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Re:Ask HN: Do you use food as a performance enhancing drug w... by rantallion on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:18AM (#37508613)
"Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support."

Food is food. Drugs are drugs. That's not to say that a poor diet won't result in suboptimal results, but let's not conflate the two.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use food as a performance enhancing drug w... by coldtea on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:31AM (#37508800)
Let's not claim specific foods and diets as not being essential for enhanced performance either (as opposed to merely utilitarian for subsistence).

Nobody said food is a drug in the strict sense. It's the "performance enhancing" part which is the focus, as opposed to something you merely "eat it because you need to" as it it's choice, composition, and amount doesn't have major effects on performance on many levels.

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