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What exactly do you consider “clean” eating or “healthy” eating?
I know for me clean eating is weighed portions, and primary veggies and fruit. Trail mix, dried fruit, most cheeses and breads are what I consider junk or more iffy foods. And anything like pretzels, chips, usually popcorn and etc are junk junk food. What exactly does your clean eating consist of?
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Two or more diet sodas a day increase risk of heart attach or stroke
Anyone have any thoughts on a new study from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association that diet drinks are increasing your risk of heart disease. The study had over 80,000 postmenopausal women take part. It found that women who drank 2 or more artificially sweetened beverages each day were 31% more…
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The Soft American
Interesting "Beginning more than 2,500 years ago, from all quarters of the Greek world men thronged every four years to the sacred grove of Olympia, under the shadow of Mount Cronus, to compete in the most famous athletic contests of history—the Olympian games. During the contest a sacred truce was observed among all the…
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What exactly is "regular"?
I hope this isn't TMI, but I have a question about BM's. I have one every morning, right around the same time and that's it for the day. It's like clockwork. A friend of mine tells me she has one pretty much after every meal and that is what being "regular" means. Three times a day?? My system has been like this as long as…
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Cholesterol
My most recent blood work revealed my LDL was high, my Triglycerides were high, and my LDL/HDL ratio was 5.1. My doctor told me I should cut down on high cholesterol foods like red meat. I did that for a while and wanted to lose some weight, so I thought I'd try the keto diet for a while. Shortly into that I realized that…
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Carbs at night/before inactivity?
It's a classic question that's always being debated, it seems! What are your thoughts: substantial amount of carbs at night -- good or bad? (Obviously there'll be a difference depending on how much is 'substantial' and if they're complex or simple... But let's hear it!)
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Smart watch/ tracker: dominant or non dominant wrist?
For me, non-dominant wrist. The only argument I have seen made for wearing one in the dominant hand is also an argument against that. Wearing in the dominant side will result in me movement of the wrist registering as steps because our dominant hand moves more. The reason for wearing non- dominant was, back in the day, to…
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Recording steps
I have been logging my steps ever since I got the app. Sometimes I go out in my car and obviously don’t want that recorded as steps. Other than switching off my phone data, is there any other way of freezing the steps taken, without losing all the previous recoded days history? Thank you
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Eat more to reduce body fat? debate
I'm a long term maintainer, a big believer in CICO, its definately how I maintain my weight but I had a long conversation with my eldest son the other night about lowering bf%. He was mentioning how two of his co workers had in recent weeks started going to the gym and both have a personal trainer who advises them on food…
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40+ Push-Ups in a Row for Men to Reduce Heart Disease Potential? - Study on Firemen
https://www.studyfinds.org/men-more-than-40-push-ups-heart-disease/ The article follows the firemen for 10 years and 36 of the 37 that could NOT bang our 41 push-ups at the start of the study developed heart disease. So this article is a direct measurement, not a projection. I would also guess a fireman that can bang out…
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A couple of questions for you all...
#1 If you travel to Singapore you'll see a) lots of slim people b) lots of places to eat c) an affluent economy. Why is this different from my country (New Zealand) where you have b & c but not a? #2 Back in 1980 there weren't as many obese people as there are now, but you could overeat to the point of being sick without…
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Is anyone confused?
Information is great but it really amazes me just how much information and debate complicates some very simple concepts about fitness. Cardio, Muscle, Burn Fat, Weight Loss, Keto, Atkens, High Carb, Calories In Calories Out, Low Carb, Low Fat, HITT, Low Intensity cardio, Steroids, High Intensity cardio, Sugar, Supplements,…
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Top 19 Nutrition Myths 2019
So Examine just put this out https://examine.com/nutrition/awful-nutrition-myths/ And I thought it might be interesting to discuss and see if anyone has any myths they think are bigger than Examine's list.
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breastfeeding and weight loss
does any one know healthy ways to lose weight and breast feed and also how to add it into there myfitness app because it uses up calories? also mommy and me workouts if u know some i have a 2month old and a 2 year old
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Fat fetishism
I just learned about this fetish for fat. I am nearly speechless at the discovery. What’s to debate? Well I guess between us fitness folks, nothing, although ....I am willing to keep an open mind for new information about how this could be a healthy choice in certain circumstances. Ok, I suppose we can make a case for it ,…
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Strength Training While Losing Weight??
