Back in the day, humans just ate food. Nowadays we don't have that luxury.

These days we are bombarded by information from people, companies, and organizations who may not have our best interest in mind.

It's absolutely impossible to get any kind of footing on what is healthy, what is unhealthy, and for who, and when, and under what conditions.

Generally people base healthiness relative to other foods they might eat instead.

A blueberry muffin is healthier than a candy bar, so that means it's healthy.

Many, many people use this as justification for eating blueberry muffins, which are actually awful for you. Like really bad.

Unfortunately our organs don't care what you would have eaten. A blueberry muffin is bad for your organs regardless of what it replaced.

Yet people are totally justified in thinking under these terms, because after all - there is no standard definitions or criteria for what is actually "healthy."

Until now...

The robot diet - which is, by definition, the healthiest you could possibly eat, that is setting the goal post for "healthy." Instead of comparing foods to similar foods to determine how healthy they are, compare them to what would be the healthiest possible thing to eat.

Back to the question - is a blueberry muffin healthy?

Would you feed blueberry muffins to a robot version of yourself? Absolutely not.

It is very important to reiterate that the robot diet is a thought experiment, not a real diet. Nobody expects you to eat this way. It solely serves the purpose of a nutritional goal post that's set in solid concrete.

Go eat the blueberry muffin. Not because it's healthy, but because it tastes good.