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Seed oils should be avoided because they are harmful.

Calories-in/calories-out is the main driver of weight loss.

LDL cholesterol is a decisive cardiovascular risk marker.

Ketosis is a useful or optimal metabolic state.

Saturated fat is preferable and good for long-term health.

Protein above 0.8 g/kg body weight is desirable, often up to around 2 g/kg.

Raising metabolic rate is possible and preferable to long-term health.

Fasting is beneficial to long-term health

Nicotine from non-smoking sources can be a useful health or cognition tool.

Nicotine from non-smoking sources can be a useful health or cognition tool.

Whole grains, nuts, and legumes are health-promoting staples.

Whole grains, nuts, and legumes are health-promoting staples.

Fermented foods like kefir and kimchi are good gut-health staples

Fiber-rich vegetables like lettuce, greens, and salads should be part of your diet.

Factory-farmed pork and chicken are bad choices. Sufficiently so that it's worth stressing, rather than saying their well-fed counterparts are tastier or somewhat preferable.

Solid amounts of red meat are good or desirable

Plenty of simple sugar from fruit, milk, honey, or juice, is good.

PUFAs are generally healthy

One answer could be that the more fundamental principle wins.

I think you may be giving these stances too much credit.

There’s something to be said about people who have a high time preference also often being pacifists or socialists. But that may have more to do with the constellation of ideas in that particular memeplex than logical sense.

For example, compromise increases disappointment right away since nobody involved gets what they want, and they realize this immediately when the compromise is made.

I have trouble with altitude and can barely breathe when I am in, e.g. Bogotá. But Mendoza was no problem for me and I went on morning runs without even noticing a difference.

It's unlikely that an anarcho-capitalist president, if given enough time, will not lower these taxes.

Currently Argentina is also very bad at collecting tax from you.

Are pacifism, socialism and compromise all short-termist?

Pacifism reduces casualties --- in the short term.

Socialism reduces poverty --- in the short term.

Compromise reduces disappointment --- in the short term.

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