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I lived in Memphis for several years and I go back regularly to see family and . . . this is so true.

I feel like this is very community-reliant. For example, I live in a city that is fortunate enough to have several different farmer's markets, including many that are extremely accessable via public transportation and not in high income areas. There are also options that are available outside the stereotypical farmer's…

Our bodies DO adapt to exercise and for people who are doing prolonged endurance exercise or are competing at an elite level, these differences can sometimes be relevant. For example, if you're running a marathon, you'll absolutely want to ensure you're considering a fueling strategy and understanding how your body reacts…

I guess I don't see the decision to reproduce as a "risk" as much as I see it as a "necessary condition for the species to continue existing" and the people who choose to reproduce will then usually pay more for insurance (unless someone else is adopting the children). I'm not necessarily an advocate for charging the obese…

It's the same logic that leads to some drivers getting charged more than others for auto insurance. If the company calculates that you're likely to cost more to insure, they'll often charge you more.

One of the really interesting things to me about this community is seeing the huge array of strategies people use to get to what is pretty much the same end point: balancing their calories in with their calories out. There are people who make big changes in the types of foods they eat, either by adding high satiety foods…

This isn't the goal of all exercise. People exercise for fitness, the emotional benefits, or just the joy of it. It's usually a mistake to assume that everyone shares your particular set of motivations.

Yep. I spent years thinking that I wanted to run a marathon. It turns out I didn't -- I wanted to be the type of person who HAD run a marathon. How do I know? As soon as I genuinely wanted to run a marathon, I was motivated to find the time to train and prepare to actually do it. It was a totally different feeling than…

I do think it's harmful to deny the role that calories play in weight management. It can make people feel hopeless if they try something like IF and it doesn't work well for them (I'm in this group, I feel sick if I don't eat in the AM). It can get people focusing effort on specific strategies that don't work well for them…

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear previously -- it's his claim that his method is the ONLY way that I consider quackery. I don't think anyone denies that methods like IF or lower carbohydrate eating do produce good results for some people, I just think it's dishonest and/or misinformed to insist they're the only way to manage…

I don't think you should assume that most Americans consider pizza a vegetable dish. It's not at all uncommon for Americans to eat pizza without any vegetables on it at all (other than the culinary vegetable of tomato).

I like "flim flam man" and I'm doing my best to bring it back.

What would you describe this sales pitch as? "Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones—in everyone—and only by understanding the effects of the hormones insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss." This is the beginning of the item…

I don't think anyone denies that people have had success with Fung's approach. The truth is that any eating style that creates weight loss tends to improve the chronic diseases associated with excess weight. The issue is whether or not the people touting a particular diet are correct when they make claims that they've…

While the review in the ADA journal (which I think is different from an official ADA review) doesn't say Fung is a quack, lines like "Where this book will challenge some diabetes health care professionals is in its claims that all current evidence-based, conventional treatments are wrong; this assertion is clearly untrue,…

If it's just a few croutons and you have the wiggle room for 50-100 extra calories per day, no. But if you get in the habit of not logging anything for which "a few" won't make a difference, then you often wind up with a significant amount of unlogged calories and then you're wondering why your weight isn't behaving as…

The best one is whatever works best for you. Some people (including me) like to workout before eating because it feels uncomfortable to exercise on a fuller stomach. Others find that they feel better eating something light before exercise, especially if they wake up hungry.

I'm really curious how archaeologists have documented "leaky gut," given that it's a controversial diagnosis even today with live patients.

To piggyback off your point: I enjoy bread when I choose to eat it. I can also go weeks without eating it. When I say "carbs," I don't mean "bread." The idea that low carbers have a better idea of what carbohydrates are than those of us who regularly eat a moderate-to-high carbohydrate diet is kind of ridiculous. We KNOW…

When I started with MFP, I was pretty inactive and I was in the "exercise to eat" camp. As I lost weight and being active felt better, I began to recognize the other rewards (like improved mood, better sleep, increased energy). I moved into the "eat to exercise" camp, which is where I still am today. That said, I…

Posts here show that people DON'T "all know it." I certainly didn't fully understand it when I began using MFP.

Having watched my father recover from a triple bypass (in which excess weight and low activity were factors), I'd much rather face the injuries associated with an active lifestyle (especially since, as you point out, we don't have a higher rate of knee and hip replacements). I used to live in Tucson, where I had the…

Yes, I personally see a huge difference between "I'm doing keto and it's working so well for me" and "humans aren't supposed to eat carbohydrates." We have ample evidence from human history that humans can thrive on a variety of diets, including those that are lower in carbohydrates but also those that are higher.

A lot of traditional breakfast foods are sweet, either from added sugar or sugar inherent to the foods. Breakfast is when a lot of people like to have fruit, for example. If someone is peckish in the morning but still wants or needs to eat, sugar is a way to make foods more appealing. I really don't see an inherent…

Yeah, if we're talking about getting fitness benefits from "play," it seems like we should acknowledge that for some people, activities like running, biking, and swimming are genuinely fun and we do these things because they bring us joy.

But I have to admit that running from an aroused deer who thinks I'm their next mate would burn a lot of calories . . . so maybe OP is on to something here.