jsteinhardt comments on Open Thread, August 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 August 2012 12:03:29AM 3 points [-]

Is there any sort of prevailing opinion in LW about diet? For instance, paleo, IF, CR, etc. The only posts I could find are inconclusive and from years back.

Comment author: jsteinhardt 25 August 2012 09:12:21AM 3 points [-]

Paleo seems to be popular around here but I am pretty skeptical of it actually being a good idea (I am open to updating if evidence is presented). Intermittent fasting is the only thing I really feel like I can recommend, and even that is something that will work for some people but not others (did not work for me, but LeanGains makes specific enough predictions that a sufficiently large number of people seem satisfied by that I am convinced it is a real phenomenon).

Also fixing any deficiencies you have (more water if you are dehydrated, for instance; probably more protein if you are a vegetarian).