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*[https://www.mysymptoms.net/ MySymptoms iphone app] | *[https://www.mysymptoms.net/ MySymptoms iphone app] | ||
** food | ** food | ||
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* [https://www.doctorsdata.com/hair-elements/ Doctor's Data Hair Elements] test | * [https://www.doctorsdata.com/hair-elements/ Doctor's Data Hair Elements] test | ||
* [https://nebula.org/whole-genome-sequencing-dna-test/ Nebula Genomics whole genome sequence] | * [https://nebula.org/whole-genome-sequencing-dna-test/ Nebula Genomics whole genome sequence] | ||
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== My approach to quantified self == | == My approach to quantified self == | ||
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|Don't track food | |Don't track food | ||
− | | | + | |See food and supplements as 75% of health. |
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|Don't track minor symptoms | |Don't track minor symptoms | ||
− | | | + | |Respect my body's communications as smarter than technology. |
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|Use sleep tracking gadgets | |Use sleep tracking gadgets | ||
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− | == My personal science approach to health == | + | == My "personal science" approach to health == |
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!Mainstream advice | !Mainstream advice | ||
− | !My personal science approach | + | !My "personal science" approach |
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|Eat a diversity of foods | |Eat a diversity of foods | ||
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|Get a doctor's check-up with routine lab tests | |Get a doctor's check-up with routine lab tests | ||
− | |Order my own lab tests, especially tests where I'm still out of range, whether or not a doctor has dismissed them since there's no | + | |Order my own lab tests, especially tests where I'm still out of range, whether or not a doctor has dismissed them since there's no known correction |
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|Try to eat healthy foods | |Try to eat healthy foods | ||
− | | | + | |Don't assume any food is healthy, especially so-called superfoods |
− | Don't assume any food is healthy, especially so-called superfoods | + | Identify and remove problem foods |
− | Interpret any | + | Interpret any urge to eat "unhealthy" as a sign my body needs something I'm overlooking |
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|Take supplement blends such as Vitamin B Complex | |Take supplement blends such as Vitamin B Complex | ||
− | |Take individual vitamins and minerals so I learn what each one does at which dose, since doses in blends are | + | |Take individual vitamins and minerals so I learn what each one does at which dose, since doses in blends are often too low (eventually creating deficiency symptoms that aren't bad enough to figure out) or too high (eventually creating major side effects) |
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|Trust the healthy foods and supplements | |Trust the healthy foods and supplements | ||
− | |Write hypotheses of how I hope the intervention | + | |Write hypotheses of how I hope the intervention help; update this with possible side effects; add and remove intervention over time to confirm or disconfirm hypotheses |
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|Take medication to fix symptoms | |Take medication to fix symptoms | ||
− | |Assume | + | |Assume symptoms are indirectly caused by diet and supplements, via nutritional deficiencies or side effects, and may require months or years of patient experimentation. |
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|Get regular exercise | |Get regular exercise | ||
|Exercise when it feels right. Exercising at the wrong time will set me back. Track exercise to learn when I was feeling good. | |Exercise when it feels right. Exercising at the wrong time will set me back. Track exercise to learn when I was feeling good. | ||
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