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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 12 Mar 2018
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    I am specifically NOT looking for advice or strategies. I’m looking for a sociobiological theory of supplements. Humans adapted over millennia to a variety of nutritional environments. So why ‘supplement’ at all? The only wild supplement seeking I can think of is salt-seeking.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/973310365789339649 …

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    Does anybody have a good theory of health supplements? One that argues for whether you should take 0, 5, 10, or 150 (SV millionaire level) as a function of life conditions and budget? Seems to be a random market
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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 12 Mar 2018
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        Too general

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      2. MΔ5K‏ @maskoficarus 12 Mar 2018
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        Even salt-seeking is relatively modern (Starting around 6000 BC). The modern diet may be what necessitates it. https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/2/341/4607411 …

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 12 Mar 2018
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        I meant in all species. Goats clean mb cliffs for salt for eg

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      1. Orrin‏ @orrinsb 12 Mar 2018
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        its possible that supplements are likely a progression/branch point from herbal remedies used before modern medicine (some of which contain the active compounds found in medications)

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        Can't comment on other nutrients but we probably only recently spent loads of time heavily clothed and sheltered from the sun. This is especially risky for darker-skinned people where vitamin d deficiency is concerned.

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      2.  🐜 🐻‏ @ultimape 12 Mar 2018
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        Was commenting to my girlfriend how I'm slowly turning into a yoga-mom and wondered if/how social signaling behavior (+advertising) plays a role in nutrition fads. I wouldn't know where to start researching that tho.

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      3.  🐜 🐻‏ @ultimape 12 Mar 2018
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        A more likely reason for supplementing is possibly an offshoot of anti-parasite behavior. Specialized behaviors for that seem common in other social creatures: https://www.dartmouth.edu/press-releases/parasitized_bees_090115.html … but I haven't read up on how it works in humans.

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      2. Daystar Aspect: Inchoate Reckoning‏ @idealvilli 12 Mar 2018
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        Certain supplements like calcium, magnesium, zinc, etc. aren't as readily available in food anymore because of soil-leaching, so we have to take them in supplement form instead. Also, I've read that a higher VO2 Max determines whether supplements will work for you

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      3. Daystar Aspect: Inchoate Reckoning‏ @idealvilli 12 Mar 2018
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        Replying to @idealvilli @vgr @GENIC0N

        As when the body is in excellent physical condition, it can more effectively absorb the nutrients/supplements

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