DIE DIE DIE!!!

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    1. "I did 3 turns on the treadmill this week and gained, it must be muscle";
    2. Foods to avoid for belly fat;
    3. "Kick starts" - these make me irrationally snarky.
  • civilizedworm
    civilizedworm Posts: 796 Member
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    I'd add some health myths as well, since these are all pseudo medicine and woo.

    01. Oil Pulling
    02. Homeopathy
    03. Chiropractic
    05. Feng Shui
    06. Naturopathy
    07. Pretty much all "Eastern Medicine"
    08. Acupuncture
    09. Chelation "Therapy"
    10. The Pro-Disease, anti-vaccination crowd of celebs like Jenny McCarthy

    All of that is crap and in some cases dangerous.

    Partially agree, although I think chiropractors can be really bad or really good. Depends on the person you see, since I had a chiropractor who I realized was basically a scam artist, but now I have a chiropractor who actually figured out the reason for my migraines which countless specialists and head scans couldn't figure out. He's taught me ways of keeping my joints aligned myself so my chronic pain is better.
    Regardless of good or bad, you're basically seeing a chiropractor for physical therapy. Fine if you want to see a chiropractor for that, however, I'd rather see a licensed physical therapist whose practice is based on science-based medicine. I'm aware that chiropractors have their own licensing requirements in many cases, but I trust that as much I would trust a licensed psychic for making financial or relationship decisions.
  • 1911JR
    1911JR Posts: 276
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    Starvation Mode.

    YUUUP!
  • roanokejoe49
    roanokejoe49 Posts: 820 Member
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    Paleo...
  • PunkyDucky
    PunkyDucky Posts: 283 Member
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    Yep! Pretty much everything that's been listed.
    :smokin:

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  • ebbingfat
    ebbingfat Posts: 117 Member
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    When people with 100lbs to go tell the people who are lean as hell that they are eating the wrong stuff...

    I would just like to point out that being thin is not the same as being healthy. Assuming that someone who is overweight automatically knows less about nutrition than a thin person. As an overweight person who has over 100 pounds to lose, I hate when people think I have no right to an opinion because I'm fat. This happened to me once when a friend was talking to me about his workout habits, and I made a suggestion. My opinion, however, was considered invalid because I'm fat and therefore must be ignorant. I have spent a lot of time researching ways to eat and live healthier, I just don't always have the willpower to execute the plans I make. That is why I'm fat.

    However, I do agree that one person should not be telling another person how to eat. I just don't really think that weight should come into that equation.
  • CindyMarcuzAdams
    CindyMarcuzAdams Posts: 4,006 Member
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    Starvation Mode.
    this and 1200 calories are bad... I am on 1200 and I am still alive and well
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
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    When people say that muscle weighs more than fat.

    NO, IT DOESN'T!!!! 1kg of muscle weighs EXACTLY THE SAME as 1kg of fat, it's the surface area that is the difference!!!! BAH!

    :angry:
  • ebbingfat
    ebbingfat Posts: 117 Member
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    When people say that muscle weighs more than fat.

    NO, IT DOESN'T!!!! 1kg of muscle weighs EXACTLY THE SAME as 1kg of fat, it's the surface area that is the difference!!!! BAH!

    :angry:

    When people say that I feel like it's more an error in phrasing than an actual myth. The thought behind it is right, it's just worded in a nonsensical manner.
  • Jarahal
    Jarahal Posts: 36 Member
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    I will agree with starvation mode.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    A few of mine were already taken, this one was touched on but I'll go ahead anyway

    That HRMs are the most accurate way of estimating calories burned and that you NEED one. They are useful under certain circumstances, not all and they are not the only way.


    And the breakfast one. Anything with meal timing really.
  • xDawnsgrace
    xDawnsgrace Posts: 436
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    dr. oz.
  • EmpireBusiness
    EmpireBusiness Posts: 333 Member
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    "Eat 6-8 small meals a day" and "Skipping breakfast makes you fat"

    No thanks. I'll stick to one meal a day. At 6 PM.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
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    Kick starting or jump starting metabolism by eating at an arbitrary time or from cleansing etc.
  • EmpireBusiness
    EmpireBusiness Posts: 333 Member
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  • shmerek
    shmerek Posts: 963 Member
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    A few of mine were already taken, this one was touched on but I'll go ahead anyway

    That HRMs are the most accurate way of estimating calories burned and that you NEED one. They are useful under certain circumstances, not all and they are not the only way.


    And the breakfast one. Anything with meal timing really.
    In my opinion the only use of a HRM is to see your heart rate the caloric burns can be pretty retarded. I love seeing people post "I burned 1200 calories vacuuming the house" :huh:
  • tanyoshka
    tanyoshka Posts: 50 Member
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    "Starvation Mode"
  • karenj_m
    karenj_m Posts: 215
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    "Female lifters should fear getting bulky." -I would like to take an axe to this one. DIE! :smile:


    ^^^^^^^^
    THIS!
  • marz42
    marz42 Posts: 223 Member
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    1) To lose weight you must eat three square meals a day - I'm screwed then, my plates are round.

    2) Eating after 8pm will cause you to gain weight (I try not to because I have a hiatus hernia and can't lie down for hours after eating and that is the ONLY reason I try to avoid eating late).

    3) You MUST eat breakfast - you CAN'T possibly avoid breakfast, the first thing you eat in the day has broken the fast ergo you have had a breakfast.

    4) Aspartame is poisonous - boll*ck is it, if it was, do you seriously think it would be allowed into our food chain!?!

    5) Eating clean - have you seen my food dairy and have you seen my ticker, I'm losing weight and body fat but I love McDonald's and I work in a curry house and get free food.

    I could go on, but I simply can't be bothered now.....

    xXx

    Lots of things were allowed into the food chain, then later banned. So I don't think that it's there guarantees it's A okay. However since I can't seem to resist the fizzy glug, and I don't want to take in huge amounts of sugar, I'm still taking in the nutrasweet. Heh, last year I got a lecture on the evils of diet soda, from a friend who was drinking a giant sugared "tea" in a can (75 g of sugar, I checked later) and smoking at the time. I think I'll stick with my occasional diet soda.
  • civilizedworm
    civilizedworm Posts: 796 Member
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    dr. oz.
    B I N G O !