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SuppVersity
Personal blog · suppversity.blogspot.comhealthscience
SuppVersity is a personal blog at suppversity.blogspot.com about health and science. Since 2014, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link SuppVersity for evidence-based takes on nutrition and exercise science, including vitamin D dosing, antioxidants and training, cooking oil chemistry, and pesticide and produce studies.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The latest news from the realms of exercise, nutrition and supplementation science.
What Hacker News says?
Although safe, according to current search, there's no benefits from supplementing 10,000 UI daily (2,000-5,000 being recommended dose) — http://examine.com/supplements/Vitamin+D/ This doesn't prove that 10,000 is unnecessary, but there's no proof that it's necessary either :) (or is there?) On the other hand, just recently a Polish study showed 6,000 IU improving rowers metabolism and performance — http://suppversi…
Comment linking /2015/02/6000iuday-of-vitamin-d3-could-trigger.html
on “Testosterone is the drug of the future”Submitted Low Carb Diets and Physical Performance as a story · 3 points
HN discussionEven though the debate about the amount of nutrition in organic/non-organic is unsettled, I think it’s still worth buying organic to reduce pesticide exposure. Here is a good article summarizing studies on soaking fruits and veggies (both organic and conventional) in baking soda to strip away pesticides. Here’s a key quote from the article: “Even with bicarbonate, buying organic may still be worth it! One thing this…
Comment linking /2017/10/nahco3-aka-baking-soda-washes-all.html?m=1
on “Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?”Submitted Artificial Sweeteners Mess W/ Gut Biome – What about Man? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI still believe it’s worth buying organic, here is a good article summarizing studies on using baking soda to remove pesticides from fruits and vegetables, and a key quote from the article: “Even with bicarbonate, buying organic may still be worth it! One thing this article should not be abused is as evidence in an argument against buying organic. Yes, you can reduce the pesticide load on the peel of your favorite p…
Comment linking /2017/10/nahco3-aka-baking-soda-washes-all.html?m=1
on “Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?”Submitted Muscle Mass and Strength from the Convenient Outlet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionOrganic (natural) pesticides tend to be safer. Unfortunately, USDA has been doing a terrible job with their USDA Organic certification. It is firstly very expensive. Secondly, it is no guarantee that glyphosate is not present. This could be due to fraud or negligence. Third, it is subject to lobbying to legalize nasty synthetic pesticides as being Organic. The USDA needs to step up and do its job. Meanwhile, I never…
Comment linking /2017/10/nahco3-aka-baking-soda-washes-all.html
on “USA lags behind EU, Brazil and China in banning harmful pesticides”Especially in a shared environment where people may be waiting, excessive rest periods are inconsiderate. However, there is certainly some merit to longer rest periods between sets being beneficial. https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2016/05/not-resting-long-en...
Comment linking /2016/05/not-resting-long-enough-may-ruin-your.html
on “Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults”There’s a bunch of articles on this site digging into the chemistry of cooking with EVOO. I haven’t dug into the references but it looks like a thorough look at exactly what heating various oils does to the chemistry of fatty acids. https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-quest-for-optim...
Comment linking /2014/12/the-quest-for-optimal-cooking-oil-heat.html
on “Smoke point of cooking oils”Further links on that antioxidants inhibit exercise adaptation: https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2013/10/antioxidant-supplem... https://suppversity.blogspot.com/2014/03/anti-oxidants-resis... TLDR: Take your antioxidants outside of your workout and recovery window. The bodies response to working out is based on the challenge/damage and antioxidants reduce that.
Comment linking /2014/03/anti-oxidants-resistance-training-in.html?m=1
on “Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise (2009) [pdf]”Found this blogpost: http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2013/06/natural-migraine-pro...
Comment linking /2013/06/natural-migraine-prophylaxis-treatment.html
on “Ask HN: Migraine prophylaxis?”A more educated view without the clickbait title: http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2018/10/survival-of-fittest-...
Comment linking /2018/10/survival-of-fittest-large-scale-study.html
on “No Such Thing as Too Much Exercise, Study Finds”