The joys of office broscience - misguided food/nutrition advice
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Jojomotivated wrote: »One day someone told that me that if you eat while sitting down, food automatically turns to fat. Food can only be digested if you eat while standing up (cause you know, gravity). I just nodded. Also, your metabolism shuts down after a certain time and doesn't come back on until exactly 6am. Same person. lol
There were a few good Star Trek references so far in this thread, so let's keep that going
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Jojomotivated wrote: »One day someone told that me that if you eat while sitting down, food automatically turns to fat. Food can only be digested if you eat while standing up (cause you know, gravity). I just nodded. Also, your metabolism shuts down after a certain time and doesn't come back on until exactly 6am. Same person. lol
There was someone who posted a couple of months back whose friends had told her that if she walked around whilst eating she would burn twice the calories of whatever it was. Sadly she was asking if it was true.
ETA, the post: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10113308/walking-and-eating-burns-more-calories0 -
I found out today that a lady I work with thinks that the reason I eat cottage cheese and hot sauce for breakfast every morning is because it speeds up my metabolism and that's why I'm losing weight. She's now eating hot sauce on a bunch of stuff.
I eat cottage cheese and hot sauce for breakfast because I like cottage cheese and hot sauce.0 -
Our infamous High Level bridge.
I've never seen it not covered in snow lol. I moved from Edmonton
I'm a Leo. A very, very confused Leo.Nony_Mouse wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »So not to be argumentative, but I think it's interesting that people seem to be thinking that we should EAT our sign (i.e., Pisces eats fish, Taurus eats beef). As a Sagittarius, I'm not really into this idea (although I guess it goes back to how as a Type B I should be drinking the kumis), but my initial assumption was that we would eat as our sign would eat.
Not that that helps me a lot! ;-)
How can I get a conclusive answer on this very important question?
I would have thought it was eating how your sign eats too. I therefore choose to be a herbivorous fish.
By one methodology I should be eating Lions? Or cats? Ew. Also, that might make grocery shopping difficult.
By another methodology I should be eating what lions or cats eat.
It is imperative to me that someone clarify this. Or maybe I should just stick with eating for my blood type?
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Our infamous High Level bridge.
I've never seen it not covered in snow lol. I moved from Edmonton
I'm a Leo. A very, very confused Leo.Nony_Mouse wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »So not to be argumentative, but I think it's interesting that people seem to be thinking that we should EAT our sign (i.e., Pisces eats fish, Taurus eats beef). As a Sagittarius, I'm not really into this idea (although I guess it goes back to how as a Type B I should be drinking the kumis), but my initial assumption was that we would eat as our sign would eat.
Not that that helps me a lot! ;-)
How can I get a conclusive answer on this very important question?
I would have thought it was eating how your sign eats too. I therefore choose to be a herbivorous fish.
By one methodology I should be eating Lions? Or cats? Ew. Also, that might make grocery shopping difficult.
By another methodology I should be eating what lions or cats eat.
It is imperative to me that someone clarify this. Or maybe I should just stick with eating for my blood type?
I think you're just looking for an easy out, because you're too lazy to run down a Zebra and bite it's azz.
ETA: Having said that, I'm a Libra and here in Australia Libra is the leading brand of feminine hygeine products, so maybe I should just keep my fool mouth shut.0 -
That's what my hubby does. He does not like the taste of reg. Coke.krissyreminisce wrote: »Something that has always boggled my mind, can someone explain the concept behind ordering a large Big Mac value meal and a diet coke?
She told me it was to save on cals...
I always ordered Diet Coke because I liked the taste more than regular coke. Maybe that makes me weird. The only 'regular' soda I'd drink was Mt. Dew.
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I have a coworker who refuses to eat meat. I told her it was nice that she was a vegetarian.
She said "no, I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat anything with muscles because I read that muscle weighs so much more than fat and I don't want to ingest all that heavy meat muscle". (shovels in the macaroni and cheese)
Go ahead...be flabbergasted.
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arditarose wrote: »My boss says that during the week of the full moon, or right before it-you can eat all you want and not gain weight. I just smile and nod.
This is true. It is because of the pull of the minds gravity being at it's strongest.
