I don't want to contradict myself so soon, and start demonizing foods but +1 on avoiding processed foods, usually too much sugar, salt, preservatives, and not enough nutrition...
One observation about most food markets is the real food is usually arranged along the outside walls, while the processed poop, is all in aisles in the middle.
Here's an analogy that kind of fits about nutrition. When you're trying to build a mic preamp, the number and values of the resistors, capacitors, etc are most important in determining whether that circuit will actually work. Even if you had the highest grade metal film resistors you couldn't make the circuit work with "only" them, even if you had a mountain of them...
Only after you have the right types of parts and the right values you can start tweaking your circuit with better kinds of resistors and whatever.
Sometimes when thinking about diet we focus too much on optimizing a component of that diet without bothering to get the whole diet functional first.. And just like a circuit too many unneeded parts is not much use.
JR
edit- One more analogy... An IC is like processed food, while a discrete design is like a home cooked meal,. The IC is simpler to use while the discrete design is robust and just what you want.
One observation about most food markets is the real food is usually arranged along the outside walls, while the processed poop, is all in aisles in the middle.
Here's an analogy that kind of fits about nutrition. When you're trying to build a mic preamp, the number and values of the resistors, capacitors, etc are most important in determining whether that circuit will actually work. Even if you had the highest grade metal film resistors you couldn't make the circuit work with "only" them, even if you had a mountain of them...
Only after you have the right types of parts and the right values you can start tweaking your circuit with better kinds of resistors and whatever.
Sometimes when thinking about diet we focus too much on optimizing a component of that diet without bothering to get the whole diet functional first.. And just like a circuit too many unneeded parts is not much use.
JR
edit- One more analogy... An IC is like processed food, while a discrete design is like a home cooked meal,. The IC is simpler to use while the discrete design is robust and just what you want.