Do you think that it is better to strength train while trying to lose weight -OR- do you think that it is better to lose the desired amount of weight before trying to tone the body?
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Would you eat cricket protein?
This week's "Hidden Brain" was about how people decide what we consider food and what we don't. I caught part of the show on my way to a hiking trail, people were commenting that you can't even tell the protein bar was made with ground up crickets. So ... would you? Here's the podcast version of anyone wants to listen:…
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Exercising while doing chemotherapy
Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone has been through this? I find myself with so little energy that making it through my workouts is more and more difficult. I lift at around 50% of my weights right now. Fatigue and nausea are probably my biggest problems. Any ideas? Beside rest. I get bored😁🤗 tricks I should try?…
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Diet pill, eat what you want
Read an update on this yesterday, https://www.wired.co.uk/article/diet-pill-weight-gain-fat-mice (The article I read was in Danish, and I cannot seem to find it in English) and it seems as though scientists are moving closer to an actual pill for humans. I'm just a bit concerned about the effect. While I'm sure it will…
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Ultraprocessed food and increased mortality risk?
Came across this and thought I'd put it out there for discussion: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2723626?utm_campaign=articlePDF&utm_medium=articlePDFlink&utm_source=articlePDF&utm_content=jamainternmed.2018.7289 I don't feel knowledgeable enough about the subject to comment on it,…
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Low Fat Bread and Gluten Free Potato Chips
I’m triggered this week. Two misleading food labels in a row. All bread is low fat! Other than banana bread. Gluten Free potato chips? Really? Guess what. Potatoes are born gluten free. In my diabetic classes I was taught to read the regulated nutrition labels. Lining up comparable products can be a real eye opener. It…
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Metabolism privilege
This is an entirely theoretical question. :-) Everyone's heard of high metabolism vs. low metabolism, but how much it impacts one's ability to gain or lose weight is debated, from what I've seen. For the purposes of this question, let's pretend it exists. Not only exists, but has a huge impact. So a person could have,…
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Pesticides in organic versus conventional farming
@kshama2001 suggested this be on a different thread. So yes, rotenone has moved off of the schedule of FDA approved pesticides for organic. Last I heard read it was up for removal, and it seems that has come to pass. There is still the matter of cuprics - copper derived pesticides like copper sulfate. Per a source I think…
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WOE change or consistent inaccurate logging fixing stalled weight loss
So I had sort of a lightbulb moment today reading thru some of the posts which start about this time about "why am I not losing weight" etc. There are always a few folks who will pop up and say that they were stalled and then they changed up their WOE based on a Dr advice for a spouse or an issue they were having etc. and…
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Why do ketogenic diets affect some people's appetite?
Clearly not everyone one's, but I find it interesting to consider why some people's hunger is impacted by ketogenic diets. I've heard insulin control as one explanation. I find this explanation unsatisfactory because if excess insulin played a large part in excess appetite, losing weight would be a virtuous cycle, even…
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Keto diet -pros and cons
Hi, I’m looking to lose around 40-50 pounds. Currently , I am watching my caloric intake. Meaning, I eat foods that I like, just count my Calories and stick to my daily allowance. I’ve heard mixed reviews on the Keto diet. What are the long term effects? For those have done Keto, is it hard to stay consistent? Those who…
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Is counting calories all wrong?
I have been following mfp for 1 month now and doing well with it. I just strarted if as well as monitoring calories via mfp. I dont know if i got it all wrong because this doctor claims counting calories is not a correct way to do it. https://youtu.be/jXXGxoNFag4 can anybody chime in on this?
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Artificial Sweeteners
In your calorie-counting journey do you use artificial sweeteners? If so, what kind? I've heard so much talk over the years about aspartame causing cancer (my husband's aunt died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the doctor told her it was caused by drinking multiple litres of diet Coke a day) and I've heard chatter recently…
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This decades “health woo”
It seems like each decade/period of time has some health thing that is all the rage and then later people roll their eyes at it. What do you think this decades will be? Sugar is the enemy? HAAS? Protein shakes/supplements?
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How to deal with comments
I take the whole cutting weight/bodybuilding diet/hitting macros thing pretty seriously and I'm kinda known in my groups for having a cooler full of meals in my truck, eating at certain times, protien shakes etc (yes I know meal timing isn't important. I like it. That's all. That's my reason for it.) Anyways over…