I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor

Like many people who strap on an Apple Watch every day, I’ve long wondered what a decade of that data might reveal about me. So I joined a brief wait list and gave ChatGPT access to the 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements stored in my Apple Health app. Then I asked the bot to grade my cardiac health.

It gave me an F.

Two things here:

1. The Apple Watch data itself is not accurate
2. And then the bots running the analysis fixate on one or two metrics to provide the analysis.

Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea by Robert Hart

Whichever security assurance we take, however, it is far from watertight. Users for tools like ChatGPT Health often have little safeguarding against breaches or unauthorized use beyond what’s in the terms of use and privacy policies

I had the same thought when I first heard of ChatGPT health and then OpenAI’s similar offering.

We are inadvertently putting so much private stuff in the hands of these companies. And as countless companies with ads as the primary money making thing, we are not the customers. For some time it will be the people paying for the ads. And then after a bit, not even them. Thank enshittification!

Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy | Cornell Chronicle

Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%. Among higher-income households, the drop is even steeper, at more than 8%. Spending at fast-food restaurants, coffee shops and other limited-service eateries falls by about 8%.[…]

Ultra-processed, calorie-dense foods – the kinds most closely associated with cravings – saw the sharpest declines. Spending on savory snacks dropped by about 10%, with similarly large decreases in sweets, baked goods and cookies. Even staples like bread, meat and eggs declined.

Only a handful of categories showed increases. Yogurt rose the most, followed by fresh fruit, nutrition bars and meat snacks.

I have always felt a bit queasy about this. It feels like curing the symptom instead of the cause.

We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies by Jessica Hamzelou

Our bones are continually being broken down and rebuilt, and they need calcium for that rebuilding process. Without enough calcium, bones can become weak and brittle. (Depressingly, rickets is still a global health issue, which is why there is global consensus that infants should receive a vitamin D supplement at least until they are one year old.)

What Researchers Suspect May Be Fueling Cancer Among Millennials - Slashdot by

A 150,000-person study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting found millennials appear to be aging biologically faster than previous generations based on blood biomarkers.

This is a product of the lifestyles we have now - stress, ultra-processed food, etc.

Studies have linked early-onset cancers to medications taken during pregnancy, ultra-processed foods that now account for more than half of daily calorie intake in the United States, circadian rhythm disruption from artificial light and shift work, and chemical exposures.

Relax, You’re Probably Getting Enough Protein by Boutayna Chokrane

Unless you’re in a specific at-risk group, most likely, yes. The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for protein is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight, or 0.36 grams per pound. People over 65 may require more, closer to 1.2 grams per kilogram, for maintaining muscle mass. But these estimates are meant to prevent deficiency, not necessarily to optimize health. (You can use this protein calculator to determine your daily intake.)

Here's the link to check your protein intake. I need around 58g daily. But the idea is it varies based on your body type too.

I lost a lot of kilos since the time I used to weight around 90 kilos. Along with fat, I also lost some muscle.

I feel great. The best I have in a long, long time. But I could feel the loss of muscle too. I started taking some protein and felt some muscle come back up in my arms. So I was taking less protein than needed.

My Routine - Hugh Howey

We often don’t even wait to get hungry. We wake up, and it’s breakfast time. We eat a full meal, or some junk like a bowl of cereal. We crush a large coffee full of milk. We snack on something before lunch. We eat lunch, because that’s when we have a break in the day. More snacking in the afternoon. A full dinner. Snack before bed. Any slight hunger pain is a mere itch compared to the real deep hunger we are designed to experience before getting a meal.

The first thing to learn is that hunger should not equal panic. Instead, hunger should be celebrated as a sign of a healthy, functioning body. Sit with the hunger a while. Learn to associate hunger not as something wrong, but something right.

There are many good points in this post. Things that I agree with.

It motivated me to finally write about my workout routine too.