Weight loss
Weight loss plateau: why weight stalls and what to do about it
The weight has stayed at the same number for the third week in a row, even though the diet hasn't changed — and the first instinct is usually the same: to cut even more.
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Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Health
Salt in processed food: where it is most abundant and why the salt shaker is not the culprit
The WHO recommendation is less than five grams of salt per day, but the actual intake is about twice that.
Calorie counting
Calories and macros on the label: why the numbers don't match reality
The same buckwheat in three different apps gives three different calorie counts, and the package shows a fourth.
Calorie counting
How to count calories in a restaurant and with food delivery when there is no recipe
A home-cooked meal can be calculated by its ingredients, and packaged food can be checked on the label.
Technology
How a neural network recognizes food in a photo
A photo of a plate turns into a number on the screen in a few seconds, and from the outside, it looks like a measurement.
Technology
Why AI confidently states incorrect figures
The unpleasant feature of machine responses is not that they can be incorrect—reference books and labels can be wrong too.
Technology
Barcode on packaging: what is encrypted in it and what is not
There is a persistent belief about barcodes: that you can supposedly tell the country where a product was made from the first digits, and verify its authenticity from the rest.
Technology
Chestny Znak and the square code on the packaging: what it shows
Next to the familiar stripes on packaging, there is increasingly a small square made of dots.
Technology
Where do apps get calorie and macronutrient data and why do the numbers differ
The same cottage cheese gets different calorie counts in two apps, and people usually assume one of them is wrong.
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