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[Environmental contamination] is way less of an explanatory variable of obesity and mental health than [dietary choice and activity level]. Its effect resides in the error term.

>What happens when ALL of our decisions can be assigned an accuracy score?

What happens is the emergence of the decision economy - an evolution of the attention economy - where decision-making becomes one of the most valuable resources.

Decision-making as a service is already here, mostly behind the scenes. But we are on the cusp of consumer-facing DaaS. Finance, healthcare, personal decisions such as diet and time expenditure are all up for grabs.

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Both are fine. I can't imagine an app would provide much more value, especially with the privacy cost.

Hmm. If I'm imagining this correctly, then could the user obtain this data via checkout - through some shared database with the supermarket?

And I agree about the pain point. It is part of what got me interested in this a while back.

I also think the decision of what to eat is also an issue with many people. Present them with a few options based on budget, preferences, and nutritional goals. Base those options on inventory data and expiration dates to reduce food waste (grocery bottom line).

Perhaps target the consumer group of:

1. at-home eater

2. enjoys cooking

3. wants to simplify the process.

Then increase demand by converting other eater-types into the target market.

Ultimately, I think user-experience would be the differentiating factor.

This is something I'm interested in doing. Computer vision analysis of at-home food stock -> personalized shopping and recipes -> partner with grocery chains to reduce shopping times and optimize inventories. There are many other stakeholder alignments as well

Are you saying that intermittent pollinator gardens don't serve to bolster the ecological network? Because that would be wrong. Every bit helps and even small gardens have a large impact.

This is accurate, yet most people read one headline or listen to a glib podcast and think they know all the answers.

Colony collapse is real but there are numerous theories around why.

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/03/03/beepocalypse-m...

What I gather from the comments is that perhaps Amazon is facing a goodwill issue and their advertising budget is a function of that.

What is the play here? Should Amazon focus on quality goods from quality suppliers in order to rebuild brand trust?

I worked in manual labor for 6 years to get myself through college. What is your experience?

Besides, just seek out the data instead of spouting glib anecdotes

Are you referring to being less of a burden on healthcare systems, more productive in physical jobs which maintain our critical infrastructures, and having more energy to take part in community building events?

I don't believe there is a specific cause because there will always be several, measurable, causal factors. But if are going to zoom way out and pick one thing, it's body weight. Increased physical activity is going to increase free Test and reduce the likelihood of being overweight.

Sure it is. All health outcomes are made up of many causal components with their own coefficient.

Additionally, "physically demanding work" is also a proxy for "low probability of obesity".

In addition to stimulating higher Test, I would go ahead and guess that the cohort had more lean body mass and few overweight individuals. All together, these things make an large difference in male fertility.

Body weight and activity level are enormously significant variables in practically all health outcomes. Easy to understand, but difficult to manage it seems.

That sounds good, I'll try it out. Thanks!

Dice ~1lb of red potatoes (for potassium)

Coat in olive oil. Season with salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika.

Spread on oven pan. Bake at 420F for 20-22min until edges brown (I'm at >5000' elevation btw)

Place in container and store in fridge.

In the morning in sautee to heat them before adding scrambled egg. You can top with cheese and scallions but I don't.

Amount of potatoes is determined by past 24hrs and next 24hrs of energy expenditure. Rest days are ~50g, training days between 100-150g

It's a very normal breakfast for athletes. But your example isn't our current reality so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

To borrow a saying from the investment world - It's easy to double a small number.

I'm not defending the price hike. I'm just pointing out that it's a silly thing to get hung up on and most are not considering that eggs have been, and still are, a caloric and protein dense staple of healthy diets. We take that for granted.

> I.. they’re not, but please share where you’re living globally where this is true, because omw!

Go look at % of income spent on food over time. In the US, that number is currently 7-15% - an incredible feat and underlooked luxury.

Yea seriously. The price increase is inconvenient, but hardly relevant in terms of calories/$.

I eat 5-6 eggs each morning with some potatoes (my blood work is great btw, so take it easy armchair dietitians). Dietary cholesterol isn't what most people think. I digress.

But that means my at-home breakfast went from:

(5 eggs * $0.2) + (1 red potato * $0.20) = $1.20

to

(5 eggs * $0.5) + (1 red potato * $0.20 = $2.70

I'll survive.

That is 100% the determining factor in yolk color. It comes down to carotenoid content of feed.

Also, in reference to the original comment, there is no difference between GMO and non-GMO feed either.

Some may claim that high carotenoid feed results in more nutritious eggs. That's debatable. Even super-cheap eggs are packed with nutrients. It's an egg, after all. However, the nutritional difference in conventional eggs vs backyard eggs is practically irrelevant. The differential nutrient contents are not significant and come in higher quantities in other foods that we all have cheap access to.

In what way?

That's an interesting idea, but I can't think of how that would help.

It's a balance between economies of scale without cartel formation vs fragmentation and inefficiency.

Food prices are incredibly low due to consolidation and efficiency of farms and retailers. Just look at food spending as a percent of income over time.

The real use and value of a patent (or any IP mechanism) is during litigation. It's easy to say "just end patents" until two parties are in court and have nothing to form arguments around.

It's tricky because you can be well informed without being biased. In the case of glyphosate, it just so happens that being well informed comes off as shilling because the genpop conjecture is void of nuance

Sure is lovely when a bunch of non-experts decide to chime in on a nuanced subject. Imagine a bunch of plant biologists congregated on a discussion board to make sweeping claims about SaaS or whatever your area of expertise is. Hilarious.

Even appealing to literature is limited by your knowledge background. Spend a few years in the field and you will realize that some studies are good and some are bad. Some indicate negative effects under incomparable conditions. Some are good. Some are just plain kooky.

This is a key insight and unfortunately not enough people make it to this cold hard fact before they begin preaching about food system transformation.

Nat gas + Haber Bosch is the foundational structure of our food system and its ability to feed our current population. Perhaps a new innovation will replace it, but so far much of the proposed methods are complete fairy tale nonsense which will result in mass starvation without appropriate due diligence.

Demand for meat is rising due to incomes level rising in developing nations. Developing nations also outnumber developed nations, so whatever climate-saving diet related behaviors the West decides to take is still going to face pressure from an even larger group of people who want to spend their growing paycheck on goods like meat.

No kidding, and furthermore it's as if they don't take a second to consider scalability, yield, commodity-market efficiency, and labor-force.

correlation =/= causation.

But it does hint toward a potential linkage, which is our food system.

The areas you are thinking about are also: food deserts, low-income, and low education levels. All of which are stronger predictors of obesity.

If you happen to live in the Upstate then you have little to worry about. It's some of the best in the nation. Not sure about the Midlands and coast.

What would you test for besides lead? Most contaminants have a very low threshold which is going to be expensive to detect.

I do periodized strength training and hypertrophy training + multiple 90min sessions of zone 2 cardio each week. Used to compete in olympic weightlifting and powerlifting so I'm quite strong and just want to maintain that forever.

Might get back into running as well. Used to average 60-80miles a week so my aerobic base is still good.

I've also climbed for around 10 years and on paper am considered advanced, but it takes me a few months to condition for climbing season each year since I dont climb year round

True, but I think the commentor is referring to the U-shaped relationship of AF and endurance training.

Higher probability with zero exercise, lowest probability at moderate exercise, but an increase in probability as you enter the extreme territory. In my case, 1000+ hours/year for 8 years led to this outcome