Personally my preferences involve eating meat, and Keto was exception good at reducing my blood sugar, and many other medical issues such as hypertension. I did think about going vegetarian, but it just doesn't suit my situation.
The problem is that vegan or vegetarian diets will scare away many people for no good reason.
Anyway, if you want something that actually works, look at the AIP diet: https://www.thepaleomom.com/
But yeah in general I agree. It's pretty amusing how the HN crowd talks about measuring and temporary fixes like "intermittent fasting" but not at all about actually ending the poisoning by food... Yeah sure, you can do all sorts of stuff to prolong your life while stuffing yourself with poison. However the most effective way is still not to eat the god damn poison in the first place. But hey, then there would also be no engineering problem to solve and no products to sell, right?
There are so many reports coming out now that diet (mostly a whole foods plant based diet) can reverse diabetes and that too in a short time. People heal faster when they remove the root cause of the problem. (bad diet)
https://nutritionfacts.org/2019/10/08/how-not-to-die-from-di...
Hard to believe not a single comment about diet (whole food plant based) from hacker news community.