Details, resources, questions, and challenges
"I know it when I see it"
Potter Stewart in a landmark Supreme Court case when asked to define the threshold for hard-core pornography.
Nutrion is one of those areas where everyone has strong, yet wildly divergent, opinions. One day it's all about bacon & butter coffee ad nauseam; then it's raw vegetables, caveman diets, and intense debates about which type of kale is the most super of the superfoods.
Before you start shooting up acai berries like black tar heroin, ask yourself: Aren't you already perfectly aware of which foods are good for you - and which are less so? Do you really need a comprehensive belief system to tell you that BigMacs and bottomless refills are Not-That-Great-For-You™?
At times nutrition feels more like an ideology than a science.
— Andrew Ruiz (@then_there_was) July 2, 2017
All these diets. All these beliefs. Which one will lead to salvation?
Instead of up-ending your daily life on all dimensions - switching to a carnivore diet, waking up at 4:30 every morning, taking hour-long cold showers - consider only making small changes for just 14 days.
Do you have a good sense of your diet? If not, consider doing a food log for two weeks (Using pen & paper or an app like MyFitnessPal)
Instead of adding new stuff, consider what you can take away (via negativa), e.g. joining ranks with the Intermittent Fasting crowd or varying the balance of your meals.
"So if you agree that we need 'balanced' nutrition of a certain combination, it is wrong to immediately assume that we need such balance at every meal rather than serially so."
Nassim Taleb in Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"I wonder how people can accept that the stressors of exercise are good for you, but do not transfer to the point that food deprivation can have the same effect"
Once again, Nassim Taleb in Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Supplementing your diet. Many people take more vitamin and supplements pills than they should, but if you suspect your diet is lacking in something, e.g. Vitamin D for the Scandinavians, there is no harm in running a short experiement. This is often (not always) an asymmetrical gamble: Worst case you pee out the vitamins, which is costly, but otherwise harmless. This is not true for all supplements, so don't overdose
When people ask about intermittent fasting, the simplest explanation is:
— Nat Eliason (@nateliason) December 9, 2017
Lion's don't eat breakfast then go hunting for fun.