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Everybody hopes for some simple trick that will make all their problems go away. Avoiding gluten, avoiding blue light, keto, etc, etc. Most of these interventions have no effect on most people.

And even a major intervention like a CPAP machine isn't curing my daytime sleepiness!

When I think back over my life, only twice was there a simple fix for something:

1) losec cured (or at least put into longterm remission) my many-year-long perma-heartburn (it probably worsened my IBS though)

2) athletic tape cured my longterm plantar fasciitis. Yes, $4 of tape beats $400 orthotics every day of the week.

So it is possible for "one simple trick" to work, but these are rare things.

But if you have a story of a simple thing that made a world of difference in a longterm way, please share.

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Brian 1y ago

Regularly fasting is massive. 2-3 days once a month

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Mike Dilger ☑️ 1y ago

I wouldn't call it a simple hack, not as easy as a pill or athletic tape. But I benefit from that and I concur. If you are going for more than 1 day I would use a protein drink and weight training (including hill climbing) to avoid muscle loss... so not a strict fast for too long. Even if you have tons of body fat, you burn both fat and muscle during a fast once you deplete your glycogen which happens in about a day.

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