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Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by selimthegrim » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:12 PM UTC

chubot wrote: post #98

gdebel wrote: post #51

I'm French (and incidentally a doctor,and my post is not judgemental in any way, this is not the point). Everytime I travel to the USA, I'm puzzled by how difficult it is to "eat normally" (= by my own standards). You can find really good junk food everywhere, or pay a really high price to eat in high-level Italian restaurants for example, but it is very difficult to eat standard meat-with-vegetable-without-sugar-add…

As a Chinese person born in America, you're absolutely right. If you don't cook, it's difficult to eat reasonably / "normally" in this country, even if you have money. You kind of have to pick your poison: salt, sugar, unnatural fats, etc. At least I grew up on the east coast and my parents cooked. Anecdotally, I'm shocked by what my acquaintances from the midwest eat, and the consequences really start to show up whe…

I don't know if Karo counts as HFCS but it was pretty big in its day.

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by selimthegrim » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:20 PM UTC

GuiA wrote: post #106

mettamage wrote: post #80

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Ah, the Americans... ;-) As a Dutch person living in Amsterdam, I completely agree. I noticed when I visited SF a few times (and California in general) that: - Vegetables are more expensive - Bread is sweetened (there goes my breakdfast) - Bread sucks (yep, I said it, basic bread should be thrown into the thrash can) - Basic cheese in the US is a new species, and I am afraid of it I went around these 2 issues by buyi…

San Francisco is an anomaly as far as food in the US is concerned. I'm French and have been living in SF for close to a decade (and Louisiana before that, so I've been spoiled when it comes to "american food" that doesn't suck), and there are very few things I cannot find here - people are into food, and if you take the time to look for specialty stores you will find them. Of course there's the cost difference, but t…

What food/restaurants do you remember in Louisiana?

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by mariojv » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:28 PM UTC

bserge wrote: post #45

asdff wrote: post #29

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Of course it does. Famines tell us as much. Gyms increase your burn rate, though. Running for 5 miles a day will burn up a quarter of a 2000 calorie diet. That being said, a lot of gym activity that I see is basically useless and probably taken up just to feel good about going to a gym regularly (some examples in my gym: walking on treadmills instead of around the block, paying for membership every month to solely us…

I'm sorry, but 5 miles a day is just not possible for, I'd say, the vast majority of people. As an average chump, I can barely do 2 miles every other day. Any exercise does make me feel much better, so that alone is a good reason to do it, but for weight loss, eating less is the fastest way.

Is there a reason other than time commitment you think this is not possible for most people? With 12 minute miles, it takes an hour.

It takes time to build up endurance, but with pretty simple training - measuring weekly mileage and increasing that no more than 10% a week - building up to 5 miles is doable. It's challenging to and probably not advisable to do it every day due to injury risk, but I think 5 miles maybe 3-4 times a week is possible for many, barring any serious health conditions.

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by selimthegrim » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:31 PM UTC

yutopia wrote: post #158

jodrellblank wrote: post #55

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As a practical matter, does 4 bowls and 2 plates per person, and preparing 4-5 different dishes, every day have a huge overhead in preparation, cooking and washing up?

Not really, I’m not cooking anything remotely fancy and we have all sorts of technology to help us nowadays. For example, cooking rice is simply a matter of putting rice and water into the cooker and pressing a button [1]. In the past we needed to first rinse the rice by hand. [1] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/reference/no-wa...

Rice in USA is often enriched but it's a trade off whether you should wash it these days given the amount of arsenic in rice growing soils.

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by m3kw9 » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:43 PM UTC

gdebel wrote: post #51

I'm French (and incidentally a doctor,and my post is not judgemental in any way, this is not the point). Everytime I travel to the USA, I'm puzzled by how difficult it is to "eat normally" (= by my own standards). You can find really good junk food everywhere, or pay a really high price to eat in high-level Italian restaurants for example, but it is very difficult to eat standard meat-with-vegetable-without-sugar-add…

Yes eating out is mostly unhealthy. Anyone who have tried to recreate restaurant dishes at home, you will know how much extra salt, sugar, fat is needed to get that similar tasting profile.

