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The article-writer states he is an investor in Virta Health because he actually believes their approach will work to reduce T2D at scale.

> I wish there were more low carb options when eating out

It's impossible. If I go out to eat, I accept that I will very likely not be eating a nourishing meal.

> When I tell them that a regular baked potato or red potatoes have glycemic index values of around 85-89 and that potato ships are around 50-55 they are stunned

I'm frankly SHOCKED by the amount of people I encounter on a daily basis -- even my own damn significant other -- who have no idea what a carbohydrate even is. I love my SO to death, but I was appalled he had no idea grains and potatoes were carbs, and he is very well educated and works in tech.

If someone like my SO can't understand what a carb is, how do you expect your average American to get it?

Nutrition education in this country is so disappointing.

I have a dumb question. Can diabetes actually be "fixed" with a keto diet? What if a T2 diabetic does carb restriction and keto for a year and "reverses" their diabetes. If they eat cakes and cookies for a week at Christmas, does the T2D come crashing back?

But you’re not bored in the shower. You are doing a task. The most creative thoughts don’t come when you are bored, but when you are doing something routine or low effort.

Sitting on the couch staring at a wall won’t have the same effect, but doing housework will.

That’s alarming and sad. No pleasure or drug is as powerful as a good work of fiction.

How is this different from Rembrandt slapping is name on his apprentice’s work?

This is awful, of course, but nothing new. Plenty of painters sold their students’ work under their own names. Rembrandt is an example: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/arts/design/06rembrandt.h...

You are a rare case. Most people love eating. Most people do not struggle to eat large amounts food. Most people actively enjoy eating large amounts of food.

No other internet forum on the world is as full of people who hate eating as HN and thinspo-gram.

There are a wide variety of rice types, and YES, some white rice varieties have a lower glycemic index than brown rice varieties.

Glycemic load is DRAMATICALLY affected by what you are pairing your foods with. Add fat or fiber and the GL drops. This tool isn't all that helpful.

If the CEO is pocketing even some of that 1.1M in revenue, he'll be alright. I highly doubt he expects his company to last a lifetime.

In certain states, you can get a prescription for some medications online. I've taken birth control for years and this is the most efficient option for me without the $150 co-pay my gyno charges.

Most movies do this. See: http://www.storyboardsinc.com/news/archives/2274

I've been a die-hard paper book reader, but ever since I got a kindle a year ago, I only consume e-books. I have much less book clutter in my apartment now, and I can get any book I want immediately.

While I LOVE the idea of living a peaceful, pastoral lifestyle, I’m not so sure I’m ready to abandon the coviences of city living... I love being able to shop at twelve different specialized grocery stores or cheese shops... I love getting medical cannabis delivered... I love being able to find a party any night of the week if I really wanted to...

I can’t even fathom using photoshop without keyboard shortcuts... iPad keypads are not useful.

But did they fix the keyboard? I have a new MB Pro for work and two weeks of using the flat keys actually gave me horrible wrist pain. Now I use an external keyboard.

I use a 2015 MacBook Air at home that I can type on for hours without any wrist pain.

Can you be the Jack Doneghy to my Liz Lemon?

Please?

> Allusions to people being poisonous are particularly destructive.

The phrase "toxic masculinity" isn't directed at one SPECIFIC man, so you can dry your tears.

Exactly.

It says a lot about your friend that he didn’t notice he’d loss his ability to smell!!! Not a man who cooks or drinks wine or beer?

Is this guy unaware of New York?

References can say whatever they want.

I’m positive Google Glass was just released at the wrong moment to the worst possible people. AR is the next wave. The question is when.

A glucose monitor and strips are $12-30 dollars on Amazon.

You don't have to eat the same thing every day, but you DO have to cook food yourself. You cannot trust the cooking practices of restaurants.

Exercise is ideal, but most people* don't burn enough calories exercising to enter a calorie deficit. Worse still: appetite spikes after exercise make most people eat more. All that really matters is eating below your maintenance calories. Exercise is the cherry on top for making your body actually look good.

*If you're weightlifting HEAVY 2-3 hours a day 6 days a week or running marathons every weekend, then you are burning enough calories to enter a deficit. Otherwise: your workout is burning fewer calories than there are in a banana.

No matter what: if you eat below your BMR (basal metabolic rate), you WILL lose weight. The problem is that most people wildly miscalculate their BMR.

Your BMR is all the calories your body burns simply by existing. Throw a caloric deficit on top of that and you will lose weight.

Some people have ridiculously low BMR's that don't match their appetites. Some people with hormonal or thyroid issues might have a BMR of 1,000 calories. It sucks but it's true. Those people will be stuck overweight for life because it's pretty damn hard to eat under 1,000 calories for the rest of your life.

Other people have ridiculously high BMR's and really struggle to gain weight.

The key is finding your BMR through trial and error, and eating below that calorie rate or exercising yourself into a deficit.

This is NOT TRUE. NOT TRUE AT ALL.