Within reason, people should be able to live however they choose – but frankly I do feel that this kind of 'hacker' mentality in relation to food is unhealthy until we have a far greater understanding of the potential long-term effects.
There is so much that we simply do not understand about the human body; it is an incomprehensibly complex organic machine. Ask any medical specialist: the fact remains that many functions of the body with regard to diet are still not understood, and two months is not an adequate time-frame on which to base any conclusions. The thing about an unhealthy diet is that it may not have immediately evident negative effects, but over long periods of time (i.e. 10 years, not 2 months) it can cause major damage to your health – this is what makes this so insidious.
"I never feel as good as today."
When you live primarily off simple carbohydrates – as the author stated they had in the past – anyone will feel ten-fold better by improving their macro/micro-nutrient consumption through eating more proteins, healthy fats, et cetera. And no organized person spends 30-40% of their time on buying, preparing and eating food. No way. Today, you can have groceries delivered at the click of a button – and you can learn to cook quick, simple, healthy meals with a Google search.
Mark my words, until we understand far more about the way that the body processes food, this is not sustainable nor healthy in the long-term.
You mean the same way that fashion and automobile companies prey on those who want cars and clothes to combat their own desires or fears (e.g. lack of self-esteem)?
Gambling and addictive drugs are regulated because, ultimately, they rely on a clear failure mode in cognition. Collapse the action-reward feedback loop and you run the risk of losing a productive member of society. It passes from internally negative to a proper externality. Governments are interested in the latter.
No, there isn't a clear categorisation rule to say what's exploitative and what's just people who need to take responsibility for their own actions. That's because the world is fuzzy and isn't made of syllogisms.
Gambling and addictive drugs are regulated because, ultimately, they rely on a clear failure mode in cognition.
This is the official line; it's not the real reason. The real reason has a lot more to do with racism (in the case of drugs), cronyism, pork-barrel politics and protectionism.
You're injecting a parochial view of political history. The path dependency varies from country to country. That there is convergence to me suggests that it's an attractor in the space of policy settings.
Hence the official line comment. Obviously, the issue is a lot more complex than we've described here because it involves so many competing interests and all opinions are shaped by the whims of a vast cultural-political machine.
You see Kevin Rose's list of accomplishments and it seems overwhelming and insurmountable by a regular pleb such as yourself.
But Kevin Rose is just a regular pleb – and he certainly wasn't any different than you or I before he got "famous". You know what happened? He had one break-out success, and was then able to leverage that into a wide variety of other opportunities.
So focus on creating that one break-out success for yourself, the rest will come in due course.
There is so much that we simply do not understand about the human body; it is an incomprehensibly complex organic machine. Ask any medical specialist: the fact remains that many functions of the body with regard to diet are still not understood, and two months is not an adequate time-frame on which to base any conclusions. The thing about an unhealthy diet is that it may not have immediately evident negative effects, but over long periods of time (i.e. 10 years, not 2 months) it can cause major damage to your health – this is what makes this so insidious.
"I never feel as good as today."
When you live primarily off simple carbohydrates – as the author stated they had in the past – anyone will feel ten-fold better by improving their macro/micro-nutrient consumption through eating more proteins, healthy fats, et cetera. And no organized person spends 30-40% of their time on buying, preparing and eating food. No way. Today, you can have groceries delivered at the click of a button – and you can learn to cook quick, simple, healthy meals with a Google search.
Mark my words, until we understand far more about the way that the body processes food, this is not sustainable nor healthy in the long-term.