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Well, I also stopped after the first question, because the options to choose from, made me go away as it implies I MUST have eaten in the last 4 hours to feel good, which is BS. So why should I see whats more, if it starts so bad?

If it would have been worded differently, to suggest that eating something might be a good idea - then I probably would have clicked further. But it has this absolute tone, that puts me off.

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The tone also straight up encourages snacking, and if you click through there it says: "When you need a snack, just pop some easy food in your mouth."

It's an incredibly unhealthy thing to teach and that is just the first question.

Would be better if it recommends fruit as a snack. A small citrus fruit can be really good.

Blood sugar is blood sugar. You can do a lot worse than fruit, but that doesn’t make it harmless.

Low blood sugar is not harmless either. It simply depends on the person, of whether they should eat something right now or not.

I believe I read that sugar from fresh fruit enters slower because the fibers as opposed to processed products.

It also tells you to drink something at question three.

So yeah...

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