Before something like this would be possible, we would need a general concept of “a nutritious diet for the average human” that wasn’t blatantly flawed to then modify based on individual traits.
As is, the field of nutrition is a pseudo-scientific mess that keeps “building” on theories that were never supported by data, but will never be rejected with the current methodology. To start, we should perform a bayesian re-analysis of every major hypothesis in the field of nutrition using the data we already have and then take the actual results seriously. Even if it suggests “outrageous” things that everybody “knows” is wrong like saturated fat is perfectly safe, or whole grains and vegetable oil are unhealthy (and it will).
We also have to realize that good nutrition choices with our current data are simply “prudent risk adverse decisions” based on inference from very weak data. We don’t have to know if X is good or bad for you and why to make a decision to eat it or not with the data we do have.
The most pressing need in human health right now is a Bayesian revolution in the field of nutrition.
Before something like this would be possible, we would need a general concept of “a nutritious diet for the average human” that wasn’t blatantly flawed to then modify based on individual traits.
As is, the field of nutrition is a pseudo-scientific mess that keeps “building” on theories that were never supported by data, but will never be rejected with the current methodology. To start, we should perform a bayesian re-analysis of every major hypothesis in the field of nutrition using the data we already have and then take the actual results seriously. Even if it suggests “outrageous” things that everybody “knows” is wrong like saturated fat is perfectly safe, or whole grains and vegetable oil are unhealthy (and it will).
We also have to realize that good nutrition choices with our current data are simply “prudent risk adverse decisions” based on inference from very weak data. We don’t have to know if X is good or bad for you and why to make a decision to eat it or not with the data we do have.
The most pressing need in human health right now is a Bayesian revolution in the field of nutrition.