Comments on: Improving SLD

By: Igor Carron

Igor Carron — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:59:45 +0000

Seth:

How would this product fit into your SL theories ?

http://www.graphicology.com/blog/2007/11/12/131-ad-of-the-week-buckleys.html

Igor.

By: seth

seth — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:37:37 +0000

I don’t think sugar water has any flavor at all. And its effectiveness did not noticeably decline over the three years I used it.

I’ve haven’t tried using fish oil for SLD. I tried different amounts of flaxseed oil and found that while 3 tablespoons/day was clearly better than 2 T/day, 4 T/day was not clearly better than 3 T/day. Now I do 4 T/day to be on the safe side. I’m assuming what’s close to optimal for the brain will be close to optimal for the rest of the body — because the whole structure was shaped with the same amount of omega-3 in the blood.

By: Patri Friedman

Patri Friedman — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:54:49 +0000

Hi. My experience w/ SLD was that the effectiveness of any source of calories decreased over time, presumably because I got enough flavor to develop some association. This theory seems to fit Sean’s case, and is an alternative to the hypothesis that cottage cheese or chicken are any more efficient than oil for SLD.

That said, nose clips + washing mouth out with water is more than I have ever tried, so I will try that and see if I get a slower efficiency decay.

On a totally different note – Hey Seth, have you tested / written much about using fish oil for SLD to get maximum omega-3s? I’ve been using Carlson’s fish oil on and off, figuring that whether or not it works for SLD (due to having noticeable flavor) I’m getting tons of omega-3s. I’m also curious whether there is such a thing as “too much” omega 3. For the outcomes you self-study, at what dose does the response taper off? How much becomes dangerous due to too little clotting?

By: seth

seth — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:36:49 +0000

No, no citation. I’ve noticed it in myself and others — unprompted — have said the same thing. One documented assertion, although I can’t give you a reference, is that people eat a large fraction of their calories in the evening. That seems to be when dietary control breaks down.

By: LemmusLemmus

LemmusLemmus — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:14:39 +0000

“The notion of eating the first calories of the day flavorless and then anything for dinner matches whatâ€™s clear about self-control: We have a lot more earlier in the day.”

Quite a claim. Do you have a cite for the assertion that self-control is easier in the morning (preferrably controlling for alcohol consumption).

By: SFC

SFC — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:37:36 +0000

Yes, that is what I am doing. That has been my MO all along with SLD, even when doing oil or sugar water . . . using it throughout the day as opposed to just one or two time a day. What’s interesting to me, though, is how much more effective the cottage cheese and chicken are than just the oil or sugar water.

By: SusanJ

SusanJ — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:22:11 +0000

Is this guy eating a mouthful of cottage cheese seven times a day? I thought with SLD you should only have to take the flavorless calories once. It sounds more like he’s getting AS by keeping his blood sugar under control rather than how SLD supposedly works.

By: John

John — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:44:27 +0000

Very cool post. Instead of salting my morning eggs, I’m going to try eating them unseasoned with my nose clipped.

By: Claire Bickell

Claire Bickell — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:24:10 +0000

Catalyst reported on research suggesting that protein is a key factor in how much we eat. I found it interested and it made me wonder how such research might integrate with set point theory.

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s2069308.htm