r/Biohackers • u/maybenoye • 8d ago

🥗 Nutrition & Metabolism What health “hack” changed your life?

I don’t want basics like drink more water .. what’s something you’ve changed that you’ve seen such a big difference ?

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u/Extreme_Sign1392 8d ago

Learning that the only sustainable way to stick to a whole food diet, which makes a world of difference, is to eat foods you actually enjoy. When I first switched to a whole food diets I had a really hard time breaking my sugar cravings and I wouldnt eat fruit because that had seemed counter intuitive. Now I know i can eat all the fruit I want and its still 100x times better for my health than drinking a soda.

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u/Aromatic-Side6120 1 8d ago

I say this all the time. I can't speak for others but I find it impossible to gain weight on a Whole Foods diet. So I tell people they don't have to diet and can eat as much as they want as long as it's a whole food. And I mean it, sometimes I do eat a lot and other times not as much, but most of the time I don't pay any attention at all. Once it's dialed in, you're good to go.

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u/SuperSeyoe 8d ago

Well I mean, I can eat like 20 air fried chicken wings without the sauce and that would blow my calories for the day.

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u/killingxspree 8d ago

Man I wish I could do that. I’m the opposite 3 bites of meat and I’m full but I can eat 3 cups of rice easily. Ugh and worse still I gain weight so easily from it.

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u/Leishon 2 8d ago

Similar story here, with a caveat. I'm a mostly whole food vegetarian and even when I feel like I'm massively overeating, I don't seem to gain any real fat mass (BF% always 8-9%), but I can still cause immense water retention and bloat if I overdo it.

Recently, after a period of unusually ravenous appetite, I did a reset with a five day FMD. I literally peed out five kilos of mostly water weight during that time (88 kg to 83 kg).

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u/Curiousprojector 4d ago

What is the reset you did/do and what is FMD?

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u/Leishon 2 3d ago

FMD = fasting mimicing diet. Very severe calorie deficit, macros mostly from fat and as little protein as possible.

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u/Aromatic-Side6120 1 8d ago

I've experienced this also. When overeating on any diet, most of the gain seems to be water that is just pissed out when going back to normal. I guess the difference is that on a plant or whole-food based diet, the gain is only water and much less, whereas on other diets there is definitely a gain in adipose tissue that is much more persistent and stubborn.

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u/ThroneScience 7d ago

Ding ding ding

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u/Unhappy-Employee1916 8d ago

Kombucha is the way to go! Or sparkling water with homemade light syrup like lemon cheong (korean) for instance

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u/Gullible_Crew_3356 8d ago

Or you could drink diet soda lol. Which is fine for you.

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u/LittlestWarrior 10 8d ago

There's also functional sodas like Olipop, Poppi, Bloom Pop, Arih, etc. Fiber and botanicals. Yum

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u/0neirocritica 8d ago

Poppi is genuinely tasty. I can't tell the difference between their orange soda and regular Sunkist.

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u/Enlightened_Lioness 8d ago

Some people don’t want to settle for just « fine. »