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Welcome to the MyFitnessPal Community: Debate Club - Please read
The Debate Club section is here for members to have respectful discussions as it relates to contentious topics (i.e. - sugar addiction, etc.) and emerging science and nutrition policy. The main goal of this forum is to provide a specific area to have discussions on topics that are highly debated; aka hot topics. As a…
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Posting in Debate
Hey all, We've noticed a lot of folks posting content in this category that doesn't belong in debate. Please feel free to report those to us, and we can move them to the correct category. To report, click "flag" then select "report". Under "reason" select "other" and just write a quick note about the topic being in the…
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The BUNNY debate!
Is a chocolate bunny a bunny? This was asked in the debate forum earlier today! Below is my "official" bunny post from back in 2022, as posted in the Larger Losers group… What would YOU count as a bunny?!?!?! This is a 🐰's nightmare: people eating ALL the bunny food... and leaving none for the poor bunnies!🙀😎 1 bunny = 85g…
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Thoughts on new USDA dietary guidelines?
From realfood.gov
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10,000 Steps or a Short Walk?
Consistently failing to live up to a smartwatch demand for a daily total step count combining lackadaisical perambulating here and there around the house along with serious intent, I was drawn to this fairly recent research: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/assess-the-fitness-study-sayin-b7Ir41CBQu.et.lRipbyJw#0 Hours of…
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What are your weight loss theories?
You probably have attempted to lose weight at least once in your life. You probably gained insight into what works, and what doesn’t work. You might have a few theories into weight loss. I’m interested in hearing them. I’ll go first. These two theories are complimentary. The first is that the majority of people could…
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Who still hates the new format pre 16.10.25
Innefficent, Clunky, cumbersome, feel like I'm losing my way in it and it's a real effort to log food. Pretty sad as I have been using MFP for over 12 years. Anyone else feeling like me???
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Crazy Marketing Claims in Ads
It seems like they'll tell us anything to sell diet/exercise programs. Would anyone like to share some? Here are a couple of recent ones I saw online (I swear I didn't make these up): and
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Why is It……
The biggest person in the gym hot tub, dispensing diet and nutrition advice, is the one people hang on their every word. Your turn. Why is it…….
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Thanksgiving
What do y'all think, we tracking on Thanksiving/Christmas or nah? Me… nope. This'll be me: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AV4n5ydUF/
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Unpopular opinions
What unpopular/controversial opinions do you have regarding fitness/exercise/food? No BS broscience, just things that other people find harsh/do not necessarily agree with. It's better if you can back these opinions up with some sort of decent argument. I'll start, I've got a couple I wholeheartedly believe. Unpopular…
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Unpopular Opinion: Weight Training burns more fat than cardio.
Argument: When you weight train and are in a calorie deficit it is when most of your fat will start to fall off. People believe that cardio is the best way to burn fat but it’s quite the contrary. It’ll most likely take away from your muscle before it takes away from your fat. When you weight train and are in a calorie…
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Obesity, Processed Foods, and Positing That “Extra Exercise” Can Eventually Hit a Metabolism Wall
Washington Post 7-15-2025 What causes obesity? A major new study is upending common wisdom. Many people assume obesity is caused by too little exercise and too many calories. But researchers have found inactivity is not the main cause. Obesity is uncommon among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, Tsimane forager-farmers in…
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Exercise and calorie burn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/07/16/obesity-cause-diet-exercise/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=MET-DRX-NAT-USA-CONTNTFEED&fbclid=IwdGRjcANhq1tleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAZDjnix6wEedB4N45LWI8MaRkQy9ycBo0Ns9mpFWbCtSMh3cWqWN_RFkcs34uHFDLBErnI_aem_nfj3iPLAnWrNMhUpqnmUCg&audience=new_audience&utm_…
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver causes
I was diagnosed last year and the specialist was certain that I drank alcohol. Even my last appointment when I was able to reverse my condition, he told me out of all the things that I do, stop drinking alcohol. Well, I believe it's the grams and grams of sugar that they put in our food and drinks, especially high fructose…
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Do you think peptides are the future of recovery or just a passing trend?
Do you think peptides are the future of recovery or just a passing trend?
