NancyLebovitz comments on How I Lost 100 Pounds Using TDT - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 March 2015 02:45:19PM 0 points [-]

I've read about other blind tests which found that people can't tell the difference between fancy eggs and ordinary ones. I have felt a little off after eating very cheap eggs for several days in a row.

I've seen consensus that free-range beef tastes better.

While I said something nice about the veggies to a farmer at the farmer's market, he said that the big difference was freshness rather than better varieties or growing conditions.

Comment author: Lumifer 18 March 2015 03:11:26PM 0 points [-]

I've seen consensus that free-range beef tastes better.

Well, the standard local supermarket beef and beef imported from Australia taste clearly different, though "better" is a matter of preferences. There are probably at least three differences between them: (1) Breed; (2) Feed (mostly or solely grass-fed vs. mostly or solely corn-fed); (3) Physical exercise (real free-range vs. limited free-range vs. factory farming).