My aunt has stated that this is the only time she travels since you can travel faster during that week for the same reason.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I know someone who became a vegetarian but hated vegetables. Yes she was in the hospital after about 2 months due to fainting spells.
Thats my cousin. She has been vegan for at least 20 years (since she was 7years old - by her own choice). She only eats grain based things (bread, pasta, etc..) and fruit.
We had a friend's kid staying with us for a few weeks. She decided she was vegetarian any time she didn't like what was for dinner. To her, vegetarian = can have cereal for dinner. She was miraculously cured of her vegetarianism when we had pepperoni pizza, but it came back the next night when we had chicken.
This reminds me of my old office--which was largely Jewish, even, although the catering staff obviously was not--where a vegetarian friend of mine kept complaining that they'd never have any vegetarian options at lunch. During one such interaction he was informed that the salad was a vegetarian option, and he pointed out that it had bacon bits. Apparently the catering manager seemed flabbergasted that bacon bits counted as meat.
We're they Bacos? Coz they're vegetarian!
Nope, actual bacon.
The vegetarian complained about the bacon but the Jewish workers did not? A catering manager that clueless needs a new line of work.
Do all Jewish people avoid pork, or just orthodox? I thought it was an orthodox thing.0 -
asflatasapancake wrote: »Can someone explain to me the weird "don't eat past 9pm" thing? I've heard that a few times and I'm feeling search engine lazy right now.
You would have to watch a movie called Gemlins to truly understand. It's a documentary about what happens if you eat after 10pm. I've been careful ever since.
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Speaking of weird things... Neil De Grasse Tyson posted on Twitter that you can burn 1200 calories a month if you drink ice cold water, because of the extra calories that your body uses to put it back to body temperature.
Hmm. Always thought it was broscience, but that dude typically knows what he's talking about.0 -
Has anyone else been told that smelling food will take away the craving for it? If so and it worked for you how long did you smell the food before your craving was satisfied?0
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@Alatariel75 libras are required to balanced their food. You must eat hot and cold together. Light food and dark food together. Cooked and raw together. But it must at the same time out of scales.kellienw335 wrote: »Kimberly_Harper wrote: »Yesterday one of my coworkers told me she has to eat every two hours because she is RAVENOUS after two hours.
Does she know the definition of ravenous?
Has anyone disappeared from your office without explanation?0 -
Has anyone else been told that smelling food will take away the craving for it? If so and it worked for you how long did you smell the food before your craving was satisfied?
If that's so then the cinnamon roll and cookie shops at the mall are doing it wrong when they pump the smell of their baking goodies out into the mall.
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spacequiztime wrote: »
I don't think I'd mind eating horse but that's illegal in the US.lemurcat12 wrote: »So not to be argumentative, but I think it's interesting that people seem to be thinking that we should EAT our sign (i.e., Pisces eats fish, Taurus eats beef). As a Sagittarius, I'm not really into this idea (although I guess it goes back to how as a Type B I should be drinking the kumis), but my initial assumption was that we would eat as our sign would eat.
Not that that helps me a lot! ;-)
How can I get a conclusive answer on this very important question?
"Pet broscience" is a whole other can of worms
I'm not eating scorpions.0 -
Speaking of weird things... Neil De Grasse Tyson posted on Twitter that you can burn 1200 calories a month if you drink ice cold water, because of the extra calories that your body uses to put it back to body temperature.
Hmm. Always thought it was broscience, but that dude typically knows what he's talking about.
It's true, but obviously 1200 in a month is not exactly a lot. 1 Calorie to heat 1 liter of water by 1 degree Celsius.0 -
stevencloser wrote: »Speaking of weird things... Neil De Grasse Tyson posted on Twitter that you can burn 1200 calories a month if you drink ice cold water, because of the extra calories that your body uses to put it back to body temperature.
Hmm. Always thought it was broscience, but that dude typically knows what he's talking about.
It's true, but obviously 1200 in a month is not exactly a lot. 1 Calorie to heat 1 liter of water by 1 degree Celsius.
But you do realize that there's going to be a whole new diet trend now, right? The, "I don't need to eat less or modify my diet, I can just drink gallons of ice water!" diet0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Kimberly_Harper wrote: »Yesterday one of my coworkers told me she has to eat every two hours because she is RAVENOUS after two hours.
