pseudo science and weight loss BS

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Sodium and salt are actually two different things. You can have sodium without actually eating salt.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    In fact, insisting that someone says "salt" when they mean sodium is the equivalent of insisting someone says "water" when they mean oxygen. Doesn't make sense.
  • Mcctin65
    Mcctin65 Posts: 507 Member
    Wait!! Bananas make you fat?? That explains everything!
  • Mcctin65
    Mcctin65 Posts: 507 Member
    I had a coworker tell me the other day that he has a friend who swears he builds muscle best by following this nightly routine: Lift weights, eat 50 grams of protein, watch 30 minutes of porn, go to bed. I laughed in the guys face... he swears it's because watching porn pumps in testosterone that will build muscle while you sleep. lol
    That sounds to me like a good excuse to watch porn
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I've heard lots of silly stuff but without a doubt, the most bizarre thing I have heard is that legumes are poisonous.
  • Mcctin65
    Mcctin65 Posts: 507 Member
    Oh, and for some reason a lot of people seem to think that vodka is 0 cal.

    oooh I hate when people say this of any alcohol!! :grumble:
    WHAT!?!?!?!?! Alcohol has calories?? Not if you mix it with diet pop, right?
  • futuremalestripper
    futuremalestripper Posts: 467 Member
    I had a coworker tell me the other day that he has a friend who swears he builds muscle best by following this nightly routine: Lift weights, eat 50 grams of protein, watch 30 minutes of porn, go to bed. I laughed in the guys face... he swears it's because watching porn pumps in testosterone that will build muscle while you sleep. lol
    That sounds to me like a good excuse to watch porn

    Well it is scientifically proven that "stimulation" temporarily increases testosterone production. Granted I don't know the quantities and whether it would have any significant effect.

    That being said, I've actually seen a couple posts that are factual and not psuedo-sicence.
  • pantsdailyon
    pantsdailyon Posts: 173 Member
    Sodium and salt are actually two different things. You can have sodium without actually eating salt.
    ...and you can buy potassium chloride salt.
  • saraht131
    saraht131 Posts: 86
    Anything homoeopathy related. Homoeopathy will not help you lose weight. It won't help you do anything except increase your intake of sugar pills and BS!

    Ditto for reiki, acupuncture, acupressure, cleansing auras, asking ghosts for help or magical sky/garden/whatever fairies!

    Also those diet pills that you have to take along with a healthy diet and exercise. It's not the pills that make you lose weight! It's the diet and exercise!

    Also that high amounts of caffeine gives you energy and makes you less tired. Food gives you energy. And if you're really sleep deprived, caffeine doesn't make you less tired - it just makes you more weird and neurotic and just as tired as you were.
  • Daytonsmommy
    Daytonsmommy Posts: 162 Member
    "Exercise gives you a natural high."

    Yeah, that's great. Thanks for the chemicals. But that doesn't mean busting my *kitten* on an elliptical machine is my idea of a fan-friggin-tastic time.

    Bahahaha! Amen.
  • cannonsky
    cannonsky Posts: 850 Member
    the words tone and sculpt come to mind
  • spngebobmyhero
    spngebobmyhero Posts: 823 Member
    "GMO is bad for you" :laugh:

    I have asked people 'why' a few times, and nobody has ever replied... funny that!

    because it hasn't been around long enough for anyone to actually know if it will have negative effects on the body or not.
  • new2locs
    new2locs Posts: 271 Member
    Shakeweight!!!!!
  • Yes2HealthyAriel
    Yes2HealthyAriel Posts: 453 Member
    The blood type diet and bodywraps have to be my two most common facepalms.

    Oh god I know, a friend of mine was going off about a body wrap. She lost a bunch of inches and some pounds. I told her all the weight would all come back and even sent her a bunch of links to studies on this. She claimed that as long as she kept eating healthy and maintained exercise that she wouldnt gain any of the weight back. Oh well, glad it was her money wasted and not mine.
  • sissy0107
    sissy0107 Posts: 40 Member
    The worst BS I heard : (well not really BS but the explanation behind it is hilarious) :

    When in China, a girl assured to me that : the less the animals has legs, the healthier its meat is Oo.

