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Over eating is an ecological issue- motivation?
I was wondering if anyone else thinks about the ecological impacts of over eating, and if anyone else is motivated by that? The idea first came to me when I heard we were fishing the ocean to death. While I am a vegetarian and I was vegan for 11 years, I don't believe that veganism or vegetarianism is a one size fits all…
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Vegans: Why not vegetarianism?
Why did you choose to be vegan over being a vegetarian? Was it a gradual shift?
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How early is too early for Christmas?
It’s been a hard, odd year, and a lot of people are suffering with country-wide lockdowns, illness or politics. So let’s have a debate which hopefully will not end up getting closed (unlike my last one 😱). I LOVE Christmas and need the joy and sparkle this year, not to mention helping others is really needed right now. I…
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Accountability Buddies - Yay or Nay
Hello MFP! I was thinking about this while I was reading through a bunch of posts of people asking for accountability buddies, and I asked myself is it a good idea to rely on someone else to keep you accountable to your goals? My own opinion is no, it’s not, you have to keep yourself accountable. It’s not someone else’s…
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Academic article on artificial sugar
Can anyone access the actual article on this Eloi Chazelas, Charlotte Debras, Bernard Srour, Léopold K. Fezeu, Chantal Julia, Serge Hercberg, Mélanie Deschasaux, Mathilde Touvier. Sugary Drinks, Artificially-Sweetened Beverages, and Cardiovascular Disease in the NutriNet-Santé Cohort. Journal of the American College of…
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CrossFit
Love it or hate it? Why
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Organic Food is Good for Weight Loss?
My friend argues that organic foods help with weight loss. I argue that a calorie is a calorie no matter where it comes from. A 50 calorie organic cookie is still 50 calories worth of food. If you eat too many organic cookies you still gain the same amount of weight! Am I missing something here?
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The Great Fitness Scam
In a nutshell, the US leads the world in fitness spending but is 143rd in the world in fitness participation. So we love our fitness gear, fitness trackers, and gym memberships, but don't actually care to use them to improve our fitness. :'( The Great Fitness Scam The United States leads the world in spending for health…
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Lose a stone in 21 days with Michael Mosley - opinions!
So ... thoughts? It's TV show on Channel 4, it's not long started. As far as I can tell, he's recommended 800 cals & a keto approach. I've yet to watch it so l might be wrong!! I think it sounds hopelessly unrealistic and I'm not quite sure that anyone should follow such an extreme diet without consulting their GP.…
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Longevity benefits of periodic fasting? (eg- monthly)
I know there is info about the potential benefits of various kinds of fasting, but I'm wondering if anyone knows about periodic fasting, like once a month? I feel like the science on fasting in general is SO contradictory, when I look for specific articles, it seems that there are some conclusions in mice, some with…
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Carboholicism
Is food addiction real? And is it fair to compare my perceived addiction to carbs to somebody's actual addiction to alcohol, narcotics or other serious drugs?
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Scales vs looks
Just wanted to know everyone’s thoughts on the wildly different ways a weight can look on a person. I’m a little frustrated because I have a friend who just had a baby- her stomach is the same size as mine (who never has had a kid lol). She’s probably 3 bra letter sizes bigger than I am, especially now, and has about the…
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How do you define "Curvy?"
I wasn't exactly sure where to put this, but I figured there would be plenty of differing opinions so here we are. I recently discovered (within the last year or so) that I'm not on the same page as a lot of people when I describe myself as "curvy." To me, a woman s curvy if there is a significant bust:waist and/or…
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Cut Added Sugars Recommendation from 10% of US Diet to 6%?
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans advisory committee is recommending lowering the added sugars recommendation to 6 percent of daily calories, from 10 percent for the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Amerians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/11/sugar-2020-dietary-guidelines/ From the article: "The…
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holiday eating
how much weight will I gain if I have been eating 2000 calories over my maintenance for 10 days? and is this sudden weight gain easy to lose?
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Will "unnatural" factory farming produce better food?
