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Teens using AI meal plans could be eating too few calories — equivalent to skipping a meal (www.frontiersin.org)
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Can AI tools make meal plans that help us lose weight the right way? In a new study, a team of researchers compared AI’s meal planning abilities to those of a dietician. The results showed that AI-made meal plans – when compared to dietician plans – severely undercalculated the needed amount of calories and macronutrients like carbs and overemphasized other macronutrients like proteins and lipids. The team cautioned that teens should not solely rely on AI to make meal plans for weight loss, saying that the consistent deviation of five different AI models from nutritional guidelines recommended by health organizations could have negative effects on growing bodies.

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[–] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

undercalculated the needed amount of calories and macronutrients like carbs

What's the needed amount of carbs? Proteins and fats are essential nutrients. Carbohydrates are not.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Just realized you're the same person who was doing a weird defense of AI companies generating CSAM and revenge porn the other day... Now you're taking AI's side by Just Asking Questions about nutrition.

    Do you actually have an issue with the article, or is this just a knee-jerk defense of the companies?

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Carbohydrates are required to break down proteins and fats. They're very much an essential nutrient, just not in the quantities the old food pyramid would have you believe.

    If carbs weren't essential, a pure protein and fat diet wouldn't outright kill you from kidney failure.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    You're confidently incorrect. You don't need to eat carbohydrates to break down fat and protein, and a diet consisting of healthy proteins and fat has not been proven to cause kidney failure.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Actually.... High protein diets can cause de novo kidney disease. De novo means it's causal, from the new. Out of nowhere! Not even with pre-existing conditions, although if you have those pre-existing conditions then this applies even more.

    I'm not aware of any direct links to kidney disease from dietary fat. But extremely high protein has strong causal links to de novo (along with comorbidities) kidney disease.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    High protein diets can cause de novo kidney disease

    I'm not suggesting that you overdose on protein, if you're referring to rabbit starvation. If you aren't, would you care to provide more information?

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Here's my thoughts.

    Hyperfiltration exhausts (overworks, think of it like high blood pressure?) the kidneys.

    This causes acceleration and perhaps inducing(de novo) disease.

    I know the evidence is quite weak. But there's so many studies that show it's making it worse for people with even minor kidney impairment and it just gets worse as it gets worse showing an accelerated momentum effect.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Your body can synthesize all the carbohydrates it needs through gluconeogenesis. There are no "essential carbs" the way there are essential fatty acids and amino acids. You can absolutely live on a diet of just fats and protein - and plenty of people do. The Inuit mostly did, and so do folks on carnivore diets today.

    It might not be the healthiest long-term option, but it won't kill you from a lack of carbs. You're probably thinking of "rabbit starvation" which happens when you eat too much protein and not enough fat.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Braindead comment.

    I say that because brains demand carbs to function optimally.

    Sure. You're gonna survive. But you'll have brainfog and your red blood cells aren't gonna be happy either.

    Plus you need micros....

    Don't get me twisted. IMO, you gotta balance your diet. Extremes aren't doing you any favors.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    The human brain can use ketones for its requirements, and your body is able to produce all the carbohydrates it needs via gluconeogenesis. Including the needs of all your erythrocytes.

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