Your favorite bogus nutrition/health "advice"
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collectingblues wrote: »Crafty_camper123 wrote: »Simply the phrase "leaky gut syndrome". And the everything about the GAPS diet to cure it.
Leaky gut also came up at the functional med appointment.
I'm thinking that if I have to go back to him, I really do need a bingo card.
Make sure to yell bingo when your card is full2 -
jefamer2017 wrote: »My favourite was that essential oils can cure my anxiety. Nope it won't, but talking to a psychologist helps
Also, those who act like their way of eating is the only way to lose weight and that it's not CICO. Yes, it is always CICO.
Ugh, so sick of essential oils. I use them in my difusser because they smell nice but omg no they do not help with anything.
My essential oils are olive, butter, peanut, and vegetable. My cooking wouldn't be the same without them.12 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »''There is no point counting calories because companies are allowed to be 20% out when putting numbers on their foods''
I mean, okaaaayyy, may be true, probably is, but surely logging and tracking calories along with any weight loss or gain will give you a better plan to work with. If you gain when 'in a deficit' then eat less and take into account the possible 20% discrepancy.
Every time this guy starts with the 20% argument I nearly lose my eyes from rolling them so hard. I have lost around 50lbs and have not struggled against the lying companies lying about calorie numbers!
This is why a food scale is so handy. The packaging may say one cookie is 100 calories, but it will also say one cookie is 50 grams. Weigh the cookie. If it's really 75 grams, then you know it's 150 calories. Negates the 20% argument.
Got to agree that some plan is way better than no plan, and weighing is very helpful - but what does weighing have to do with the 20% discrepancy arguments? As I understand it, if my frozen lasagne is listed as 350 calories for a 300 gram serving that means the actual calories could be up to 20% lower (280) or higher (420) and that label is still ‘correct’. Weighing doesn’t change that.
There actually are a whole lot of calories in play with the 20% wiggle room. I would have been concerned with that when I was losing if I ate a lot of pre-packaged foods with high calories per serving. Can’t say that makes a convincing case not to weigh or count calories tho! Just might make things hard for some people.
Weighing changes the fact that it isn't 300 grams. That's what they're talking about when they say the packaging can be off by up to 20%. That is due to weight discrepancies.0 -
well I get that some of these are silly, but on a serious note, Kombucha is what our oldest son makes to drink after it took months of Dr's to find out why he was in so much pain & sick all the time, his stomach wasn't keeping the good bacteria, the ACV- we drink it every day, not for wt loss but to nutralize our stomach acids-husband doesn't feel bloated when he drinks it every day & it's a wonderful rinse for my dog's skin after a bath, the turmeric worked wonders when I had the unbearable pain in my arm & nothing worked for the pain except turmeric, it reduces inflammation, I even made a paste as the pills are pricey , plus 2 of my dogs have bad arthritis & they feel so much better that I give it to them every day . I also take Lobelia for respiratory, when I had pneumonia it aggravated my asthma & Lobelia works better than inhalers, so some things really do work for some ppl. I do have a waffle with powdered or regular p butter & blueberries sometime too & my trainer, who lost 65lbs herself told me to eat something in the morning(she explained it to me) so I have some yogurt at least or a little fruit-I was never a breakfast eater-but it makes a difference12
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »''There is no point counting calories because companies are allowed to be 20% out when putting numbers on their foods''
I mean, okaaaayyy, may be true, probably is, but surely logging and tracking calories along with any weight loss or gain will give you a better plan to work with. If you gain when 'in a deficit' then eat less and take into account the possible 20% discrepancy.
Every time this guy starts with the 20% argument I nearly lose my eyes from rolling them so hard. I have lost around 50lbs and have not struggled against the lying companies lying about calorie numbers!
This is why a food scale is so handy. The packaging may say one cookie is 100 calories, but it will also say one cookie is 50 grams. Weigh the cookie. If it's really 75 grams, then you know it's 150 calories. Negates the 20% argument.
Got to agree that some plan is way better than no plan, and weighing is very helpful - but what does weighing have to do with the 20% discrepancy arguments? As I understand it, if my frozen lasagne is listed as 350 calories for a 300 gram serving that means the actual calories could be up to 20% lower (280) or higher (420) and that label is still ‘correct’. Weighing doesn’t change that.
There actually are a whole lot of calories in play with the 20% wiggle room. I would have been concerned with that when I was losing if I ate a lot of pre-packaged foods with high calories per serving. Can’t say that makes a convincing case not to weigh or count calories tho! Just might make things hard for some people.
Weighing changes the fact that it isn't 300 grams. That's what they're talking about when they say the packaging can be off by up to 20%. That is due to weight discrepancies.
I have found packaged foods where the weight is different from what is listed on the package.
There may or may not be calorie discrepancies within the given weight of a food itself (I don't have the equipment to determine that), but I know for a fact that I've purchased foods that had more food, by weight, in a package or in a piece than the label would indicate. In many cases, the weight difference was enough to be of interest to someone who is using calorie counting to manage their weight.