Indoor farms, once a concept from science fiction, are becoming a reality. With new advances in LED lighting and renewable engergy sources, vegetable crops can be grown in a warehouse like building. Crops would be protected from weather, insects and animal, and most diseases. The site could use less water, less pesticides,…
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Stop counting calories - Harvard Health
Got this on my inbox today, and wanted to share. Dr Stanford does give some good points. I don't think I'll stop counting calories any time soon though, personally. Especially since I've seen how it helps me. Thoughts?
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Feel good at 1500 calories
Now I am not saying I can’t eat more but I feel satiated around that many calories. Let me explain I am someone who can not go without soda. I have tried to quit many times before but always give in. Recently I have been drinking diet sodas and making homemade ice teas with zero calorie sweetener. Before doing this I would…
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Education overhaul
Do you think that we would have less of an obesity problem in our society if our education system was overhauled to include mandatory cooking classes, nutritional science, exercise science, physical exercise (not the PE classes that exist nowbut military style PT, runs, calisthenics, lifting etc.) This is all part of the…
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Whole grains are bad???
In this video a doctor tells us various health foods are actually bad and one that sticks out to me is whole grains and oats I've seen a few of his videos and he basically tells you anything bread related is bad Are whole grains really that bad for you? I always thought they were healthy https://youtu.be/oB_PPQ5cHyE
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UK government obesity strategy
Ok everyone, what are your thoughts on the newly announced UK (?just England as health is devolved) anti-obesity strategy. For those who haven’t seen it or are not based here the gist is: The government are stressed that as a population we’re just too big (over 60% of the population are at least overweight and nearly 25%…
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The internet needs newer Isagenix content
Silly me. I ordered the Isagenix Basic Pack before I did my research. THEN I looked into it and so much of what I found was older stuff. All newer threads and comments were...weird. Feel free to share your honest experiences under this thread with no judgment from me. Everyone is different. My “experience” lasted four days…
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why cant some people realise that to lose weight i i have to be in a calorie deficit??
i was arguing with a grown woman who’s done slimming world and lost weight and we had an argument about how you need to be in a calorie deficit to lose weight and she wasn’t having it. she was like well i lose weight while eating in a surplus!! well you clearly weren’t in a surplus and how would you know if you were if you…
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Why do people keep defending sugar?
Sugar (& other highly processed carbs) has no nutritional benefits, so why are so many people defending it? Fruit & veg are good for you because they have high levels of nutrition, and the fibre content helps to mitigate the bad effects of the sugar content. So although a lot of people lose weight while keeping their sugar…
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Why is tracking steps a thing?
I honestly don't get it. Why are people tracking how much they walk around during the day doing normal activities? I suppose if you're always sitting that it could be a motivator to get up and move, but when I see people complain that their Fitbit isn't recording the steps they're taking when grocery shopping I am…
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Does dieting lead to greater weight gain in the long term
I'm not advocating this view, but its one you often hear in the media: that "diets don't work" and in the long term cause you to gain more weight than if you never went on the diet in the first place. Is this just "fat logic", or is there something to it?
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My dad’s on another ridiculous fad diet...
My dad has tried just about every kind of diet/ lifestyle you can imagine. For about two years he was strict keto, ate super high fat, lots of meat, etc. Swore he was going to do that the rest of his life. Now he’s been vegan/vegetarian for about 3-4 years, except the past few months he’s been getting more restrictive and…
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Bagels or doughnuts?
Let's say you have 300 calories to spend and you want something round with a hole in the middle made from flour. Bagel, or doughnut? My favorite bagel shop shut down about two decades ago. They just opened back up in November! I go once or twice a week. Nothing like a good, fresh bagel. It doesn't even need to be toasted.…
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is MFP more important than marriage?
well, not really a debate (I hope! :o ) Today is my wedding anniversary and coincidentally I recieved this message from MFP on receiving my 7 year MFP poster badge: Wow! Seven years. Your community relationships have outlasted most marriages. Do most marriages really last less than 7 years these days?? (or was that…
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Eye opening article in Jy 25 2020 New Scientist about undocumented micronutrients
I know we know little about nutrition compared to what there is to know, but a recent article in New Scientist talked about efforts to identify and quantify some of the thousands of undocumented chemicals in what we eat. They describe a database building effort that lists 70,000 nutritional compounds in some foods, more…