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Worst diet advice/misinformation that you have heard
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The Tapeworm Diet. It apparently is legal in Mexico.0
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RunHardBeStrong wrote: »
lol. fatcicles.0 -
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You're brilliant.0 -
RunHardBeStrong wrote: »
You're brilliant.
Right?2 -
Standard and sundry list of immediate BS meter going off:
- Keto
- Low carb
- lift heavy
- protein, protein, and more protein
- Cardio is useless
- Saying you did 30 minutes of HIIT
- Paleo/Caveman/blah/blah
- starvation mode
- Fat weighs more than muscle
- crossfit, crossfit, crossfit, blah, blah
- Beachbody anything
- etc...
Oh, forgot:- CICO doesn't work
That is a personal fave.
CICO does work, doesn't mean you'll be healthy or look like you want if all you worry about is calories in and out though. But yeah, it works.....2 -
HCG diet. Take these drops and you'll lose a pound a day. Oh also eat only 500 calories. I never tried it but my friend was going to. I strongly advised her against it but was told to *kitten* off. Whatever.0
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On a recent cruise, I was working out on the boat and heard bits of this "Lose Belly Fat" seminar going on. I heard things like "chemical buildup" and "need to cleanse". Facepalm !1
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There was someone in here the other day wanting to know if the „eggs but with yolks” diet makes them burn fat, or if it burns what they just ate. Which was totally ketogenic, including the oats.
[Inset Food] diets - cabbage diet, apple diet, whatever.
Cleanses and detoxes.
Only eat before a certain hour diets.
Diets.1 -
A doctor (that I fired afterwards) told me I MUST eat meat and grains to live. Umno. I don’t NEED those things to live.0
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Ohhh my personal favourite: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you must eat breakfast to kickstart your metabolism!2
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I actually find that to be true (for my body, due to diabetes/what I know about hypoglycemia being deadly). YMMV, of course, but I would never try to explain breakfast’s importance to my friend from before who says that food and water are (pretty much) only to be used as rewards for a workout well done.Ohhh my personal favourite: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you must eat breakfast to kickstart your metabolism!1 -
That you need to drink lots of water to lose weight0
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That the way to a slim waist is sit ups and a waist trainer. My ex used to tell me those things work because he saw some girls on instagram do that. Hence, ex.2
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Standard and sundry list of immediate BS meter going off:
- Keto
- Low carb
- lift heavy
- protein, protein, and more protein
- Cardio is useless
- Saying you did 30 minutes of HIIT
- Paleo/Caveman/blah/blah
- starvation mode
- Fat weighs more than muscle
- crossfit, crossfit, crossfit, blah, blah
- Beachbody anything
- etc...
Apple cider vinegar
Cleanses/detoxes
Sugar is the devil
Clean eating
Eat 5 to 6 small meals a day
Drink a gallon of water a day0 -
Apple cider vinegar has insoluble fiber.
"They" put addictive drugs in cheese.0
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