300 grams on the package doesn't always mean 300 grams *in* the package.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »''There is no point counting calories because companies are allowed to be 20% out when putting numbers on their foods''
I mean, okaaaayyy, may be true, probably is, but surely logging and tracking calories along with any weight loss or gain will give you a better plan to work with. If you gain when 'in a deficit' then eat less and take into account the possible 20% discrepancy.
Every time this guy starts with the 20% argument I nearly lose my eyes from rolling them so hard. I have lost around 50lbs and have not struggled against the lying companies lying about calorie numbers!
This is why a food scale is so handy. The packaging may say one cookie is 100 calories, but it will also say one cookie is 50 grams. Weigh the cookie. If it's really 75 grams, then you know it's 150 calories. Negates the 20% argument.
Got to agree that some plan is way better than no plan, and weighing is very helpful - but what does weighing have to do with the 20% discrepancy arguments? As I understand it, if my frozen lasagne is listed as 350 calories for a 300 gram serving that means the actual calories could be up to 20% lower (280) or higher (420) and that label is still ‘correct’. Weighing doesn’t change that.
There actually are a whole lot of calories in play with the 20% wiggle room. I would have been concerned with that when I was losing if I ate a lot of pre-packaged foods with high calories per serving. Can’t say that makes a convincing case not to weigh or count calories tho! Just might make things hard for some people.
Weighing changes the fact that it isn't 300 grams. That's what they're talking about when they say the packaging can be off by up to 20%. That is due to weight discrepancies.
I have found packaged foods where the weight is different from what is listed on the package.
There may or may not be calorie discrepancies within the given weight of a food itself (I don't have the equipment to determine that), but I know for a fact that I've purchased foods that had more food, by weight, in a package or in a piece than the label would indicate. In many cases, the weight difference was enough to be of interest to someone who is using calorie counting to manage their weight.
300 grams on the package doesn't always mean 300 grams *in* the package.
No doubting one is better off weighing out their serving to verify. Merely responding to the misinformed statement that weighing out a serving negates the label calorie 20% discrepancy allowance.1 -
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I almost didn't join the gym after listening to the membership person's spiel, including that she could only lose weight if she lifts weights before doing cardio. Certainly won't be in a hurry to hire any of the trainers after that spiel.
She also asked me if I had ever had my BMI measured while showing me a body fat comparison chart.3 -
GMOs are evil.
That's not evidence based; it's feel good, eat clean whole foods mantra. The WHO, CDC and every other major health organization on the planet says they are fine. They allow farmers to grow more food on less land and feed more people at less cost. Monsanto's business practices suck and inspire some of the hatred.6 -
CarvedTones wrote: »You don't have to count fruits or vegetables.
It's not unusual for me to get several hundred calories a day from fruits and vegetables.
I was surprised when my co-worker, who's doing WW, told me that fruits, veggies, and even chicken have no points so "you can eat as much of them as you want." Uh, no.
Other favorites include anything that detoxifies your system, any superfoods, starvation mode, and eating according to your blood type/body type/facial shape.2 -
That tortilla makes all the difference.2 -
That carbs make you fat. Too many calories for your body/activity level makes you fat.
I gotta say that several of those meals are a little normal for me. I don’t eat breakfast so I have breakfast foods for dinner at least once a week. A few days ago it was a cracker barrell pecan pancake and two eggs over easy. Today was a bowl of steamed brocolli and chick peas with salsa mixed in. I don’t eat meat so my meals are simple but creative and I try to stay away from vegan or vegetarian soy products.1 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »all i need to say here....My aunt. Like if you know what im saying xD Been a while since i posted about her maybe later ill let you in on some more of her nonsense
Has she buttered your coffee lately?!?
Thankfully that stopped, Instead she got mad and aparently suddenly hates all coffee and wont allow me to drink it near her, Aparently ever since pregnancy she gets sick from the smell...like 25years ago? Seems shes butthurt i yelled at her lol
Lol!! Seems like I’m not the only one with some doozies in their family.
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mburgess458 wrote: »Waffles with peanut butter and blueberries actually doesn't sound that bad though? I might hit it with some extra honey but still, it seems sound in principle.
Give up loneliness? Are there actually people out there who actively choose loneliness? As an introvert, I might change that one to "stop trying to please everybody" since you extroverts tend to get way too stressed out about what other people think.
How is fish, carrots, and green beans a 5 minute dinner? Are they eating everything raw? Ditto brown rice - what kind of miracle cooking grains do nutritionists buy that they can cook brown rice in less than 5 minutes?
I know nutritionists get a bad rap but do you not own a microwave oven? All can be zapped in the microwave for under 5 minutes.
It is impossible to go from regular dry brown rice to edible/cooked brown rice in 5 minutes... a microwave wouldn't do it. If you have pre-cooked brown rice you CAN heat it up in a microwave in a couple of minutes.
True... but the Trader Joe’s frozen brown rice is darn good, 3 mins and you have 2 cups brown rice. Totally worth it, I haven’t cooked rice the old fashioned way since I discovered it LOL
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