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AI Argues about ... DRUMSTICKS
The following Perplexity responses sought to address my own "perplextity" about getting two very different responses from it and from Google's Gemini on how much protein is in a medium chicken drumstick. Thought others might enjoy it, or have fierce opinions of their own:…
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Insulin Resistance and what to do about it
I watched these two videos: Dr. Yasmine Elamir Talking with Docs Dr. Brad Weening and Dr. Paul Zalzal They are both talking about insulin resistance, what causes it, how to avoid it, how to deal with it. But their solutions are different. Dr. Yasmine Elamir suggests food sequencing with the protein, fat and vegetables…
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Territorial Gym Peeps
This is so silly, but it’s rankling me. Our gym has a huge women’s dressing room, with four spacious U-shaped sections, all with lockers and clothes hanging bars for those not using lockers. I always automatically put my stuff down at the same spot, at the end, under a small hanging bar. I put my moderate sized bag of gym…
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Does a Higher Calorie Allowance Make Managing Weight Loss Easier or Harder?
I’m sharing a question I had from another board here, as I can see how it might spark a debate- When you have a significant amount of weight to lose, which usually comes with a generous calorie allowance, how do you strike a balance between eating satiating, nutrient dense foods and including treats so you don’t feel…
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Do you force yourself to eat the minimum required/ recommended calories when you're not hungry?
Do you force yourself to eat the minimum required calories when you're not hungry? If you're not hungry due to hot weather, being too tired, if you're feeling unwell or for any other reason, do you force yourself to eat or do you just eat when you actually feel hungry?
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Social Media Influencers Promoting “Skinny”
sorry to be here with yet another Apple News link, but if you’ve got it, this NY Magazine “The Cut” article is interesting: https://apple.news/AV0OxwuiIS7OV1SV3zfe5jA It’s a bit of a deep dive into influencers, particularly this one, who are encouraging eating disorders without actually “encouraging” eating disorders, to…
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To Keto or Not To Keto?
Everything I hear is either "OMGGGGG you must go Keto, I lost a bazillion pounds!" Or it's "Don't go keto. The minute you eat anything not keto, you gain SO much weight."
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Cold Turkey for everything, or ...
What if one has multiple health, fitness adjustments that need to me made in addition to the standard working out and eating. For example nicotine and cannabiis. Ill leave out harder drugs because thats its own war, but still things that need to be overcome also. All at once, cold turkey ?! Are we making a single yes/no…
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Social Media : Good? Bad? Indifferent?
How do you feel about social media? How has it affected you, for good or for bad? Other than MFP, I’ve only done Facebook, but dropped off it about three years ago, after turning over the reins as “Communications Chair” for our HOA. I no longer needed to be on it every day. (No I couldn’t keep your neighbor’s dog from…
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Is There A Body Fat Percent "Trap" During Weight Loss?
Here's what I think: It's surprisingly common to see posts here about body fat or muscle-mass percent changes that don't really hold together, because many people don't understand the arithmetic. My basic point, because this is going to be long (again): If you care about body composition, convert body fat or muscle-mass…
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Natty or Not
Do you think it's important for fitness influencers to declare whether they take enhancement drugs or not?
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YouTube video review - 7 Habits to lose 25 lbs
I've been scrolling through YouTube lately and have come across a number of weight loss videos. Most of them say the same things — eat more protein, eat at a deficit, eat lots of vegetables, get in some exercise. Occasionally, I find one that is a little different. Like this one - Link to her 7 Habits video - by Chelsea…
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Intermittent Fasting
Hello everyone. I would like to hear people’s thoughts and opinions on intermittent fasting. I have heard a few podcasts with Jason Fung regarding this topic and I believe he makes some very strong valid points.
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The myth of age and weightloss?
I saw a post about being older and it being harder to lose weight and easier to gain. When you look it up it says a 20 year old man burns 10 - 15 percent more than a 50 year old all else being the same. My question... is all else the same: When i was a kid I played games and sports all day. When i was a teen I played games…
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Government calorie advise misleading?
So, I have a question here. Me and my hubby are both 169cm high, about 70-80kg heavy. According to UK BMI guidelines we're both on the verge of obesity. My husband was shocked, when I made him calculate his maintenance calories and it only came out as 1800, whereas the UK recommends 2500 for the average man. Now we can…
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no sugar or flour, food addiction?
Do you think there is food addiction? Some people say dont eat sugar or flour. That seems like a hard way to live, not ever having a cookie? They say they dont struggle. What do you think? I know I keep gaining and losing the same 5 pounds, it is still a struggle for me. I would like to not struggle but giving up sugar and…