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Reasons for and against self tracking and quantification (edit)
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A summary of the much more thorough debate on kialo:
A summary of the much more thorough debate and argument map on kialo:
https://www.kialo.com/everyone-should-health-track---self-quantify-49787
https://www.kialo.com/everyone-should-health-track---self-quantify-49787
=== Improve the management of health conditions ===
=== Reasons For ===
==== Improve the management of health conditions ====
Sub-clinical issues are issues doctors can only fix with data provided by personal health tracking. Some remedies can only be tested with self tracking. The effects of lifestyle choices like veganism on health may need to be monitored.
Sub-clinical issues are issues doctors can only fix with data provided by personal health tracking. Some remedies can only be tested with self tracking. The effects of lifestyle choices like veganism on health may need to be monitored.
=== Motivate lifestyle change ===
==== Motivate lifestyle change ====
Gamification seems pretty popular and it requires tracking. Most consumer wearables include lots of motivating information. Just watching the numbers improve or be recorded can be quite motivating. Self tracking can help build healthy habits. Health tracking can once again help find the best method or remedy.
Gamification seems pretty popular and it requires tracking. Most consumer wearables include lots of motivating information. Just watching the numbers improve or be recorded can be quite motivating. Self tracking can help build healthy habits. Health tracking can once again help find the best method or remedy.
=== Optimize health, productivity, education, sports training, and cognitive functioning. ===
==== Optimize health, productivity, education, sports training, and cognitive functioning. ====
Professional coaches do this. QS projects have found interventions that help these like creatine for cognitive functioning.
Professional coaches do this. QS projects have found interventions that help these like creatine for cognitive functioning.
=== Contribute your data to medical research. ===
==== Contribute your data to medical research. ====
Variety of literature shows the validity of N-of-1 approaches.
Variety of literature shows the validity of N-of-1 approaches.
=== Lifelogging, Introspection ===
==== Lifelogging, Introspection ====
Can be fun. Store important memories.
Can be fun. Store important memories.