Define "healthy" food...

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?
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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    JoRocka wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    So if I get 500 to 600 calories from ice cream and cookies to fill in my diet, does that make me less healthy than the person that is getting 75% of their calories from fish, rice, and vegetables?

    Yes. Just look at the ingredient list.

    Where your nutrients, fat, carbs, etc. are coming from do matter.

    oh really??? care to elaborate?

    so if my macors are 35p/35c/30 fats and I hit them all with eggs, chicken, rice, bread, etc and then filled in rest of day with ice cream and some cookies, you are saying that is an unhealthy day just because I got 500 - 600 from ice cream and cookies...really?

    As I said, look at the ingredients. That is, unless you're going with organic or natural. It's not necessarily the food itself that's the problem. Food colorings and artificial flavors? Preservatives and other chemicals they put in a lot of foods? No thank you.


    First, all food has "chemicals" so unless you are drinking pure water you are ingesting *gasp* chemiclas.
    You're missing it. If you saw the post I made earlier about the ingredients in Dominoes pizza, maybe it'd be easier for you to understand her point.

    That post you made actually made no sense. All you did was list ingredients in a pizza and pick what you thought was unhealthy. Which there was absolutely no reason why it would have been healthy.
    It's called ingredients that do not have a place in pizza.

    Interesting, I wasn't aware that there was a rule on what belongs in a pizza.

    There should be. Pepperoni - NO, pineapple - yes.

    you're saying pepperoni doesn't belong on a pizza- but pineapple does?

    At no point- outside of sauce- does fruit belong on a pizza.

    Ever.

    Yuck. no.

    meat- cheese- sauce.
    yes.
    fruit? nope nope nope.

    Pineapple and cream cheese pizza.

    Pepperoni would be my second choice.

    chicken, feta, pineapple, black olives, sliced tomato ….BOOM …

    OMG, add banana peppers and I'm in love!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    Sarauk2sf wrote: »
    MoiAussi93 wrote: »
    Sarauk2sf wrote: »
    MoiAussi93 wrote: »
    At not wasting my time providing links to people who have no genuine interest in them? Actually, I'm pretty good at that.

    But I do have a genuine interest.
    If you did, you would research the issue yourself. It's really not that hard. You obviously have internet access. If you don't care enough to research it, why should I do it for you?

    Then why did you offer. Again, seems disingenuous.

    Also...lulz at the google weak google it yourself ploy. You realize that people can see right through that right? Right?
    I think she was calling your bluff. You claimed to have a "genuine interest", but you didn't.

    If you were genuinely interested in anything, you would seek out knowledge on the subject and wouldn't even limit yourself to the Internet, much less a discussion board.

    If you do not have enough interest to seek out information on your own, there really is no reason someone else to provide you with it.

    If you want to learn, go learn. Nobody can stop you.

    I am going to step out here and say,. She already knows and would like the other poster to elaborate.
    That's not what she said. She had a genuine interest. If her interest was in knowledge, she can go get more. There is always more to get.

    If her interest is in mocking or insulting that poster, she doesn't need a link, lol.

    just because you LOL something does not making it funny.
    Yes, it does,

    The poster made a claim about a study linking sugar to heart disease. Some of us would like to see said study as we are curious if this is a study about obese people, average people, in shape people, study methods etc…

    It is not our job to go find said study when the other person is making the assumption ..

    here I will put five smile faces to make you feel better :):):):):)

    and an LOL so you feel like we are laughing together…LOL
    If you have some scholarly interest, go study the subject. Then you'll know whether or not she's right and won't have to ask People Who Google for information. No links will need to posted. No "My link is better than your link!", "Nuh-uh! My link is better than your link! It's Science!" conversation will need to take place.

    She already posted her ideas and her links and was mocked and insulted. If she feels no need to repeat the process, I don't blame her.

    Whether she's right or wrong, she isn't deserving of being mocked or insulted.

    ummm no that person posted a link to google, not a link to the specific study..

    it has nothing to about saying "my study is better than yours", it is a genuine interest in the methods used and what the conclusion were. But you would not care about because you are too busy supporting the downtrodden of MFP :)
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    Sarauk2sf wrote: »
    MoiAussi93 wrote: »
    Sarauk2sf wrote: »
    MoiAussi93 wrote: »
    At not wasting my time providing links to people who have no genuine interest in them? Actually, I'm pretty good at that.

