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throwaway2037 • 11/21/2024 • 1 reply • view on HN

    > nutrient deficient diet (which is probably a majority of Americans)
This is bullshit. Literally, I Googled for: what percent of americans have nutrient deficient diet?

First hit is some blogspam trying to sell me "Nutrient Therapy". Second hit is CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition-report/media/2nd-nutrition-rep...

    > The Second Nutrition Report found less than 10% of the U.S. population had nutrition deficiencies for selected indicators.
Another thing that people frequently overlook, since post WW2, the US has been "fortifying" grains with essential minerals and vitamins. That means when people eat cereal and bread from the supermarket (usually highly processed), there are plenty of minerals and vitamins. Say what you like about the highly processed part, few are nutrient deficient.

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anon291 • 11/21/2024

Part of the problem is that the standards are incorrect. If you go by dietary standards, you are eating way too many carbohydrates and likely eating too many times a day, especially if you do not have an active job.

Most people should mainly be eating fat and protein with a decent amount of grains and fruit and vegetables. However, the standard advice is to eat a lot of grains, some fruit and vegetables, a modest amount of protein, and little fat. This is awful and leads to very high hunger. Especially if you eat multiple meals a day, as is also commonly recommended, this is a recipe for being ever hungrier day by day.

It wasn't until I eschewed all advice, started eating one big meal a day and maybe one snack and matching my carb intake with my fat intake that the hunger that I had known since childhood magically disappeared and I lost 25 lbs (and am losing more). Finally a 'normal' weight seems not only in sight, but extremely easy!