I wrote an essay about an extremely interesting theory of the obesity epidemic that I came across. Read a history of fad diets, how croissants can help you lose weight, and details about squirrel hibernation and mania you never knew you needed to know:
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wait i hadn't even gotten into the bit about mania vs. torpor yet, wow. wow wow wow
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yeah adding a bunch of cocoa butter (which is 1/3 stearic acid) into my morning hot chocolate actually makes me super focused: basically does the same thing to me as Adderall but without making me jittery
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Interesting! I’ve seen bits and pieces of this before. I crave omega-6/-3 if I get too little. And I get insulin resistance if I eat a lot of straight-up full fat ice cream. And too much saturated fat simultaneously makes me sluggish, too energetic, and I feel like I’m aging too/
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fast. But less omega-6 (Lino-whatsit) might be a really simple lever (plus nuanced/hard to nail it in 2021)? Elegant theory, vry cool.
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