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I'd love to see more research on this, I just wonder who would actually do it.

I agree with you that the ingredients matter, but I also think as a blanket statement avoiding processed foods is smart.

I think this is a pretty good synopsis of why canola and PUFA's (polyunsaturated fatty acids)are bad. I actually think it's possible that we should be vilifying them on the same level as sugar. https://www.alexfergus.com/blog/pufa-s-the-worst-thing-for-y...

Or maybe you should just eat properly grazed live stock, might be a lot better than going vegan. https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_worl...

For people that like to eat healthy, how do you feel about eating something as processed as the "beyond burger?" I get that it's nice to have another option but to me it's hard for me to stomach the ingredients especially with canola being the third ingredient.

Walnuts also have a lot of Omega 6 which will lessen the conversion of Omega 3 into useable forms.

I'm not totally familiar with the placebo process. Are there anyways you could throw off the process like having the placebo doctors be really mean and the drug doctors be really nice? Is everything completely randomized in terms of people that are taking the drugs? IE if there was a magic formula for determining that an individual is more likely to respond positively to placebos could they pick those people?

If you're ever board and you want to watch something on placebos I highly recommend watching this lecture by Dr. Irving Kirsch. Placebos are pretty nuts and probably really undervalued. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISptt3CRAqc&t=15s

It is interesting to me that the three areas main areas in America that have become exponentially more expensive are healthcare, construction, and education. It's curious that they have the most government control.

Population studies seem to be pretty useless unless there is a massive effect ie smoking. .05 increased relative risk was the same for the red meat colon cancer paper.

Your cholesterol can balance out over time, might be worth trying for a longer time and seeing if it goes back down. It's also worth trying to reduce your dairy consumption to see if that makes a difference.

Insulin is incredibly expensive and is manufactured by some of the companies making these devices. I wonder how much less insulin people use with these devices?

1. For children mac and cheese tastes better (and a lot of adults). It's highly palatable. 2. Rice and beans are cheaper but are small bags of rice and canned beans cheaper than some other highly palatable thing that's easier to make? (It takes a lot more time to make dried beans). 3. Decision fatigue- it's really hard to make healthier decisions when you're poor, overworked, and tired. When you go to the grocery store I'm sure your looking for something that will quickly release some dopamine. 4. America has a pretty sad food culture and while they're might be some amazing asian or Mexican grocery stores with good cheap stuff, a lot of non recent immigrant people have super negative stereotypes about these types of places.

The New York Times doesn't allow you to cancel your subscription online.

I found this NYT article from a while back fascinating. Basically this guy has TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and he starts feeling more emotion. He discovers his wife is super controlling and ends up getting a divorce. He's not sure how much better his life actually gets from this "cure". https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-au...

Has anyone seen any research looking at the nutritional content of something that is picked fresh verse picked unripe and shipped? I'm really curious how this might impact food quality. I know it's the only way to do it but I always wonder if those expensive blueberries are really worth it.

More money is spent on diabetes than any other category. https://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2016-12-28/di...

They also get lots of sunlight, exercise, and have a tight knit community (one of the largest predictors of longevity).

The Buck Institute has been doing a lot of great research on alzheimers. They are taking a very different approach though. Tinkering with everything from diet, to infections, to heavy metals, to hormone optimization. Here is a good podcast with one of the main researchers from the Buck Institute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7VZydS8HI

It's crazy how much focus has been on clearing amyloid without much luck at all. 224 clinical trials and only 2 drugs going through.

I wonder if this is the case with Salmon. I always find fresh wild caught salmon much better during the summer, than the flash frozen stuff. Could be due to the lower fat content in sockeye.

I think the most annoying part of the 8 hour work day is that a vast majority of people aren't actually working close to 8 hours. There's a lot of talking and looking at mindless stuff. My friend worked for IBM in the finance department and he streamed every world cup game. Got a promotion too.

You could also take some viagra. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11895-viagra-reduces-...

I think this wouldn't actually be that difficult. Lets say it takes ten million to build a Facebook clone. I would take the rest of the money and give it away to the most popular people in the United States. Let's say you give $15,000 to 6,6333,333 and get them to sign something that says they will not use facebook. Eventually everyone wants to be like the popular people and they will wind up joining the service.

This is one of the things that really keep me up at night. None of these drugs have been tested on children, and most of them haven't been subject to long term clinical trials even with adults.

ADHD is one of the scariest overperscribing stories. Researchers projected 3% of children have ADHD yet ADHD meds have been pushed on 15% of all children. Is it worth helping one kid to mistreat five? Source:https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/books/review/adhd-nation-...