She's probably literally starving!
(Ducking and running.)
Probably hitting starvation mode she needs to eat more (oh no not this one AGAIN)0 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »Speaking of weird things... Neil De Grasse Tyson posted on Twitter that you can burn 1200 calories a month if you drink ice cold water, because of the extra calories that your body uses to put it back to body temperature.
Hmm. Always thought it was broscience, but that dude typically knows what he's talking about.
It's true, but obviously 1200 in a month is not exactly a lot. 1 Calorie to heat 1 liter of water by 1 degree Celsius.
But you do realize that there's going to be a whole new diet trend now, right? The, "I don't need to eat less or modify my diet, I can just drink gallons of ice water!" diet
I just can't understand why I'm not losing weight. I'm drinking 5 Slurpees a day which are even colder.0 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »Speaking of weird things... Neil De Grasse Tyson posted on Twitter that you can burn 1200 calories a month if you drink ice cold water, because of the extra calories that your body uses to put it back to body temperature.
Hmm. Always thought it was broscience, but that dude typically knows what he's talking about.
It's true, but obviously 1200 in a month is not exactly a lot. 1 Calorie to heat 1 liter of water by 1 degree Celsius.
But you do realize that there's going to be a whole new diet trend now, right? The, "I don't need to eat less or modify my diet, I can just drink gallons of ice water!" diet
But at 1200 calories a month it would take 3 months to lose a pound, if you are eating perfectly at maintenance.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Our infamous High Level bridge.
I've never seen it not covered in snow lol. I moved from Edmonton
I'm a Leo. A very, very confused Leo.Nony_Mouse wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »So not to be argumentative, but I think it's interesting that people seem to be thinking that we should EAT our sign (i.e., Pisces eats fish, Taurus eats beef). As a Sagittarius, I'm not really into this idea (although I guess it goes back to how as a Type B I should be drinking the kumis), but my initial assumption was that we would eat as our sign would eat.
Not that that helps me a lot! ;-)
How can I get a conclusive answer on this very important question?
I would have thought it was eating how your sign eats too. I therefore choose to be a herbivorous fish.
By one methodology I should be eating Lions? Or cats? Ew. Also, that might make grocery shopping difficult.
By another methodology I should be eating what lions or cats eat.
It is imperative to me that someone clarify this. Or maybe I should just stick with eating for my blood type?
I think you're just looking for an easy out, because you're too lazy to run down a Zebra and bite it's azz.
ETA: Having said that, I'm a Libra and here in Australia Libra is the leading brand of feminine hygeine products, so maybe I should just keep my fool mouth shut.
omg funny!0 -
Nony_Mouse wrote: »Jojomotivated wrote: »One day someone told that me that if you eat while sitting down, food automatically turns to fat. Food can only be digested if you eat while standing up (cause you know, gravity). I just nodded. Also, your metabolism shuts down after a certain time and doesn't come back on until exactly 6am. Same person. lol
There was someone who posted a couple of months back whose friends had told her that if she walked around whilst eating she would burn twice the calories of whatever it was. Sadly she was asking if it was true.
ETA, the post: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10113308/walking-and-eating-burns-more-calories
So, let me get this straight:
I can easily lose even more weight just by moving to a locale below sea level; conversely, eating on a plane is a sure-fire recipe for obesity.0 -
Our infamous High Level bridge.
I've never seen it not covered in snow lol. I moved from Edmonton
I'm a Leo. A very, very confused Leo.Nony_Mouse wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »So not to be argumentative, but I think it's interesting that people seem to be thinking that we should EAT our sign (i.e., Pisces eats fish, Taurus eats beef). As a Sagittarius, I'm not really into this idea (although I guess it goes back to how as a Type B I should be drinking the kumis), but my initial assumption was that we would eat as our sign would eat.
Not that that helps me a lot! ;-)
How can I get a conclusive answer on this very important question?
I would have thought it was eating how your sign eats too. I therefore choose to be a herbivorous fish.
By one methodology I should be eating Lions? Or cats? Ew. Also, that might make grocery shopping difficult.
