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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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Post by yan »

patio11 wrote: post #50

Relatedly: I hate, hate, hate going to the gym. However, it is the most productive use of one hour a day I can think of. I have more energy and get more done when I go, and the benefits appear to compound in those months when I'm very consistent about going. (Can one of you guys invent a way for this to suck less? I'll pay you money. At the moment I just give myself EpicWin points for going, trying to trigger the WoW…

Start doing things that are very physical but aren't repetitive or boring. I climb. Gymnastics works. Swimming is great for you. Start running outdoors. If you go to a normal gym, listen to podcasts or good music while you're there, or talk to new people.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by Evgeny »

ihodes wrote: post #26
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.

Here's ( http://www.dana.org/news/brainhealth/detail.aspx?id=9854 ) an excellent article, but I'd think it'd be pretty common-sense that you cannot live on starches and fats alone. Your body does actually use vitamins, fiber and different types of fats (monounsaturated is one you might not find in pizza, for instance) to function. Your brain requires them as well. The specifics are easily found on Google–go for it. T…

-- body does actually use vitamins, fiber [...] Your brain requires them as well --

Just nitpicking here - by definition fiber is 'the indigestible parts of plant food'(1). So even if it can possibly be said that the body uses fiber - it is probably used in some non-nutritious way - we can be certain that the fiber does not reach the brain.

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by unoti »

cletus wrote: post #53

This is a tough one but I have several thoughts: 1. Fact is, in your teens and early 20s your body can digest pretty much anything. Eat a bowl of cereal in the morning (and I mean something like oatmeal or raisin bran rather than some sugary crap) and it barely matters what else you eat (other than calorific content); 2. Eating the same thing every day gets real old real fast; 3. There is an investment required in co…

> I'm lucky enough to work somewhere that has almost legendary catered meals (Google)

No, it's truly legendary.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by petercooper »

Dylanlacey wrote: post #71
patio11 wrote: post #50

Relatedly: I hate, hate, hate going to the gym. However, it is the most productive use of one hour a day I can think of. I have more energy and get more done when I go, and the benefits appear to compound in those months when I'm very consistent about going. (Can one of you guys invent a way for this to suck less? I'll pay you money. At the moment I just give myself EpicWin points for going, trying to trigger the WoW…

In all seriousness? Why not enter into a social contract with me. I will repay you a percentage of a lump sum for every time you go to the gym. When you don't go, I'll donate it to the RSPCA instead. Deal?

You can do the same contract on yourself but switch the "don't go" to donating to the BNP/Republican Party/similar. A great way to ensure you never give in.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by lpolovets »

ashchristopher wrote: post #80
seigenblues wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Crossfit. (crossfit.com) You'll never get bored and it'll even take less time. One caveat: It works way better if you can join a group of crossfitters.

It's expensive, but it works. Also, there is the social factor. You have an entire team at a Crossfit gym who you work out with that expect you to be there, and push you while you are there. In this case, peer-pressure is a good thing.

It's definitely expensive, but with a pretty small investment you can do a good fraction of workouts at home (e.g. pullup bar + 1-2 kettlebells + a jump rope). As you and others are saying though, the social element justifies the cost.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by jodrellblank »

m4wk3r wrote: post #48
btmorex wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do. Unless you're starving, your brain pretty much only runs only on glucose. That means that whatever you eat, good/bad fresh/packaged, whatever, just gets converted to glucose. Assuming you're getting basic levels of required vitamins, I don't see any reason why one diet would be beneficial over another in terms of brain performance.

right. lets run a case study. go buy yourself a 50lb bag of sugar, a years supply of multivitamins, and report back in a year with how that worked out for you.

> lets run a case study.

No, you're making the claim you should already have more evidence to back it up than a snark.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by btmorex »

m4wk3r wrote: post #48
btmorex wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do. Unless you're starving, your brain pretty much only runs only on glucose. That means that whatever you eat, good/bad fresh/packaged, whatever, just gets converted to glucose. Assuming you're getting basic levels of required vitamins, I don't see any reason why one diet would be beneficial over another in terms of brain performance.

right. lets run a case study. go buy yourself a 50lb bag of sugar, a years supply of multivitamins, and report back in a year with how that worked out for you.

I didn't make the original claim, so I don't see why it would be my job to prove or disprove it.

That's sort of beside the point though. I'm just tired of the ridiculous amount of misinformation in the diet, nutrition, and exercise fields. It's not like there isn't a long history of claims that are "just common sense" turning out completely wrong ("eating fat makes you fat", "eating high cholesterol food gives you high cholesterol" (mostly genetics), "diet and exercise are equally important to losing weight" (reality is that it's mostly diet), etc.)

Bottom line, if you're going to make a claim that certain food improve your brain's performance, you should have just a shred of evidence.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Post by patio11 »

petercooper wrote: post #95
Dylanlacey wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In all seriousness? Why not enter into a social contract with me. I will repay you a percentage of a lump sum for every time you go to the gym. When you don't go, I'll donate it to the RSPCA instead. Deal?

You can do the same contract on yourself but switch the "don't go" to donating to the BNP/Republican Party/similar. A great way to ensure you never give in.

You might not know me as well as you think you do.
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