    But I do have a genuine interest.
    If you did, you would research the issue yourself. It's really not that hard. You obviously have internet access. If you don't care enough to research it, why should I do it for you?

    Then why did you offer. Again, seems disingenuous.

    Also...lulz at the google weak google it yourself ploy. You realize that people can see right through that right? Right?
    I think she was calling your bluff. You claimed to have a "genuine interest", but you didn't.

    If you were genuinely interested in anything, you would seek out knowledge on the subject and wouldn't even limit yourself to the Internet, much less a discussion board.

    If you do not have enough interest to seek out information on your own, there really is no reason someone else to provide you with it.

    If you want to learn, go learn. Nobody can stop you.

    I am going to step out here and say,. She already knows and would like the other poster to elaborate.
    That's not what she said. She had a genuine interest. If her interest was in knowledge, she can go get more. There is always more to get.

    If her interest is in mocking or insulting that poster, she doesn't need a link, lol.

    just because you LOL something does not making it funny.
    Yes, it does,

    The poster made a claim about a study linking sugar to heart disease. Some of us would like to see said study as we are curious if this is a study about obese people, average people, in shape people, study methods etc…

    It is not our job to go find said study when the other person is making the assumption ..

    here I will put five smile faces to make you feel better :):):):):)

    and an LOL so you feel like we are laughing together…LOL
    If you have some scholarly interest, go study the subject. Then you'll know whether or not she's right and won't have to ask People Who Google for information. No links will need to posted. No "My link is better than your link!", "Nuh-uh! My link is better than your link! It's Science!" conversation will need to take place.

    She already posted her ideas and her links and was mocked and insulted. If she feels no need to repeat the process, I don't blame her.

    Whether she's right or wrong, she isn't deserving of being mocked or insulted.

    Nope, no link has been posted in this thread. Nor has she posted a link the thread where the link was supposedly posted.

    Oh, and "white knight" bingo box is now covered, people.
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  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    call it heretical if you will, but figs, olives, caper berries, preserved lemons, and even apricots are welcome on my pizzas.

    I felt something.

    Well, except for capers. Those are pickled monkey snot.
    And I'm behind, but I'm glad I had my pizza. And it had fresh peppers, and I believe I personally added some E116b directly. I like cumin.

    Lol @ person telling Sara to educate herself.
    Could quite possibly win for derp comment of the year. And are only 6 days in.

    The year is young and I expect MFP will rise to the occasion.
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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited January 2015
    MrM27 wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    call it heretical if you will, but figs, olives, caper berries, preserved lemons, and even apricots are welcome on my pizzas.

    I felt something.

    Well, except for capers. Those are pickled monkey snot.
    And I'm behind, but I'm glad I had my pizza. And it had fresh peppers, and I believe I personally added some E116b directly. I like cumin.

    Lol @ person telling Sara to educate herself.
    Could quite possibly win for derp comment of the year. And are only 6 days in.

    The year is young and I expect MFP will rise to the occasion.

    MFP: The Rise of the Derp < has a catchy ring to it
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited January 2015
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

    go look it up yourself…I gave you the tools…

    besides, you would benefit from educating yourself about these things.
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    edited January 2015
    carrieous wrote: »
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv

    Eggs, milk, beef, pork and cheese-all have commercials
    Edited for John Stamos....greek yogurt, one of my favorites.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    edited January 2015
    ^^

    so does peanut butter, greek yogurt, salad, frozen vegetables....
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited January 2015
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

    go look it up yourself…I gave you the tools…

    besides, you would benefit from educating yourself about these things.
    I did look. Found nothing concrete.

    I even asked two people who practice medicine if they knew what people were referring to when they used the phrase. They did not. They understood "markers", but that isn't how the phrase is used here. They figured it was kind of what you said, "cholesterol and whatnot" and that it meant nothing.

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    carrieous wrote: »
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv

    So, no pistachios, California dairy, beef (it's what's for dinner), pork (the other white meat), eggs (the incredible edible egg!), mixed nuts, etc.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

    go look it up yourself…I gave you the tools…

    besides, you would benefit from educating yourself about these things.
    I did look. Found nothing concrete.

    I even asked two people who practice medicine if they knew what people were referring to when they used the phrase. They did not. They understood "markers", but that isn't how the phrase is used here. They figured it was kind of what you said, "cholesterol and whatnot" and that it meant nothing.

