Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

It's a pity no one on the team has any experience in a relevant field, and the "Is it safe?" answer is absurd. You could say the same thing to deem cigarettes safe.


Zero food scientists on staff but hey they have a COO, VP of Business Development/Sales and a CTO who does the website.


By "does the website" you mean cloned https://github.com/lockitron/selfstarter and modified the copy?


Indeed, the hand-waving and un-attributed testimonials are of the same class of support usually provided for ideas like Breatharianism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breatharianism


Very true. They need a nuticionist on the team


YM dietitian. A dietitian is someone with the relevant educational background, at least in the US. (The title of "nutritionist", in contrast, has no legal requirements, so they are perfectly free to call themselves nutritionists if they want to.)


More than a nutritionist, they probably need a ten year double-blind study. "We tried it on ourselves for a few months" isn't long enough for some deficiencies to present themselves, lacks a control, and both the investigators and the test subjects are aware of what they're taking in.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: