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Reflecting on nutrition choices not made in youth

Original: Sometimes I imagine how impressively fit and healthy I would have been, when I was young, if I'd done any serious nutrit

A writer reflects on how fit and healthy they might have been in their youth had they tracked their nutrition seriously back then. They note that the nutritional arithmetic they now do routinely would have delivered far greater benefits at a younger age than it does now, when the payoffs are less noticeable. The musing taps into a common regret about health knowledge arriving too late to make the most of it.

Why now: Regret about health habits and the benefits of nutrition knowledge landing later in life is widely relatable.

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• Sometimes I imagine how impressively fit and healthy I would have been, when I was young, if I'd done any serious nutritional arithmetic in those days. Arithmetic which is now routine for me—though the benefits aren't as noticeable, at my current age, as they would have been… · setsly@mindly.social · 2

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