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Medical advice
I find myself wondering more and more about the amount of medical advice I see getting pushed around on these boards. It's one thing if someone asks about what may be helpful for someone with a certain condition... but I see so many comments anymore telling people "oh, you're type II diabetic? Oh, you have high blood…
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Solar Energy
Since we're talking about home temp control I thought it would be interesting (and helpful to me) to see what people have to say about solar vs traditional heating/cooling. We live in an area where we use more cooling in the summer and less heating in the winter, and there's an aggressive campaign by various solar…
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Weight Loss Drugs and the Food Industry
I suppose this could be less of a debate and more of a energetic discussion, but I didn't see the topic fitting neatly anywhere else. So here goes... I follow the markets relatively closely, and in recent weeks there's been chatter than Ozempic and drugs like it could be having an effect on food producers, grocers, and…
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Eating red meat linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds
As always with these study results, I wonder if the effect is from red meat per se, or the absence of other foods. I usually think fruit and vegetables. This says there were be better outcomes with nuts or legumes. So I wonder if the people who eat the most red meat never eat nuts or legumes. What if someone eats all…
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California becomes the first state to ban 4 food additives linked to disease
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/10/1204839281/california-ban-food-additives-red-dye-3-propylparaben-candy California has become the first U.S. state to outlaw the use of four potentially harmful food and drink additives that have been linked to an array of diseases, including cancer, and are already banned in dozens of…
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Walmart CEO says Ozempic drug could be impacting grocery sales
Inspired by this comment and response, I looked up the story: https://www.supermarketnews.com/nonfood-pharmacy/walmart-ceo-says-ozempic-drug-could-be-impacting-grocery-sales ...Walmart U.S. chief executive John Furner claims that the company has seen “a slight change” in food purchasing habits of people taking Ozempic and…
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Using Semaglutides is cheating or not?
Since this is the debate page, I figured I'd ask the masses here how they feel about someone or themselves using Semaglutides for weight loss such as Wegovy, Ozempic or other Compound Semaglutide forms. I've found in my personal circle that there is a mixed feeling in this as some people consider it "cheating" and some say…
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WHO: aspartame a possible carcinogen
https://fortune.com/well/2023/06/29/world-health-organization-aspartame-possible-carcinogen/amp/
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Calories burned is the same if you are walking slow or fast
There seems to be conflicting information on the inter webs. Maybe y’all can weigh in on a debate between my husband and I. I believe that if someone walks 2 miles in 30 minutes they burn the same amount of calories as someone who runs it in 15. My husband thinks that if you walk faster you burn more calories. I say the…
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FDA to intervene in wild CBD claims
If you want to watch a hippie's head explode, tell them that if CBD really cured everything, "big pharma" would have never let "them" legalize it. 😆 The company Curaleaf claims that it has developed products that can treat a slew of the most formidable conditions found in humans, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,…
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Why do people deny CICO ?
So many people just don't grasp the concept of calories in calories out. They tell me that not all calories are equal and that you have to eat healthy to lose weight. I used to argue with these people but lately I just smile and nod. It's worked for me.. I eat basically anything I want and have lost 5 kg. I feel so many…
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The body positivity movement promotes obesity
I have heard this argument from several people. I am on the fence about how I feel about this. Personally I have been clinical obese my whole adult life. I have lost over 100 pounds, I am a distance runner now and I do CrossFit 3 times a week. I do feel that I had had to learn to love myself, before I could make the…
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Is social media causing a lot of unneeded stress?
Personal opinion................yes. Working in a middle school, all kids pretty much rate their status on social media as a definition of them. I see so many people just snapping pics and being on their phones in the gym instead of stowing it just for an hour. I know people who end on in live on their Instagram, Facebook,…
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Adding exercise calories
So, question, and feel free to disagree. I'm genuinely interested in people's experience with this. Does anybody ever find it a bit problematic adding exercise calories on separately? Or do you find it more helpful? I switched mine to just having my setting on active and not adding exercise calories. It felt like I had…
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What do you do if you go over by 200 calories? 500? 1000? 3000?
