what kind of blogs does fitness pal send related , to my email?!!!
levoosayegh
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i recieved an email from my fitness pal these health blogs and articles , and i clicked on one that showed that a student was studying Nutrition and had used 2 things to kick off her weight loss , one of them was result garnicia and apple cider vinegar . i was intrested in the whole ready , they even had a section of comments.
anyway few mins later i clicked on another article that was similar about the subject ! and oh my goodness , it was the exact same except it was a guy who "discovered" this combination , and it was another product with apple cider.
they both had the same comment section !
can i really trust the information my fitness pal provides when promoting there blogs ? the diets , exercises ? recipes ?
im honestly in so much doubt now .
if you go on my page , i posted a picture of the article subtitle .
anyway few mins later i clicked on another article that was similar about the subject ! and oh my goodness , it was the exact same except it was a guy who "discovered" this combination , and it was another product with apple cider.
they both had the same comment section !
can i really trust the information my fitness pal provides when promoting there blogs ? the diets , exercises ? recipes ?
im honestly in so much doubt now .
if you go on my page , i posted a picture of the article subtitle .
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Garcinia and ACV. Oh, MFP, you're sinking to new lows.4
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levoosayegh wrote: »i recieved an email from my fitness pal these health blogs and articles , and i clicked on one that showed that a student was studying Nutrition and had used 2 things to kick off her weight loss , one of them was result garnicia and apple cider vinegar . i was intrested in the whole ready , they even had a section of comments.
anyway few mins later i clicked on another article that was similar about the subject ! and oh my goodness , it was the exact same except it was a guy who "discovered" this combination , and it was another product with apple cider.
they both had the same comment section !
can i really trust the information my fitness pal provides when promoting there blogs ? the diets , exercises ? recipes ?
im honestly in so much doubt now .
if you go on my page , i posted a picture of the article subtitle .
No, the blogs are mainly clickbait, sadly. Once in awhile you'll see a rare good piece, but they are far and few between.
If you want the real scoop, just start a thread about whatever you'd like to know about here in the forums which are blessedly derp-free.
Edited to add: PS: I can't view your page because it isn't set to public.
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Doubt is good. Trusting blindly and not using common sense is bad. Be grateful you realized this 2
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I used to receive lots of notification from MFP via e-mail. I decided that they were too controversial, the load of information was too much for my e-mail box and my brain, and many were not related to my goals or need. I modified my notifications and now I don't receive anything. My life is better and my e-mail box is cleaner.
If you want to reduce the amount of e-mails and notifications that you get from MFP, go to Settings and modify the frequency their frequency.4 -
Here's another recent thread addressing pretty much the same issue:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588422/blog-woo#latest2 -
Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.0 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
no its official0 -
levoosayegh wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
no its official
Can you post the links to them here?0 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »levoosayegh wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
no its official
Can you post the links to them here?
i deleted the email , but , add me i posted a picture for when i first saw it0 -
levoosayegh wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »levoosayegh wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
no its official
Can you post the links to them here?
i deleted the email , but , add me i posted a picture for when i first saw it
You can also post the screenshot here.0 -
I think I would block the source of those stupid ads.1
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levoosayegh wrote: »i recieved an email from my fitness pal these health blogs and articles , and i clicked on one that showed that a student was studying Nutrition and had used 2 things to kick off her weight loss , one of them was result garnicia and apple cider vinegar . i was intrested in the whole ready , they even had a section of comments.
anyway few mins later i clicked on another article that was similar about the subject ! and oh my goodness , it was the exact same except it was a guy who "discovered" this combination , and it was another product with apple cider.
they both had the same comment section !
can i really trust the information my fitness pal provides when promoting there blogs ? the diets , exercises ? recipes ?
im honestly in so much doubt now .
if you go on my page , i posted a picture of the article subtitle .
Garcinia & apple cider vinegar pitches aren't MFP blog posts. Those are ads. Not sure why you are getting spam ads in your MFP email. I don't. Perhaps report this to Support: https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/emails/new
These are MFP blogs posts:
Ad modules are different. I don't know what this looks like on a phone; I'm sticking to desktop because it is free and easy to solve the ad problem there.0 -
Apple cider vinegar is a natural probiotic, so it is logical to see a positive health benefit when incorporating it to your plan. Other natural probiotics and prebiotics include sour pickles, miso soup, soft cheeses, sourdough breads, sauerkraut (the real stuff, not over-processed ), legumes, honey, red wine, asparagus and maple syrup. These generally have higher integrity from whole foods sources. So shake it up and include some of these tasty foods
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snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
Ah, I've shut those notifications off too.
@levoosayegh are you talking about ad modules within email from MFP about blog posts? Posting the picture here would be really helpful.0 -
Apple cider vinegar is a natural probiotic, so it is logical to see a positive health benefit when incorporating it to your plan. Other natural probiotics and prebiotics include sour pickles, miso soup, soft cheeses, sourdough breads, sauerkraut (the real stuff, not over-processed ), legumes, honey, red wine, asparagus and maple syrup. These generally have higher integrity from whole foods sources. So shake it up and include some of these tasty foods
You might want to start your own thread about the glories of ACV instead of derailing this one.
Better still, put "apple cider vinegar" into the search engine here and you'll get literally hundreds of hits for threads devoted to this subject that you can always add onto. 11 -
kshama2001 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
Ah, I've shut those notifications off too.
@levoosayegh are you talking about ad modules within email from MFP about blog posts? Posting the picture here would be really helpful.
for some reason , its not giving me the option to add a picture here0 -
levoosayegh wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Thought I'd mention:
Are these blogs "official" MFP blogs, or just blogs from random members?
Anyone here can start a blog, and can pretty much write whatever they want on it. Not sure why you'd be getting email notifications on those kind, though, because I have my notifications turned off.
Ah, I've shut those notifications off too.
@levoosayegh are you talking about ad modules within email from MFP about blog posts? Posting the picture here would be really helpful.
for some reason , its not giving me the option to add a picture here
Are you on your phone? That could be the reason.
Hang on, I'll grab it from your profile.
Edit: Here it is.
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Is the "Sponsored by Online Health and Fitness" line at the bottom indicating an ad?2
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