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You should probably eat things that are good for you, like fruits, vegetables and protein, and not eat too much that is bad for you, like boxes full of ingredients. And don't worry about coffee and a little bit of alcohol.

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Ingredients are scary, so let's avoid bananas too! https://jameskennedymonash.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/ingredie...

Indeed. The most succinct version of this school of thought that I have heard, which was a NYT Magazine cover story about ten years ago, is "Eat Food. Mostly Plants. Not Too Much."

The way those concepts are fleshed out in the story is pretty compelling: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism...

The only thing worse than a shaky study is an unsourced assertion.

Except you're forced to eat something every day, whether you've studied or have a study in hand. So just be sensible and don't worry about it too much.

I think a safe intuition is lots of cookies and chips are probably bad for you, and mostly vegetables, fruits and protein are probably better for you.

Don't worry about the best diet, just try to be sensible.

> boxes full of ingredients

What the hell does this mean?

I think he means processed foods, which usually come in boxes and have a never ending list of ingredients which are 50% sugar/syrup/salt and 25% chemicals/unknowns.

Exactly.

God forbid we eat chemicals

I love chemicals. I try to eat a variety of chemicals every day. But I want to eat the ones that are good for me, not the ones that are designed to keep things in a box from rotting.

Probably the box on the label where ingredients are listed.

Obviously it means: a) get some boxes, b) get some ingredients, c)place said ingredients in the boxes until they reach the top, and d) eat them. Doing this, however, is a poor health decision according to the OP.

Sounds like Michael Pollan: eat food, not too much, mostly plants

Now define what is good for you and what is bad for you.

Ingredients, it has greed right in the name. Obviously an illuminati plot.

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