Myths.
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cushman5279 wrote: »Get this... the other day on my train ride home there are two teenagers sitting there talking about the gym and exercise, etc. This one kid says, "So if you're eating Burger King or McDonalds or Taco Bell or any other kind of fast food like that just make sure to drink a big coke with it because those places put plastic the food so the acid in the coke will help to break down that plastic to be digested!"
Wow, there are just so many things wrong with that....3 -
No kidding right? LOL! I swear I had to just put my headphones on or else I was going to say something. I mean that's just bad parenting if your teenager actually believe that, and is advising his friends...0
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It's a myth that everyone will gain weight on them. It's a possibility, but for some it doesn't affect them and others actually loose weight. Some gain, but only because they are eating more from the hormones. (The ones who loose have an opposite reaction to the hormones.)CooCooPuff wrote: »I have to take a birth control. There are plenty of people on this board that have lost weight with one.
Personally , I tried 2 different types of pills and gained weight so I guess that is not actually a myth but still
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No no no.FreyasRebirth wrote: »Yeah, technically birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but, if you aren't going to track calories for the rest of your reproductive life, it can skew your 'calories in' so you do gain weight.
It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
Historically food was harder to get. People were not "fat" unless they had lots of money to buy food. In the last 150 years food has become much more accessible in developed parts of the world. It's much cheaper, and often the least "healthy" is on the lowest cost end.
Wild animals don't know when to stop. They don't eat as much because food is more scarce, and they have to work hard to get it. Have you ever seen raccoons who live in an urban setting with easy access to trash cans?
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Oh, and I once heard a (male) trainer telling his (female) client not to eat salad, because it would make her gain "water weight."
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I went to a car salesman and asked her what she thought of the pharmacovigilance profile on my investigational drug.
She said "I have no clue. Why are you asking me I'm trying to sell you a car?"
Wise woman...very wise indeed.
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FreyasRebirth wrote: »It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
Humans aren't "natural" in lots of ways. Throughout human history until quite recently we didn't have to worry about controlling intake because of scarcity + activity or cultural ways of controlling intake (rules about how to eat, times to eat, so on). The idea that in nature, if we had plenty of food and no need to move much, as currently, plus computers and TVs, we wouldn't gain weight seems to me unsupported and unlikely.
So I doubt it has much to do with the pill.
(My personal experience is that I was thin (and did not count calories or watch my weight at all) the few years I took the pill and have gained weight -- and lost weight, also -- when not taking the pill.)0 -
FreyasRebirth wrote: »Yeah, technically birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but, if you aren't going to track calories for the rest of your reproductive life, it can skew your 'calories in' so you do gain weight.
It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
Wild animals eat as much as they can when they can because it is hard to get.4 -
cushman5279 wrote: »Yeah I hate it when people who aren't qualified or who haven't done the work start spewing out nutritional advice. Not only does it undermine those of us who actually spent a great deal of time, effort and money to get our licenses but it can be dangerous. I mean give someone the wrong advice without knowing that person and it could cause a lot of harm, not to mention law suits.
Get this... the other day on my train ride home there are two teenagers sitting there talking about the gym and exercise, etc. This one kid says, "So if you're eating Burger King or McDonalds or Taco Bell or any other kind of fast food like that just make sure to drink a big coke with it because those places put plastic the food so the acid in the coke will help to break down that plastic to be digested!"
Whaaaaaat?
Please please please tell me that they were under the influence of something and it was just a nonsensical rant, and they weren't serious....1 -
No no no.FreyasRebirth wrote: »Yeah, technically birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but, if you aren't going to track calories for the rest of your reproductive life, it can skew your 'calories in' so you do gain weight.
It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
Historically food was harder to get. People were not "fat" unless they had lots of money to buy food. In the last 150 years food has become much more accessible in developed parts of the world. It's much cheaper, and often the least "healthy" is on the lowest cost end.
Wild animals don't know when to stop. They don't eat as much because food is more scarce, and they have to work hard to get it. Have you ever seen raccoons who live in an urban setting with easy access to trash cans?
Those aren't raccoons. They are monsters. I've seen some the size of dogs. No thank you!3 -
No no no.FreyasRebirth wrote: »Yeah, technically birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but, if you aren't going to track calories for the rest of your reproductive life, it can skew your 'calories in' so you do gain weight.
It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
Historically food was harder to get. People were not "fat" unless they had lots of money to buy food. In the last 150 years food has become much more accessible in developed parts of the world. It's much cheaper, and often the least "healthy" is on the lowest cost end.
Wild animals don't know when to stop. They don't eat as much because food is more scarce, and they have to work hard to get it. Have you ever seen raccoons who live in an urban setting with easy access to trash cans?
Those aren't raccoons. They are monsters. I've seen some the size of dogs. No thank you!
Speaking of fat animals, some people are really into fat squirrels too.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvillesmith/i-want-to-squish-them-all?utm_term=.amMGR5vBK#.gaPOY9bzl
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Ahhh.
Much better ones here (although the fast food & coke thing is pretty out there).
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10496479/so-whats-the-worst-weight-loss-myth#latest0 -
FreyasRebirth wrote: »Yeah, technically birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but, if you aren't going to track calories for the rest of your reproductive life, it can skew your 'calories in' so you do gain weight.
It is not really 'natural' to have to deliberately control your intake. Wild animals don't get morbidly obese due to their lack of food scales, they instinctively know how much to eat. In that way, birth control doesn't directly cause weight gain but it surely predisposes you to it.
You should see the rabbits on my property...they could use some food scales...2
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