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Nutrition

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How to optimize your food intake for various desired outcomes; nutrition science, diets, experiments.

See also: Cooking

A Con­tam­i­na­tion The­ory of the Obe­sity Epidemic

Bob BakerJul 25, 2021, 2:39 AM
101 points
50 comments5 min readLW link

Can a Ve­gan Diet Be Healthy? A Liter­a­ture Review

Erich_GrunewaldMar 12, 2021, 12:47 PM
27 points
0 comments11 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Benefits of Psyl­lium Die­tary Fiber in Par­tic­u­lar

Brendan LongAug 28, 2024, 6:13 PM
14 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.brendanlong.com)

Product En­dorse­ment: Food for sleep interruptions

ElizabethMay 31, 2023, 1:50 AM
45 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

So What’s Up With PUFAs Chem­i­cally?

J BostockApr 27, 2024, 1:32 PM
57 points
23 comments6 min readLW link

Per­haps vastly more peo­ple should be on FDA-ap­proved weight loss medication

25HourAug 14, 2021, 5:22 PM
57 points
30 comments8 min readLW link

The Good Balsamic Vinegar

jennJan 26, 2024, 7:30 PM
52 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(jenn.site)

you should prob­a­bly eat oat­meal sometimes

bhauthAug 25, 2024, 2:50 PM
42 points
32 comments3 min readLW link
(bhauth.com)

Thoughts on seed oil

dynomightApr 20, 2024, 12:29 PM
352 points
129 comments17 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

[Question] Meal Re­place­ments in 2025?

alkjashJan 6, 2025, 3:37 PM
22 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Les­sons learned from offer­ing in-office nu­tri­tional testing

ElizabethMay 15, 2023, 11:20 PM
80 points
11 comments14 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

In­ter­nal Diet Crux

Jacob FalkovichApr 2, 2018, 5:05 AM
45 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

The Un­finished Mys­tery of the Shangri-La Diet

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 10, 2009, 8:30 PM
48 points
232 comments5 min readLW link

Missed Distinctions

jimrandomhApr 11, 2009, 3:15 AM
38 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Change my mind: Ve­ganism en­tails trade-offs, and health is one of the axes

ElizabethJun 1, 2023, 5:10 PM
157 points
85 comments19 min readLW link2 reviews
(acesounderglass.com)

Diet Ex­per­i­ment Pr­ereg­is­tra­tion: Long-term wa­ter fast­ing + seed oil re­moval

lcAug 23, 2023, 10:08 PM
56 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Bari­a­tric surgery seems like a no-brainer for most mor­bidly obese people

lcSep 27, 2023, 1:05 AM
12 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Luck based medicine: an­gry el­dritch sugar gods edition

ElizabethSep 19, 2023, 4:40 AM
75 points
14 comments9 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] Which sources do you trust the most on nu­tri­tion ad­vice for ex­er­cise?

Bird ConceptDec 16, 2020, 3:22 AM
30 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Cal­ibrat­ing Ad­e­quate Food Consumption

Gunnar_ZarnckeMar 27, 2021, 12:00 AM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

A Re­sponse to A Con­tam­i­na­tion The­ory of the Obe­sity Epidemic

skot523Aug 12, 2021, 4:23 AM
82 points
36 comments10 min readLW link
(goodtosell.substack.com)

[Question] Do you like ex­ces­sive sugar?

momom2Oct 9, 2021, 10:40 AM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What health-re­lated tips do you have for buy­ing meat?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2021, 7:09 AM
17 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

My cur­rent think­ing on money and low carb diets

Adam ZernerOct 29, 2021, 6:50 AM
11 points
17 comments10 min readLW link

CICO is a weird refer­ence class

Chad NauseamJan 23, 2022, 7:00 AM
42 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

any good ra­tio­nal­ist guides to nu­tri­tion /​ healthy eat­ing?

Ben AJun 30, 2022, 12:50 AM
7 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Po­tato diet: A post mortem and an an­swer to SMTM’s article

Épiphanie GédéonJul 14, 2022, 11:18 PM
48 points
34 comments16 min readLW link

Re­view of Ex­am­ine.com’s vi­tamin write-ups

Elizabeth and Martin Bernstorff
Sep 26, 2022, 11:40 PM
60 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Luck based medicine: my re­sent­ful story of be­com­ing a med­i­cal miracle

ElizabethOct 16, 2022, 5:40 PM
486 points
121 comments12 min readLW link3 reviews
(acesounderglass.com)

Iron defi­cien­cies are very bad and you should treat them

ElizabethJan 12, 2023, 9:10 AM
108 points
34 comments11 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Ve­gan Nutri­tion Test­ing Pro­ject: In­terim Report

ElizabethJan 20, 2023, 5:50 AM
102 points
37 comments8 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Lifestyle in­ter­ven­tions to in­crease longevity

RomeoStevensFeb 28, 2014, 6:28 AM
266 points
387 comments12 min readLW link

Train­ing My Friend to Cook

lsusrAug 29, 2021, 5:54 AM
71 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Does freeze-dried mus­sel pow­der have good stuff that ve­gan diets don’t?

DanielFilanJan 12, 2019, 3:39 AM
18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Life Ex­ten­sion through Diet Modification

CaerbannogMay 16, 2011, 6:36 PM
23 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Die­tary De­bates among the Fruit Gnomes

SherrinfordJun 3, 2020, 2:09 PM
26 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Fi­nal: The Truth About Diets and Weight Loss

ChrisHallquistJan 4, 2014, 5:16 AM
25 points
88 comments8 min readLW link

Soylent Orange—Whole food open source soylent

RomeoStevensMar 26, 2013, 9:20 PM
32 points
105 comments2 min readLW link

My 5-step pro­gram for los­ing weight

nsokolskyJun 30, 2024, 1:05 AM
22 points
20 comments5 min readLW link
(nsokolsky.substack.com)

My search for a re­li­able breakfast

tomdekanOct 18, 2022, 9:42 AM
6 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(www.tomdekan.com)

Ad­ven­tist Health Study-2 sup­ports pesc­etar­i­anism more than veganism

ElizabethJun 17, 2023, 8:10 PM
67 points
11 comments6 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Mushrooms

moridinamaelNov 10, 2017, 4:57 PM
9 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Has Eliezer ever re­tracted his state­ments about weight loss?

