Diet & Food
Posts involving food, dieting, and other health-related topics.
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Background: For the vast majority of human history, a top survival concern was obtaining food. The Issue: It easy to become fat, and difficult to lose weight: “overabundance of food” is an unusual situation that was not frequently encountered in evolutionary history. However, it’s unclear how (in modern society) a person could replicate the food-acquisition…
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The Issue: When eating, sometimes the most appealing thing to do is to immediately wolf down all the food in front of you. People then occasionally regret this overeating, and wish there were some way to more easily exercise self control despite the presence of delicious food. Proposal: We can solve this wolfing-down of food…
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Background: Diet fads come and go, but most have at least one element in common: the requirement that individuals be deliberate about what they eat (rather than ravenously consuming everything like a starved beast). The issue: Unfortunately, it’s difficult to have self-control when food is delicious and plentiful. Thus, most people eat larger portions of…
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Background: It has been demonstrated that people tend to over-eat in situations in which they can quickly consume a meal. If a person has to consume a meal more slowly, they will (generally) realize that they are full and eat less. The issue: Unfortunately, in today’s decadent world, nearly every meal can be quickly devoured.…
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Background: Even the most un-choosy eater cares at least somewhat about the visual appearance of food. A food item that looks “off” somehow will trigger a natural aversion to spoiled food. Proposal: This aversion to bizarre looking food can be used to help people maintain a healthy diet! The process is as follows: certain foods…
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With the following conveyor belt diet plan, anyone can maintain the perfect balanced diet with no effort whatsoever!
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Background: Food is delicious, and in the past, the main threat to survival was starvation rather than over-eating. But, times have changed! Please support our sponsors! Now, almost everyone gets fat. How can this issue be solved without hiring an unyielding personal trainer and chef for every single person? Proposal: One way to solve this problem…
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