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He's a rotten human being, and besides that, he fails to prove his point by tricking people into eating MSG-laced food and then claiming they didn't complain. It's true the placebo effect is real. But so is the reverse. Mind over matter. If someone doesn't think something is the matter they are quite likely to ignore all…

I'm short. 4mph is a trot. So I just take the calorie burn suggested with a grain of salt and leave myself 100 calorie cushion when I do eat exercise calories back.

Okay, I started to derail this, I should repent and get back on subject: Let's say they get this guy to check himself in on the condition that he waives his right to come and go freely or to get food from any source besides his dietitian. And then he dies after begging and pleading for food and saying he was starving…

Ah, okay. Still, I imagine even a 'quickie' visit to the psych ward must be terrifying. I don't intend to risk it for anything in the world. Too much to live for out here, with all you other lovely free range crazies. ;)

My biggest fear was how long it was going to take. I had been overweight before, but not even half as overweight as I finally ended up, so I had an idea of how long a slog it would be. But I didn't have anything better to do. Nothing at all.

I would agree with you, but seeing as our top shrinks in the USA helped our government torture people, maybe some of them need help first.

Not in Florida. That Baker Act! I have a thunderstorm phobia. It's rather silly, but I won't go near Florida in case a public display of hyperventilating terror causes some concerned stranger to have me taken away in one of those nifty jackets with the tie-tie sleeves. :#

I actually think you're probably correct. But I've read just enough to have just enough doubt to not want to eat soy every single day. And many people might be surprised to know how easy it is to eat soy every single day if they're eating the Standard American Diet. It's in darn near everything. I feel I shouldn't even…

This! And have a healthcare system that makes highly-educated, open-minded, up-on-the -latest-research healthcare providers accessible before someone needs weight loss surgery or other extreme intervention. Not even out of goodness and mercy and fellow feeling toward other human beings (though as world ruler I assure you…

Congrats! I would find a gif, but nothing is beating Bikini Kitty! :)

It has to be a little intimidating to new posters how all of us jump in sometimes. I almost wish there was a 'try this' flow chart possible. "Try recording every calorie you eat for a few days or a week first to see exactly what you're eating." was great advice that I saw on my first day here years ago (before my first…

It’s time for all Americans to look beyond MyPlate and begin asking for dietary guidelines based on quality science generated from a variety of different experimental approaches that encompasses a range of different diet approaches. It is also time we have dietary guidelines that eliminate the one-size-fits-all eating plan…

I apologize, there aren't many vegetarians who manage to avoid meat entirely. I did forget that some people manage it. And I agree the impact raising animals for food is huge. Not just of raising animals for slaughter, but raising them to harvest dairy and eggs, too. But that isn't something that belongs in dietary…

Maybe it was just alliterative. Heart healthy whole grains. So catchy. So slogany. So wrong. Then again, I'm a cynic. I don't think the intent was ever about heart health. I think it was about getting the majority of workers to eat the cheapest, most portable and storable foods possible.

The farmers weren't working together, much less as a single entity. Nor were they capable of buying governments like Monsanto and other companies can and do. Monopolies are bad news. Monopolies on essential goods and services are worse. Monopolies by companies providing essential goods and services when these companies are…

N of 1, but can confirm. 3500 calories over maintenance in an evening is no problem for me if it involves soda, pizza, and ice cream, and I will gain a pound from that just like I would if I'd spaced it out over a few days or a week. Now 3500 cal over maintenance of very high fiber foods in one evening? Not sure. I am…

"If I remember rightly, in such matters all advice is useless." But I'll try anyway. You're majoring in psychology? Great. Get your degrees (don't stop until you have that PhD). Then use your degree to help all the people with attachment issues that you can. But don't date them.

Read up on estrogen mimickers. Also known as xenoestrogens. Lots of good stuff out there. Soy is a little different, from what I understand, unlike the nastier man-made mimickers, it leaves the body rather quickly. I don't like to consume it daily, however. Could be too much of an otherwise good thing. Why risk it? There…

If that were true I'd never have lost the weight that I have lost. I am saying it has cost me incredible effort to lose weight and it costs me incredible effort every day not to gain it all back. And if any part of it is due to the ingestion of man made chemicals (and possibly the over ingestion of natural mimickers, such…

But it can mess with my satiety, possibly my thyroid function, and doubtless my energy levels, too. I'm a human being, not a robot. What, when, and how much I eat are not simple logical formulas. They're all driven by my biochemistry and all I have to fight back with is my poor conscious mind, who also has plenty of other…

Indeed. At least kicking someone out of a detox for using can make sense, as it can negatively impact the other people also trying to get off drugs. But unless the kid was in a 'food detox' type ward where his actions harmed someone other than himself, it's sad they booted him. I understand the frustration of staff who are…

Definitely staying with Kerrygold butter and cheese. Fairly cheap at Costco.

Some of the foods included on the “approved” list were not exactly the foods you might expect. “For some people it included chocolate, ice cream, pizza — things a dietitian would not prescribe,” Segal said. (Plenty of others didn’t, of course, and stuck to things like whole grains or veggies.) One step closer to the day…

Is Shamanism involved? Because I go in for that earthy type magic. I'm hoping for some primitive and yet seemingly technologically advanced Earth mounds here, perfectly placed for heavenly alignment. I've been avidly watching my Mom watching ancient aliens, but so far I haven't overheard anything about a magic diet. Do…

I would trust someone with no degree or certification at all who is up on the latest science and willing to step outside the cult of heart healthy whole grains over someone who is wedded to the one size fits all USDA recommendations, no matter what credentials they have on the wall.

Scroll up, read Alabaster Verve's post if you didn't already. It's another scare story, light on facts, implying low carb is the culprit when clearly loss of appetite due to stress (which she tried to fix by then eating more carbs) was the real issue. Stress kills, but we all know that, so I guess they wanted to blame low…

‘The primary diagnosis was thought to be ketoacidosis due to starvation induced by the LCHF diet,’ doctors writing in the journal. The article should have given us an estimate of how many calories she was eating per day versus calories burned while breastfeeding and for her other daily activities. But it doesn't say.…

Two threads a few days back were on obesity and pollutants, sorry, was going off of that, since this topic seemed so open ended.

Actually when I first go low carb I get all sentimental. Cry over any little thing. But when I have more energy to expend because I'm eating better (for me that is low carb, your results may vary) I can get more aggressive. Not playing bumper cars in five o'clock traffic aggressive, but definitely not putting up with…

Okay, thanks! I didn't read, or more likely didn't understand the process at the level of ions. Guess I should do some more reading. That also clears up what I was wondering about water weight gain for muscle repairs, since I do still seem to have that happen when I intensify or start up a new workout routine, and wondered…