CheerfulWarriorOct 14, 2020, 7:04 PM
−14 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

On akra­sia: start­ing at the bottom

seecrowAug 1, 2022, 4:08 AM
37 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Euro­pean Soylent alternatives

ChristianKlAug 15, 2016, 8:22 PM
20 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Knowl­edge Base 3: Shop­ping ad­vi­sor and other uses of knowl­edge base about products

iwisOct 9, 2023, 11:53 AM
0 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

What should I have for din­ner? (A case study in de­ci­sion mak­ing)

bentarmAug 12, 2010, 1:29 PM
29 points
106 comments3 min readLW link

If calorie re­stric­tion works in hu­mans, should we have ob­served it already?

Mark_EichenlaubApr 24, 2012, 4:28 AM
32 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

My Effortless Weight­loss Story: A Quick Runthrough

CuoreDiVetroSep 30, 2023, 11:02 PM
123 points
78 comments9 min readLW link

En­joy­ing food more: a case study in third options

MBlumeMar 16, 2011, 6:23 AM
25 points
48 comments2 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing the palata­bil­ity the­ory of obesity

Matthew BarnettFeb 10, 2022, 7:16 PM
88 points
19 comments10 min readLW link

The Four-Hour Body by Ti­mothy Fer­riss—any LWers tried it?

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 8, 2011, 10:18 PM
30 points
60 comments1 min readLW link

Books Wor­thy of Integration

Roven SkyfalFeb 20, 2022, 8:03 AM
15 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

An ap­peal for vi­tamin D sup­ple­men­ta­tion as a pro­phy­lac­tic for coro­n­aviruses and in­fluenza and a sim­ple evolu­tion­ary the­ory for why this is plau­si­ble.

Michael ADec 22, 2020, 7:40 PM
11 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

[Question] How can I find trust­wor­thy dietary ad­vice?

Daniel KokotajloJan 17, 2021, 1:11 PM
30 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Food man­u­fac­tur­ers are out to get you

jwrayMar 13, 2022, 7:36 PM
27 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Quick ev­i­dence re­view of bulk­ing & cutting

jpApr 4, 2024, 9:43 PM
31 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How should ve­g­ans think about Methio­nine needs?

ChristianKlNov 10, 2024, 9:28 AM
32 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Amer­i­cans are fat and sick—and it’s their fault…right?

Declan MolonyNov 19, 2024, 6:41 AM
10 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Nerdtri­tion: sim­ple diets via spread­sheet abuse

dkl9Oct 27, 2024, 9:45 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

Obe­sity Epi­demic Ex­plained in 0.9 Sub­way Cookies

tinyanonAug 12, 2021, 3:45 PM
8 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

5,000 calories of peanut but­ter ev­ery week for 3 years straight

Declan MolonyJan 31, 2025, 5:29 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Quan­topian con­test, but for food in­take and weight

LucentNov 8, 2023, 5:41 AM
40 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

On not get­ting con­tam­i­nated by the wrong obe­sity ideas

NatáliaJan 28, 2023, 8:18 PM
306 points
69 comments30 min readLW link

What Diet Books Don’t Teach: A book re­view and a re­quest for more reading

Lone PineJun 28, 2022, 12:27 PM
22 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

There is way too much serendipity

MalmesburyJan 19, 2024, 7:37 PM
375 points
56 comments7 min readLW link

Low hang­ing fruit: an­a­lyz­ing your nutrition

AlexeiMay 5, 2012, 5:20 AM
15 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Nutri­tion heuris­tic: Cy­cle healthy options

aaqJul 17, 2019, 12:44 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Nutri­tion is Satisficing

aaqJul 16, 2019, 4:13 PM
18 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Me­mory, nu­tri­tion, mo­ti­va­tion, and genes

PhilGoetzFeb 26, 2013, 5:25 AM
24 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 1: Main­stream Nutri­tion Science on Obesity

ChrisHallquistDec 25, 2013, 6:27 PM
24 points
102 comments2 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atk­ins Redux

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 12:58 AM
7 points
191 comments4 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing Gary Taubes, Part 3: Did the US Govern­ment Give Us Ab­surd Ad­vice About Su­gar?

ChrisHallquistDec 30, 2013, 12:58 AM
8 points
153 comments6 min readLW link

How to use hu­man his­tory as a nu­tri­tional prior?

CasioTheSaneMar 10, 2012, 12:47 AM
8 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Twinkie diet helps nu­tri­tion pro­fes­sor lose 27 pounds

Vive-ut-VivasNov 8, 2010, 9:42 PM
10 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Video (11 min): fal­la­cies in nu­tri­tion and can­cer re­search.

RomeoStevensSep 15, 2012, 4:07 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Nutri­tional Sup­ple­ments: A Pot­ted Guide?

pcm50Apr 22, 2019, 9:51 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

LW’s take on nu­tri­tion?

michael_bApr 3, 2015, 12:33 AM
7 points
56 comments3 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal eat­ing (or rather, a step in the right di­rec­tion)

c_edwardsJan 19, 2015, 1:35 AM
8 points
65 comments7 min readLW link

Fast­ing Mimick­ing Diet Looks Pretty Good

sarahconstantinOct 4, 2018, 7:50 PM
81 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
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