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Re:Kirin demos "electric salt spoon" at CES by lylejantzi3rd on Saturday January 11, 2025 @08:47AM (#42665835)
> Is salt really that bad?

Here's a brief video that makes the claim that you probably need more salt in your diet. He has 3 more salt videos, if you're intrigued.

You probably need more salt (short): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02rgtB0Bxi0

Salt: Are you getting Enough?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ-ev8Ial8

WHY Low Salt Stresses the Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bNdhM4vt4I

Low Sodium's link to Fat Gain & Insulin Resistance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ygExIZm7Wo

Re:Kirin demos "electric salt spoon" at CES by jmcgough on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:11AM (#42666371)
This guy is not a healthcare professional and makes intentionally contrarian videos for views. He is cherry picking information and ignoring decades of science on nutritional sodium. Please listen to your doctor, not some random YouTuber trying to monetize your attention.
Re:Kirin demos "electric salt spoon" at CES by summeroflove20 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:52AM (#42666651)
> This guy is not a healthcare professional

As aren't you (and i). And why should i listen to a random Hacker dude? Or a smoking doctor? Dou you think every GP is a nutritionist? And even then...

Re:Kirin demos "electric salt spoon" at CES by wenc on Saturday January 11, 2025 @12:36PM (#42667429)
I watch this guy a lot. I noticed a few things.

He does two things that increase believability: he cites papers and studies, and he runs experiments on himself. This is good.

He does one thing that decreases believability: he only cites papers and studies that reinforces his contrarian points, and benignly ignores the rest. This is called being a YouTube influencer.

In ML terms, his content has high precision and low recall -- he optimizes for true positives but not false negatives. It's a form of confirmation bias. You can still use his data (which I assume to be correctly sourced), but you might want to be skeptical of his conclusions by seeking your own disconfirming evidence.

Re:Kirin demos "electric salt spoon" at CES by lylejantzi3rd on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:05PM (#42668554)
> He is cherry picking information and ignoring decades of science on nutritional sodium

Show us, then. He cites his sources. The least you can do is do the same.