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MDS100on After months of delay, Soylent finally ships

"3" most likely.

"Are you going to purposely malnourish people so that you can see they're malnourished? That's ethically dubious at best."

Yes, that's what Soylent is currently doing. No suprise the founder got bad news from his cardiologist with an earlier version. "Failing" with their product in this case actually means hurting the customers.

MDS100on After months of delay, Soylent finally ships

Have a look http://examine.com/blog/soylent-is-made-from-hype/

MDS100on Investment increases your risk

Or Consulting/Freelancing. It's very much possible.

MDS100on Does life end after 35?

They are not marketed this way, because the producers are not insane and/or incompetent. Soylent is more expensive than eating food.

MDS100on Soylent: Operations Update

No you are wrong. MRP companies are just more careful regarding marketing. Taking a "failing is ok, we'll fix it later" approach to your own health is a terribly retarded approach. Especially because long term effects can take months and years to manifest (lack of nutrients).

MDS100on Soylent: What Happened When I Stopped Eating For 2 Weeks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt#Recommended_intake

Have a look at the relationship between potassium/nacl and Blood pressure.

TLDR: Focus on unprocessed foods and foods you like that are rich in potassium. Lower your bodyfat percentage and exercise in same fashion regularly.

MDS100on Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders

http://examine.com/blog/soylent-is-made-from-hype/

MDS100on Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders

Oh god no http://examine.com/supplements/Creatine/

MDS100on Ask HN: What would you tell your 16-year-old self?

It's the increased protein and reduced kcal intake (greater satiety by protein + less choice by excluding vast amounts of food groups) that works. No need to go very low carb/keto.

MDS100on WordPress 3.6 arrives with better post locking, built-in HTML5 media player

It's not for him, but for the blogs he hosts. The writers there are used to WP.

MDS100on How I have lost over 100 pounds and don’t know how

No, this is a very underused mechanism in humans. Highly active in lab rats though. Which led to this confusion. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3799507 500g Carbs overfeeding > <10g Fat synthesized

MDS100on How I have lost over 100 pounds and don’t know how

It is NOT useless. There are a plethora of factors influencing energy intake. Which you can work on. His unsubstantiated pet theory that carbs are to blame lacks evidence.

MDS100on Monocle

A lot of unpopular opinions are terribly wrong. What are you referring to?

MDS100on Top Tech Companies: You filter on raw IQ, here is how to do it more effectively

ADHS?

MDS100on Soylent International

His research is terrible. He is missing several key ingredients.

MDS100on The Destruction of the Web

Twist: He earns all his money by selling nespresso capsules. There has never been any consulting or AP business. It's all coffee.

MDS100on Selling Your Software To Businesses - TwilioCon 2012 presentation

Hey, you are a MD student from Germany as well + interested in Programming/SAAS? Any way to contact you?

MDS100on The Startup Story I Want To Hear

invitation?

MDS100on The cost of hand-to-mouth living

Think more along potatoes and quark.

MDS100on Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

Close, but not quite. I'm more german than austrian.

Actually I'm doing my PHD on adherence to healthy habits and behavioural change (preventative medicine with a focus on exactly these things). ;) The whole willpower shtick is a bit overplayed based on the available evidence. The real (first) problem is often learned helplessness. And then a lack of knowledge on how to change things and which things are most important. Shaping your environment and changing your habits without using significant amounts of willpower. It's doable.

MDS100on Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

Hm, I'm wondering: How does your diet look like? IIRC you already supplementing vitamin D.

Love your work (esp. Talks at Microconf) btw.

MDS100on Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

Control your eating. More Protein, more veggies. Eating in a way that is healthy and keeps your weight down is not expensive. A few bodyweight exercises can be done several times a week and take only a few minutes. It's possible to be in good shape and lean even if you are poor. If you want too.

MDS100on Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

But does he apply it...

MDS100on Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,500 in India

Chemo sucks, because of the sides and the low improvement in meaningful outcomes. It's still one of the best treatments we have once

As someone that is in preventitive medicine: It's a bit more complicated. But one of the hardest part is changing peoples habits. Besides the rather crappy data available on prevention/diet etc.. Sensationalism and fear can help some to change their life. But there are better (more positive) methods.

MDS100on It’s a part of my paleo fantasy, it’s a part of my paleo dream

But there are a bunch of studies on useful stuff. Inositol, Theanine etc. And we still don't do studies because interests don't align well for it to happen quickly. My point being that some Alt Med Practitioners actually help. I don't like it, because I heavily dislike the widespread incompetence about science/medicine in Alt Med circles. But it's still true.

Well the MDs do give you lifestyle advice. And the "professionals" that should care about this stuff (esp. dieticians) also suck badly. They often just regurgitate the food pyramid.

I completely agree otherwise.

MDS100on It’s a part of my paleo fantasy, it’s a part of my paleo dream

I am on my way to my MD, I know. But in the real world people do use "Alt Med" for treatments that have shown efficacy already. It takes far longer than expected until this stuff becomes part of practiced medicine though. In the end I don't care about the label, but the evidence/science and the results.

MDS100on It’s a part of my paleo fantasy, it’s a part of my paleo dream

Some things do work and are not yet accepted in medicine. Herbal medicine etc.pp.

Often it's just hard to patent and/or isn't financially lucrative to get FDA approval.

Also lifestyle in general is terribly handled in medicine. MDs know nearly nothing about what matters and what they should recommend. They are decades behind the available evidence.

MDS100on Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

Yeah this Ancel Keys' shtick is great marketing from the paleotards.