By another methodology I should be eating what lions or cats eat.
It is imperative to me that someone clarify this. Or maybe I should just stick with eating for my blood type?
As a fellow Leo, I prefer to think that I would eat the same way a lion eats. But that would mean eating the raw organs (stomachs, livers and kidneys are preferred delicacies) of animals, and I'm a vegetarian. HMMMM . . .
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I don't understand the "science" behind this. Our sense of smell is tied to our sense of taste and smell triggers the urge to eat: http://dwb.unl.edu/teacher/nsf/C10/C10Links/ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/11/tstesmll.html (peer-reviewed).
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shrinkingletters wrote: »Here, I made an astrology dietary restrictions for y'all:
Aries: Can only eat food they've won in a street fight.
Taurus: Can only eat animal proteins from animals that do not exceed 35mph at full speed.
Gemini: Can only eat food scavenged from self-help group craft tables.
Cancer: Can only eat food from neglected cans and boxes in the back of the very top shelf in the kitchen.
Leo: Can only eat foods that can be arranged into a self-portrait.
Virgo: Can only eat foods that can slide easily through the chute under the door.
Libra: Can only eat foods that compliment their accessories.
Scorpio: Can only eat foods that can hold their own in a staring match.
Sagittarius: Can only eat foods from countries they cannot pronounce.
Capricorn: Can only eat foods that their employer agrees to write off as a tax deduction.
Aquarius: Can only eat foods that make it through their teleportation device without fusing to a nasty housefly.
Pisces: Can only eat foods that remind them of that time their mother forgot to pick them up from soccer practice.
I would starve to death on this diet - I'm a Cancer and short. I can't reach the top shelves in the kitchen, my kitchen stool got appropriated for use in tree trimming and I have been banned from climbing on the counters after dislocating my shoulder falling off the counter (in my defense, the cat had a hand in that).
But my idiot co-worker saw me eating cheesecake and told me I should never eat carbs or sugar again or I would put all the weight I lost back on right away. Really? I'm going to gain 125+ lbs overnight from ONE piece of cheesecake?
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You could, if you don't exercise portion control.shrinkingletters wrote: »Here, I made an astrology dietary restrictions for y'all:
Aries: Can only eat food they've won in a street fight.
Taurus: Can only eat animal proteins from animals that do not exceed 35mph at full speed.
Gemini: Can only eat food scavenged from self-help group craft tables.
Cancer: Can only eat food from neglected cans and boxes in the back of the very top shelf in the kitchen.
Leo: Can only eat foods that can be arranged into a self-portrait.
Virgo: Can only eat foods that can slide easily through the chute under the door.
Libra: Can only eat foods that compliment their accessories.
Scorpio: Can only eat foods that can hold their own in a staring match.
Sagittarius: Can only eat foods from countries they cannot pronounce.
Capricorn: Can only eat foods that their employer agrees to write off as a tax deduction.
Aquarius: Can only eat foods that make it through their teleportation device without fusing to a nasty housefly.
Pisces: Can only eat foods that remind them of that time their mother forgot to pick them up from soccer practice.
I would starve to death on this diet - I'm a Cancer and short. I can't reach the top shelves in the kitchen, my kitchen stool got appropriated for use in tree trimming and I have been banned from climbing on the counters after dislocating my shoulder falling off the counter (in my defense, the cat had a hand in that).
But my idiot co-worker saw me eating cheesecake and told me I should never eat carbs or sugar again or I would put all the weight I lost back on right away. Really? I'm going to gain 125+ lbs overnight from ONE piece of cheesecake?
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But my idiot co-worker saw me eating cheesecake and told me I should never eat carbs or sugar again or I would put all the weight I lost back on right away. Really? I'm going to gain 125+ lbs overnight from ONE piece of cheesecake?
I dunno, I've seen some pretty freakin' dense cheesecake before.0 -
Too funny - I love cheesecake but not that much!0
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Has anyone else been told that smelling food will take away the craving for it? If so and it worked for you how long did you smell the food before your craving was satisfied?
I don't know about this, but I have found that I can derive a certain amount of satisfaction from watching other people eat foods I'm choosing not to.
Fair warning: people find this creepy.0
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