1. It requires extensive metabolism and absorbs quite poorly alone. That and you're probably running on ketone bodies when doing it, rather than sugar, which has different metabolic properties.
2. I love N=1 experiments. That said, I also like spinach.
3. Most terrible state of things, since bad nutrition makes everything worse, and then there are diseases which are heavily dependent on what you eat.
4. Were it so. It so happens that barely anything people usually eat as food has serious other effects, and when it does, it's low to very low effect size. They don't even exactly add up.
2. I love N=1 experiments. That said, I also like spinach.
3. Most terrible state of things, since bad nutrition makes everything worse, and then there are diseases which are heavily dependent on what you eat.
4. Were it so. It so happens that barely anything people usually eat as food has serious other effects, and when it does, it's low to very low effect size. They don't even exactly add up.