    Ergo : Fish has no legs -> Super healthy
    Chicken has two legs -> Healthy enough
    Pork, Sheep and other 4 legged meat -> Evil

    Well, in a way, it's true, fish is supposed to be healthier, but when I told her it was probably just a way for girls to remember (I always had a hard time knowing what meat are healthy and what meet are (once again supposed to be) less healthy) she assured me that the number of leg was the reason why it was healthy :o.
    I can't eat fish without thinking about that now.
  • chrisb75
    chrisb75 Posts: 395 Member
    The worst BS I heard : (well not really BS but the explanation behind it is hilarious) :

    When in China, a girl assured to me that : the less the animals has legs, the healthier its meat is Oo.

    Ergo : Fish has no legs -> Super healthy
    Chicken has two legs -> Healthy enough
    Pork, Sheep and other 4 legged meat -> Evil

    Well, in a way, it's true, fish is supposed to be healthier, but when I told her it was probably just a way for girls to remember (I always had a hard time knowing what meat are healthy and what meet are (once again supposed to be) less healthy) she assured me that the number of leg was the reason why it was healthy :o.
    I can't eat fish without thinking about that now.
    So do the 8 appendages on an octopus count as 8 legs or 0?

    Worst food on the planet: Centipedes LOL
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    "Oh you want to lose fat? CARDIO CARDIO CARDIO"
    "Oh you want to gain muscle? LIFT LIFT LIFT"

    and this is wrong? I am honestly wanting to know...

    I will say I do mostly cardio (running) and my legs have gotten quite toned and muscular, not the bulging type the lean look.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    The worst BS I heard : (well not really BS but the explanation behind it is hilarious) :

    When in China, a girl assured to me that : the less the animals has legs, the healthier its meat is Oo.

    Ergo : Fish has no legs -> Super healthy
    Chicken has two legs -> Healthy enough
    Pork, Sheep and other 4 legged meat -> Evil

    Well, in a way, it's true, fish is supposed to be healthier, but when I told her it was probably just a way for girls to remember (I always had a hard time knowing what meat are healthy and what meet are (once again supposed to be) less healthy) she assured me that the number of leg was the reason why it was healthy :o.
    I can't eat fish without thinking about that now.
    So do the 8 appendages on an octopus count as 8 legs or 0?

    Worst food on the planet: Centipedes LOL

    False. Millipedes can have up to 750 legs.

    Damn broscience.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    heard "drinking ice cold water while eating dark chocolate freaks out your metabolism and the chocolate doesnt count"
    believed "cardio will fix you"
    read "_______________ ... HCG .... _________________"
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Lifting like a man makes you look like a dude with man-arms.

    <-- been lifting for 8 months. No manliness yet.
  • BOLO4Hagtha
    BOLO4Hagtha Posts: 396 Member

    You must drink protein immediately after your workout or your muscles will fall off.


    LOLOLOLOLOLOL

    It might feel like that if you worked really hard but that is impossible on so many levels I can't even wrap my mind around it.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Lifting like a man makes you look like a dude with man-arms.

    <-- been lifting for 8 months. No manliness yet.

    There is no explanation for this one except that men are spreading these rumors to free up their squat racks. Has to be.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    There is no explanation for this one except that men are spreading these rumors to free up their squat racks. Has to be.


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  • chrisb75
    chrisb75 Posts: 395 Member
    Lifting like a man makes you look like a dude with man-arms.

    <-- been lifting for 8 months. No manliness yet.

    you do, however, make the duck face with the best of them ;)
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Lifting like a man makes you look like a dude with man-arms.

    <-- been lifting for 8 months. No manliness yet.

    you do, however, make the duck face with the best of them ;)

    LOL yeah! It was meant to be silly. :)
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Lifting like a man makes you look like a dude with man-arms.

    <-- been lifting for 8 months. No manliness yet.

    There is no explanation for this one except that men are spreading these rumors to free up their squat racks. Has to be.

    I dunno. Most of the men I know encourage women to lift, and the guys in my gym have been super supportive and helpful. The women there, sadly, not so much.
  • quantumpion
    quantumpion Posts: 8
    Awesome clip of Richard Feynman on nutrition and knowledge: http://youtu.be/VPunpjeFaiQ
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Awesome clip of Richard Feynman on nutrition and knowledge: http://youtu.be/VPunpjeFaiQ

    Feynman is awesome.
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    I always thought growing organic was about not soaking your food in pesticides rather than what fertilizer you use.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I always thought growing organic was about not soaking your food in pesticides rather than what fertilizer you use.

    It's not a defined term, which is part of the problem; some experts say that food producers are using it to charge higher prices without justification. But the term "organic" can cover the type of fertilizer used.

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