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Re:Blueprint health protocol – Bryan Johnson (founder braint... by Galichev on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @04:07AM (#38839659)
Do we have evidence that looking healthy and being healthy are correlated?
Re:Blueprint health protocol – Bryan Johnson (founder braint... by bawolff on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:35AM (#38840557)
Depends how you define those terms, but i think the answer is an obvious yes.

Many looking healthy things are literally just your body functioning correctly.

Re:Blueprint health protocol – Bryan Johnson (founder braint... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:44AM (#38840630)
The thing is that what "looks" healthy is culture-dependent; nowadays in the caucasian west, looking lean and tanned is considered a healthy / attractive look, but in other places, times and subcultures having more weight or pale skin is considered healthy (or attractive).
Re:Blueprint health protocol – Bryan Johnson (founder braint... by bawolff on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @04:04PM (#38847157)
That doesn't prevent it from correlate. If obesity is the bigger threat than looking skinny is correlated with being healthy. If food scarcity is a bigger threat than the opposite.

However a lot of more subtle things like soft, shiny hair or good skin are correlated with nutrition.