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Sorry -- I don't know the common call on MFP. The approach seems rational to me -- if you manage it.

Don't giggle too much over what you do not understand. The monograph I quoted is about the same level of the longer posts here that attempt to summarize some basic biochemistry and exercise physiology, except that it was vetted by a PhD advisor. If you dispute the message then critique the attached bilbliography that is…

Exactly. Accurate CI Accurate CO Don't double count.

I've been vegetarian/vegan for 40 years. I didn't miss meat when I stopped eating it and fairly soon afterwards (months to a year perhaps ?) the smell became repulsive. I have always preferred vegetables over any other food though so I consider myself a 'natural' vegetarian. Not all people are. My children were raised…

Why would you trust anybody who pitches a product for money ? Are you going to buy something because #12 of the SF 49'ers tells you to ? Alex G sounds like a scam artist to me, but so does the entire supplement "industry." Tom Brady can at least honestly say he is 38 and in fantastic shape. And if people start exercising…

This forum's lifeblood is a never ending discussion of fads, supplement crap, quick fixes and pseudo-science. Why do you expect any better from athletes ?

Or not. From 'MedFitness, associated with the U of Michigan:. A little Googling found numbers that you mention, based on a 1994 study of endurance athletes studied after an overnight fast.

Silly amount of protein, but it will not hurt you. Half that amount would be a lot more than adequate

Vegetables are excellent nutrition This is true because while they often have relatively small amounts of things like protein per gram, they have even smaller amounts of calories. The ratio matters. The 'Poor nutrition content' finger is usually pointed at foods that have a high 'empty calorie' ratio, meaning sugar and fat…

I stopped viewing animals as food right about 40 years ago. I used to scuba drive, and one weekend I brought home an abalone for family and a lobster for my girlfriend's Japanese Mom. After I watched the abalone writhe in it's shell as it was being scooped out, and heard that lobsters were boiled alive I never hunted…

I agree with the first part of your post, but this second part is more in the 'mostly true' category. I think a better analogy is savings in different types of accounts: checking, savings, IRA, stocks and finally your home. Depending how full your glycogen account is when you start exercise, it will be used first but not…

I agree that veganism is an ethical stance, but like all ethics there is always a range and interpretation. You might as well say there is only one kind of Christian. Moreover, from my experience we are all hypocrites. Just not to the same degree. So I speak for myself. I know that people who call themselves 'Vegan' will…

I didn't say that one soda at night is going to make a person fat. I don't think it, either. I am telling you and PeachyCarol that carb loading leads to lipogenesis. As for disposition to glycogen, it happens when there is room for it. E.g., If a person exercises and then carb loads, the carbs will first go towards…

Anvil, A summary of post prandial lipogenesis after carb loading for you: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874080/ Results from several studies indicate that a large carbohydrate meal does not result in a positive fat balance (Acheson et al, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987; Hellerstein et al, 1991; Folch et al, 2001),…

Mosiak, I am not sure I understand your problems eating breakfast and lunch, but one physical explanation might be gastroparesis. Have you been screened for diabetes ? If it is hyperglycemia/diabetes related then as you lose weight and control your night-time carb binges, more normal eating patterns will hopefully be…

^^, yes I am aware of non-fasting Glucose utililization and glycogen homeostasis. Are *you* aware of the basal use rate, and the glycogen changes through the day in a person like OP ? I am. As for what you call a 'myth,' please provide a scientific reference to support your stance. Reference for you: Am J Clin Nutr. 1988…

I think you mean he will not have a net fat gain. That is correct The point though is how much of the weight loss will be fat and how much LBM Consider his night situation: Say his BMR is 1.5 kCal a minute, so about 90 kCal an hour If he drinks a 250 kCal soda that is absorbed over say 10 - 15 minutes, at least 150 kCal…

Look here:

Veganish, with yoghurt. My BMR is ~ 1500 kCal a day for a 57 y/o male 166 cm tall, 130 lbs. Winter snow days I don't bike ride and then am pretty sedentary. Other days I usually exercise 250 - 750 kCal. Daily calories and activity/exercise is not Vegan dependent -- it works the same for everybody. So .. what is your…

Look at your MFP log -- are you getting adequate nutrition ? If yes then you cancontinue as you are and lose weight and not have adverse health outcomes. If not then eat more healthy food. Cutting out some of the junk is up to you. The one downside I suspect (but am not positive) you will run into with your exercising…

In physics terms, it is the difference between work and power. Or for car people, although not exactly accurate, it is the difference between torque and horsepower.

As I clarified in another thread, MFP and most exercise calculators include BMR in the result. So the person logging standing should take into account at least 1 kCal per minute BMR, and log say 73 kCal (193 - 120) as the exercise component.

Presuming that the opening post has been adequately debunked and beaten to death, here is a summary graphic from shrinkthatfootprint.com that I think is a reasonable summary:

This study from the U of AK is I think one of the reference articles used by the data aggregators in GHG footprint analyses. I tried to parse out the assumed contribution of feedlot type energy inputs to their results unsuccessfully. Perhaps others will have more success. Perhaps the (surprising to me) difference between…

As I pointed out in the post you partially quoted, the study result of increased GHG from adoption of their interpretation of the Govt diet is mostly due to substitution of processed sugar by dairy, in other words by introducing *more* animal products in favor of less plant derived processed sugar. An equally valid…

Hooray, thanks senecarr for the link to the article. Look at this figure in conjunction with the indexed GHG figure you posted: This is supposed to represent the changes in a daily diet as envisioned by the Govt panel: 100 kCal a day less meat, 300 kCal a day more dairy, and some lesser changes from a GHG footprint…

Another similar article by Heller, this table shows the GHG footprint data. Note that it is averaged meta data. The original articles really need to be looked at with attention to dairy and meat to know how they are calculating the footprint for grazed and/or feedlot "food animals." I'll say though that in a rational world…

^^ If the article is available through the internet for free, pls provide a link. "Could" does not mean anything. State the menu and the underlying assumptions and dispense with "could." Otherwise we can just compare a 100% caviar diet flown in from Siberia on a Concorde Vs the by now well known 100% by diet broccoli man…

Correct. And now for last time I am telling you that the main WEIGHTED change by daily calories in the Govt recommendation is in the substitution of red meats by plants eaten directly rather than processed through animals, which carries a very strong environmental advantage. Broccoli may (and I emphasize MAY, depending on…

Table 3 is the US recommended diet for Vegetarians or the so-called Med diet. Compared to the recommended regulator US diet, the main change is a substitution of red meats by soya. Not broccoli. Soy How is this germane to the environmental footprint ? Because the Soya products are being eaten directly by the person, rather…