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by vfinn » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:51 PM UTC

ssijak wrote: post #223

I do not understand the obsession with keto/low carb diets. There are no long term studies showing the touted magical benefits. Even Gary Taubes, author who amassed wealth bashing carbs and touting keto diet, funded studies that he thought would confirm what he was saying, but then results came in slight favor of high carb diets against low carb high fat diets in terms of losing weight. Yes, processed sugar is crap,…

What is 'now', how long have you been eating this way?

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by dumb1224 » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 2:52 PM UTC

eatbitseveryday wrote: post #64

gdebel wrote: post #51

I'm French (and incidentally a doctor,and my post is not judgemental in any way, this is not the point). Everytime I travel to the USA, I'm puzzled by how difficult it is to "eat normally" (= by my own standards). You can find really good junk food everywhere, or pay a really high price to eat in high-level Italian restaurants for example, but it is very difficult to eat standard meat-with-vegetable-without-sugar-add…

> you don't easily find, for example, yogurt without sugar added I have a difficult time finding these, as well. The culture here (spoken as an American) is to avoid fats, which is why most products advertise "no fat" (yoghurt with no fat seems like a strange contradiction to me). > in Asian restaurants (and even there, food is often sweetened) This is also true from my experiences. Chinese restaurants add sugar due…

It depends on the places you went. Cuisine where I'm from has a lot of sugar in the diet; however it might not be popular enough to be included in international asian restuarants. But I can't be sure as we don't really measure the amount of sugar went into cooking. It might be there isn't much at all.

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by dnhz » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 3:00 PM UTC

rrrrrrrrrrrryan wrote: post #137

dnhz wrote: post #117

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The funny thing is that eating rice isn't even that old of a tradition, and neither is eating it in polished, white form. White rice only became ubiquitous when milling technology improved, and spoilage of the oils in brown rice became a concern for storage. > Despite its long history in Japan rice was, for a long time, a food reserved for the warriors and the nobility. It was consumed by the majority of the populati…

I currently work for a company that makes glucose monitors for people with diabetes, but we (non-diabetic) employees sometimes get to try the products out. As far as I'm aware, all the current medical literature states to avoid simple carbs (like white rice) to prevent insulin spikes, and to eat things like whole grain breads instead. But, we noticed that this seems to only be true for people of European descent - my…

I've read elsewhere that East Asians are more prone to diabetes than are other ethnicities. A quick google search for "east asian diabetes" yields links for higher risk, with diabetes occurring at lower BMI values. Also, the nature of diabetes type II appears to be different [2].

1. https://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/2018/11/30/how-diabetes...

2. https://asiandiabetesprevention.org/what-is-diabetes/why-are...

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by kaybe » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

garfieldnate wrote: post #310

gdebel wrote: post #51

I'm French (and incidentally a doctor,and my post is not judgemental in any way, this is not the point). Everytime I travel to the USA, I'm puzzled by how difficult it is to "eat normally" (= by my own standards). You can find really good junk food everywhere, or pay a really high price to eat in high-level Italian restaurants for example, but it is very difficult to eat standard meat-with-vegetable-without-sugar-add…

One interesting and also really annoying phenomenon about going to another country is that it can be really difficult to find what you want to eat in the grocery store. I think the grocery stores in each country have to categorize and organize goods by how people use them, which differs in each country, and when you mix that in with goods actually missing, the experience can be really frustrating. It is not unusual f…

> do Germans put it in coffee?

Yes. What do you do with it?

Re: Biohacking Lite

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Post by dmeeker » Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 3:18 PM UTC

a_d wrote: post #265

“ As a result I’ve improved a number of biomarkers (e.g. resting heart rate, resting blood glucose, strength, endurance, nutritional deficiencies, etc)” — how does one measure / track these things? ESP resting heart rate, blood glucose and nutritional deficiencies.

Resting heart rate is commonly tracked by wearables e.g. Apple Watch. Blood glucose can be self-monitored with the same tools diabetics use. Nutritional deficiencies can be measured with blood tests; WellnessFX was one of the early channels to get these but I believe Quest will let you self-order them now.