pizza.

If you make it at home, do thin crust, go light on (or skip) the cheese and heavy on the veggies, it must reasonably healthy, I agree.

What's bad about cheese? Pizza without cheese doesn't taste nice.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by stellar678 »

ojbyrne wrote: post #7

I totally agree with the argument. I totally disagree with the cost estimates. Unless you're actually going to the grocery store every day (and you need to incorporate that into the amount of time involved), vegetables go bad. For example, the amount of cilantro they sell at the grocery store is for a dozen servings of this meal. I just finished throwing out pretty well every ingredient (except the chicken) given in…

Chop the ends off your cilantro and keep in the fridge in some water like a bouquet of flowers. Will last much longer!

Also, look at CSA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture) deliveries. In many places (certainly the Bay Area) you can get a small weekly box delivered right to you door for a totally reasonable price!

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