Is there a point where you stop counting? Do you make it up the next day? do extra exercise? drink lots of water? fast? skip breakfast? Today has been a total disaster. I've had a few this week, I'm still learning, plus I'm on holiday with my other family so I'm not used to eating how they eat. I don't want to walk…
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WeightWatchers and Noom to offer prescription weight loss drugs
I heard this story last night and found the controversy interesting: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/24/1189831416/weightwatchers-and-noom-to-offer-prescription-weight-loss-drugs "...SUMMERS: Yeah. I mean, Maria, for any of us who have struggled with our own weight and turned to places like WeightWatchers or Noom for help and…
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DNA testing kits
We find ourselves in a precarious moment in time. Secrets surrounding identity have existed since the start of humanity. In 1954, a court ruled that donor insemination constituted adultery on the part of the woman, whether or not the husband had granted consent. Nine years earlier, TIME ran a story about the legal status…
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Vitamin D and covid
I watched this video recently. John Campbell presents the evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk of admission to ICU for covid related complications. https://youtu.be/x5sc7G4s4CY Does anyone have any criticisms about John Campbell and how he interprets research? Shouldn't he also be critiquing the evidence that vitamin D…
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Diabetes drug significantly cuts body weight in adults with obesity
Read this interesting article the other day, wanted to share. I've been prescribed a similar drug due to - now waning - type 2 diabetes (Victosa, using liraglutide instead), and I think it has also helped me somewhat curb my appetite, especially in the evenings (I've been on a weight loss journey for close to 10 months…
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What is very active?
This is more for fun because I want to debate someone from mfp... but when selecting activity level the examples for very active are - bike messenger and carpenter. Who came up with that??? As someone who worked as a bike messenger during college in Chicago and also works as a carpenter now... let me tell you, they are NOT…
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Carnivore diet
I have started the carnivore diet, of eating all and anything animal products, some root veg and nuts, and losing weight doing so in the 2 weeks IV been doing it. Has anyone else started the diet ? And how are you finding it ?
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Public vs private food diaries on MFP
I would like to know what your food diary is set to. Tell us if you have your setting to public, shared with friends or private, and why.
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New research suggests obesity impacts brain response to nutrients for life
Interested in your thoughts here - a new study suggests a potential biological component to obesity. News article: https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/12/obesity-brain-response-nutrients-study/ Actual study (I haven't looked for a free version, but the abstract is there...): https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-023-00816-9…
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Lost 90lbs, 120lbs, then 150lbs....now fatter than ever! Is there really hope for those over 400lbs?
I've lost 90lbs, 120lbs, then 150lbs (+many +/- 30lbs, 40lbs) - all with diet and exercise over the years. (I'm 48 years old). Now I'm fatter than I've ever been in my life. Now I'm pushing 50 years old, and just recently diagnosed with heart ischemia. Ive been back at it, knowing this might be my very last attempt and I…
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Set Point Theory
Wait a second, I didn’t think this was a real thing. I came across 2 different articles that say otherwise: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK576400/ And this one from the Cleveland Clinic https://health.clevelandclinic.org/weight-loss-plateau/amp/ (this second article reads like woo to me because of all the starvation…
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Are low-carb diets unhealthy? - Dr. T. Colin Campbell
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2569612/Are-low-carb-diets-BAD-Nutrition-expert-claims-giving-grains-lead-heart-disease-cancer.html According to this article, low-carb diets can lead to heart disease and cancer. It references a book The Low Carb Fraud, written by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a doctor with over 40 years…
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What’s your pet hate at the gym?
Sometimes getting yourself to the gym can be hard, staying and pushing hard is the next step but what are the things that get your goat when there? - machines broken? - Crowds? - BO! - Etc
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Love of Vegetables Starts Extremely Early IMHO
I keep seeing in the media and on morning talk shows (and everywhere quite frankly) parenting tips of how to "sneak vegetables" into your kids diet. My kids LOVE vegetables. My honest belief is that it's because my wife. Certainly not me. We both watched our kids when they were very young. We worked on alternating days and…
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Do you think people are realistic about what being healthy can do for us?
I know a lot of folks who are eating better, losing weight, exercising, etc... do so because they think it's healthier for them. So I'm wondering... What DOES being healthy do for us? (fight off illness better, less wear and tear, longer lives, what do you feel like it does for you?) Do you think you are realistic about…
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Weight Watchers vs MFP
I have been looking into joining Weight Watchers. After researching, it seems to be what MPF provide. If there a difference? What are the advantages?