Healthy Hackers!
summary
Engineers apply planning, measurement and testing to diets: the iron-shavings magnet demo shows fortified cereal contains metallic iron that isn’t bioavailable; frozen vegetables sometimes beat “whole” imports; a quick fast depletes glycogen and causes 2–5 pounds glycogen loss (explains instant diet drops); vitamin water packs sugar despite vitamin labels; an extreme carrot diet produces hypercarotenemia (orange skin); certifications sell at $60 dog nutrition certificate, so trust credentials and biochemical measures, not slogans.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 8:50What measures are they using
- 11:16What assumptions do they make?
- 13:25Picking a diet is like picking software libraries/toolkits
- 14:25How do you know what metrics are correct?
- 15:10Most people rely upon subject matter experts
- 18:22Most people don't have time to do background research
- 21:41Don't Cargo Cult
- 23:27Pick appropriate healthy measures
- 25:51FUD, marketing, or just misleading
- 31:29Learn some basic biology
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