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solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Actually eat healthily for £1 per day

Cholesterol... Please check how many milligrams or - actually - grams of cholesterol does your liver create every single day. Also note, that Vitamin D is naturally metabolized from cholesterol. Metabolism is not simple and it is not calories in and calories out.

I do not see how natural sea salt is harmful? For ages people had dried salt from the sea to be used in foods as well as cleanser for skin and balsam for hair. Just my 2 cents.

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Brains of the Animal Kingdom: Research shows we've underestimated

Vegetarian diet more healthy? In what criterion? Lean body mass? Sprint speed? Hint: vegetarians are known to be slow [1]. I think whether vegetarian diet is more healthy depends on personal traits: gut flora, genetics, even climate one lives. Basically there is no such one-fits-all scenario for a diet.

[1] Louise Burke - Clinical Sports Nutrition

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again

I am surprised how no one here references space research. Tons of money and talent spent on astronaut diets and space diet optimization in general. However, regarding the evolution of space diets, soylent type foods from tubes are a thing of a past! Today we send best organic products for people in orbit to eat and enjoy.

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Why Do So Many People Think They Need Gluten-Free Foods?

True, plants have a defense mechanisms from microorganisms, yeasts et cetera, but these defenses can be disarmed to some degree by properly preparing grains: i.e. the old way - soaking, leavening.

I'll repeat a quote from Nassim Taleb: "The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary."

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

Thank you for your tips! Legs and top was kind of easy for me, but the six-pack had been a mystery. I might look conservative, but I try to avoid "artificial" or unnatural proportions of amino acids that might kick me out of metabolic balance. Possible issues to consider: capillary and tendons getting behind the muscle tissue growth.

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

Would you be so kind and elaborate a bit more on your resistance training, especially for 6-pack (repetitions, breathing, technique)? I am also doing great on IF and simply drinking natural goat milk whey before exercise instead of suggested BCAA intake. I can also second on avoiding fructose.

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Who Has the Guts for Gluten?

Sure is! Here's a nice quote for you: "The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary." — Nassim Taleb

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Who Has the Guts for Gluten?

I've just returned from Italy and observed that they do eat a lot of gluten. However we must consider adaption: children being introduced early to small doses of gluten while still breastfeeding might have less incidence of celiac disease. Also, there might be some benefits from Mediterranean diet for this particular type of climate. It is also possible that they cultivate more traditional types of grains that does not include Super-Gluten (a type of Gluten molecule that may cause more trouble).

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Who Has the Guts for Gluten?

I would like to note, that Gluten does not equal Gluten as there are variations of this protein. There is a modern type of Gluten called "Super-Gluten" a larger molecule that gives bread it's puffiness. This type of Gluten causes much more trouble to some.

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: a conspiracy theory generator

To add some more sense to the discussion, I can assert what we learned in medical school: fluoride reduces cavity formation, however has a downside of making your teeth a bit yellowish.

solarbunny | 13 years ago | on: Stuff (2007)

If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what then is an empty desk a sign? / A. Einstein
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