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Hilarity on the news feed
bkbirge
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So anyone else find it hilarious that the blog/news feed on our home pages is pretty much non-stop "you must consume more of this or that" when the whole point of this site is to consume less and banish bro-science? My news feed looks like the diet industry bought the national enquirer.
Recent cognitive dissonances:
"Is 2nd breakfast your secret weapon for weight loss?"
"Is morning coffee the key to longer life?"
Recent cognitive dissonances:
"Is 2nd breakfast your secret weapon for weight loss?"
"Is morning coffee the key to longer life?"
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I googled second breakfast, and interestingly enough a myfitnesspal blog showed first.
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/is-second-breakfast-your-secret-weapon-for-weight-loss/
Then, I googled the second title, again from myfitnesspal.
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/morning-coffee-key-longer-life-week-fitness/
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TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »I googled second breakfast, and interestingly enough a myfitnesspal blog showed first.
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/is-second-breakfast-your-secret-weapon-for-weight-loss/
Then, I googled the second title, again from myfitnesspal.
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/morning-coffee-key-longer-life-week-fitness/
That's the point the OP is making. On the news feed MFP inserts their little blog posts and the blog posts often contradict the message boards when it comes to weight loss advice. The blogs are written by many people who believe in woo/bro-science and it's odd to have that contradictory advice on a site which is otherwise successful thanks to its users.10 -
@maxe - extremely informative. So pretty much "ignore the blogs".5
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TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »I googled second breakfast, and interestingly enough a myfitnesspal blog showed first.
https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/is-second-breakfast-your-secret-weapon-for-weight-loss/
Then, I googled the second title, again from myfitnesspal.
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/morning-coffee-key-longer-life-week-fitness/
So you did a google search using the phrasing from MFP and are surprised that the MFP blog posts are at the top of the search results?
OP I agree, I'm frustrated at how many click bait titles are floating on my feed these days, but even more frustrated that people don't understand that these are not representing an official MFP "position" and will often quote them as the gospel in the forums. The one about "should you eat back your exercise calories" is particularly frustrating since the MFP methodology is based on calculating a calorie deficit from NEAT and then eating back calories for exercise above and beyond that NEAT. I've had several confused posters reference that blog in forum discussions disputing the need for eating back those cals.8 -
TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »@maxe - extremely informative. So pretty much "ignore the blogs".
Yes, exactly! Once in a while I'll read them just to see what the people are going on about and it's rarely ever been helpful in my opinion. It's pretty much those clickbait titles you can find on almost any website to try and lure people into feeling weight loss has to be way more complicated than it is.5 -
Maxematics wrote: »On the news feed MFP inserts their little blog posts and the blog posts often contradict the message boards when it comes to weight loss advice. The blogs are written by many people who believe in woo/bro-science and it's odd to have that contradictory advice on a site which is otherwise successful thanks to its users.
Truth be told, even the users are all over the map, often posting advice that just makes me scratch my head. I don't think the success is all about the users advice. Rather, it allows for a wealth of information (including the bro science) that encourages people to tailor their diet and fitness needs to what actually works and doesn't work for them. To me, the biggest issue with the diet industry at large is thinking it's a one size fits all type of deal.
Case in point, I eat a second breakfast (though not because I read some blog). I started it mainly to fuel my lunch time workouts, but discovered it was actually helping curb my evening munchies too. Seems silly that a simple 120 cal snack of cantaloupe and cottage cheese would make such a difference, but on the days I eat it... no issues. Days I don't, generally blow my deficit with late evening snacking. Doesn't matter if I adjust either my 1st breakfast or lunch to add in the 120 cals, no second breakfast tends to lead to evening snacking.
Not saying everyone needs to eat a second breakfast or even a first one, but rather then dismiss it as bro science, let's call it what it is, a "possible" solution for those who struggle with evening munchies.
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So anyone else find it hilarious that the blog/news feed on our home pages is pretty much non-stop "you must consume more of this or that" when the whole point of this site is to consume less and banish bro-science? My news feed looks like the diet industry bought the national enquirer.
Recent cognitive dissonances:
"Is 2nd breakfast your secret weapon for weight loss?"
"Is morning coffee the key to longer life?"
While the "2nd breakfast" article initially invoked images of hairy barefooted Hobbits gorging on carbs, the article focused on people who rise early for morning cardio. In that narrow context, the first very small meal was to provide energy for the workout and the second very small meal to provide energy for the work morning. Overall, it was describing the calorie needs of a woman on a 1200/day calorie The 'coffee' article, as it said, was a curated collection of big news in the wide world of nutrition. Indeed, the consumption of coffee, coffee, and more coffee has been shown to have statistically significant correlation with longer life spans.1 -
I get more annoyed with the ads for diapers and things involving small children. I don't have or want children, I don't need to see diaper ads every time I open this app.1
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I've gotten a few nice recipes off the feeds. Otherwise. meh.0
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Trainers hate him!0
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MsMaeFlowers wrote: »I get more annoyed with the ads for diapers and things involving small children. I don't have or want children, I don't need to see diaper ads every time I open this app.
I get adult diapers.... Rather have those?1 -
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WinoGelato wrote: »
Lol what I was gonna post!0 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
Lol what I was gonna post!
I'm fast with my little gif finding fingers, eh?2 -
I should write for MFP. I got a lot of no "bro science" stuff.
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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What made me laugh was a facebook comment about the ease of losing weight. "Just replace everything fun in your life with vegetables and grueling exertion".3
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The WOO button was created for the blogs lol!3
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In fairness, I have gotten some pretty yummy recipes from the blogs!0
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