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".

    so you already asked a dr in ten minutes..that is impressive..

    it is generally understood to be a term dealing with general blood work and cholesterol levels….
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    carrieous wrote: »
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv

    ummmm …care to elaborate or is that all you got?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    edited January 2015
    Kalikel wrote: »

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".
    http://www.dietdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Numbers.png
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    carrieous wrote: »
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv



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    4369289730_0acfdf77bb.jpg

  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited January 2015
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

    go look it up yourself…I gave you the tools…

    besides, you would benefit from educating yourself about these things.
    I did look. Found nothing concrete.

    I even asked two people who practice medicine if they knew what people were referring to when they used the phrase. They did not. They understood "markers", but that isn't how the phrase is used here. They figured it was kind of what you said, "cholesterol and whatnot" and that it meant nothing.

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".

    so you already asked a dr in ten minutes..that is impressive..

    it is generally understood to be a term dealing with general blood work and cholesterol levels….
    Gotcha.

    I've been trying to get a definition for a while. It isn't that impressive, even if I did just ask now, lol.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

    go look it up yourself…I gave you the tools…

    besides, you would benefit from educating yourself about these things.
    I did look. Found nothing concrete.

    I even asked two people who practice medicine if they knew what people were referring to when they used the phrase. They did not. They understood "markers", but that isn't how the phrase is used here. They figured it was kind of what you said, "cholesterol and whatnot" and that it meant nothing.

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".

    so you already asked a dr in ten minutes..that is impressive..

    it is generally understood to be a term dealing with general blood work and cholesterol levels….
    Gotcha.

    or had you previously asked and you had a preconceived notion in your head and you were trying to be sneaky ….??

    some people are so easy to read...
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    carrieous wrote: »
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv



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    4369289730_0acfdf77bb.jpg

    cackling....this is just so wrong...gag
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".
    http://www.dietdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Numbers.png

    Even better and thanks! :)
  • jke78
    jke78 Posts: 59 Member
    imho, there is no "bad" food, just bad eating decisions - like eating an entire bag of chips or box of Twinkies in one sitting. Chips and Twinkies aren't bad by definition; Eating the entire bag is. Of course, this also applies to eating the entire bag of those "healthy" nuts.


    Yes, I agree.

  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    carrieous wrote: »
    food that doesnt have commercials on tv
    Eat em up
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  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    emilyrigh wrote: »
    So you're telling me if someone wanted to gain weight they could eat at McDonald's every day and still be healthy? Wash down their grease infested fries down with coke and ice cream and still be healthy?? Sounds like a one way ticket to a heart attack. No sir, that's not healthy. Your diet does matter.

    google the "twinkie diet"

    guy ate nothing but twinkies maintained a calorie deficit, lost weight, and had better health markers..

    so yea, you can eat mcdonalds and lose weight …however, it would not be best option for body comp purposes but for fat loss it would work.
    When you say "health markers", what, exactly do you mean?

    I keep asking this, people keep not telling me, lol.

    I assume you mean blood tests. Which tests, specifically, constitute "health markers"?

    blood work ..cholesterol and what not …
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

    go ahead and read for yourself...
    I'm not asking about the Twinkie diet.

    I'm asking if this "health markers" phrase has some kind of agreed upon definition. "Cholesterol and whatnot" would lead me to believe it does not. Please let me know if I'm wrong. :)

    go look it up yourself…I gave you the tools…

    besides, you would benefit from educating yourself about these things.
    I did look. Found nothing concrete.

    I even asked two people who practice medicine if they knew what people were referring to when they used the phrase. They did not. They understood "markers", but that isn't how the phrase is used here. They figured it was kind of what you said, "cholesterol and whatnot" and that it meant nothing.

    Markers and bands and such are generally fairly specific. They have their own names, etc.

    "Health markers" - I'm starting to think it really has no meaning at all, not even to the people who use it.

    Maybe it's another thing that has no meaning and everyone gets to choose for themselves what it means. Like "healthy".

    There is no standard set measure of "health markers" but in general terms what might be included are

    Blood pressure
    BF%
    urine albumin
    LDL/HDL
    fasting plasma glucose
    A1c
    HbA1c
    CRP
    and things like VO2 max, HR return to resting, etc...

    Those used in a study are defined in a protocol - if your two friends are unable to at least mention three then they don't read many articles involving health markers. The term is used in the literature.
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