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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?
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Etiquette at the gym regarding sauna use
I recently joined a gym that has a sauna. I've never went to gym before that had one so I was really excited about it.. That is until I used it with other people. When I've used saunas in the past, I would rinse off first, wore nothing but a towel (brought an extra one to sit on), had a water in hand and no devices…
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Do you think the human lifespan will be significantly extended in your lifetime?
A lot of billionaires are investing in life extension technology, and a lot of companies interested in life extension solutions have grown recently. These have the aim of extending both the lifespan and healthspan (number of healthy years) of the average person. They want to do things like slow or even reverse the cellular…
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Heart Disease: Genetic or Lifestyle ?
What do you think? How much of heart disease is family history vs your chosen lifestyle? I (45, F) had my DNA sequenced and I did not have the genes that indicate an increased risk of heart disease. But…. the men in my family have all died of Congestive Heart Failure. My cousin (basically my sister as we were raised…
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Hibernation Mode
It's a real thing.
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What a lot of us here already know: "Fast" carbs don't make you fat!
https://www.abc27.com/news/health/fast-carbs-dont-make-you-fat-study-says/ I saw this article yesterday, and it confirms what a lot of us here already know: There is no difference between carbs that are supposedly processed faster (e.g., white bread, pasta, etc.) than slower-digesting carbs in terms of weight loss or gain…
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"worth every calorie" - inappropriate phrase??
https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/20/great-british-bake-off-prue-leith-sparks-upset-with-calories-remark-15456076/ I dont watch the show myself but stumbled on this news item. Do the fans have a point or are they over reacting? We often read the same phrase on MFP posts about cake or whatever - admittedly this is a calorie…
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How angry would you be?
My teenager is texting me that we should look into a plant based diet because their health teacher is showing The Game Changers in class. (If that’s not the most Californian sentence ever, I don’t know what is.) I’m actually open to moving towards a more plant-based diet, and I know that they can be healthy and tasty. When…
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Weight gain due to HAES, body positivity and intuitive eating
Is anyone here because of gaining a lot of weight due to these movements? I got completely sucked in to the rhetoric some very famous influencers have put about online that there is no true evidence that being overweight or obese is linked to health problems. Any studies were biased and fatphobic. Now I’m borderline obese…
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what fats are good/bad?
I hear a lot of controversy about good/bad fats Some say butter is ok and others say, don't go there Some say eggs have a lot of fat/cholesterol, but others say they're a super food Does everyone say olive oil is good? I haven't heard much against it Nuts are good i hear, but don't eat too much of them. how much is too…
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Male Pattern Hair Loss
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/1/214
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To Hydrate or Not to Hydrate
I've heard that it is just big business telling us to hydrate all the time so they can make a buck, when all that is really needed is to just follow your body's que and just drink when thirsty. Any thoughts?
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THE BIG 3!!
Do you NEED, the big 3 to build a great physique?? Bench? Squat? Deadlift? If yes or no, why?!? GO! 🥊
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The ‘food’ industry started the ‘exercise’ industry.
Conspiracy theories are everywhere. I recently heard this one: “The food industry started the exercise industry to move the focus away from the ‘food’ being the source of the weight gain and increasingly poor health of Americans. What do you think?
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Sugar Addiction Debate
This discussion was created from comments split from: Sugar Addict.
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Is it really all that bad to be slighly underweight?
My doctor had told me that she wanted me to gain weight, which I did a few years ago and I haven't felt all that good about it since doing so. I was only 8 lbs underweight. I gained 15lbs and don't feel like exercising as much. I don't have as much energy as I did when I was lighter. I know that body image and eating…
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Can T2D be reversed?