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Dunno about what egg farm, but the farm might be referencing this study about stress on hens and the effect on egg yolk. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20548080/ Disclaimer: haven't read the study, and let's be honest, I won't get round to it tonight.

Well, they would say that, wouldn't they? Unless the vegetable shop is situated on the farm itself, and has a high sales turnover, the vegetables have been lying around for a while. Between being harvested and being purchased by the consumer, fresh vegetables have been picked, packed, sent to a depot, and then shipped to a…

Martial arts.

Ha. Not country level. Local one. I'm not comfortable with giving out what town I live in on the internet, sorry.

I won an annual tournament once. I know the people who won in the years before me and the years before me, and asking any individual one of us about our journey from start to finish would get you completely different answers. So, who will get you where you want? Asking winner 2015, winner 2016, winner 2017 or winner 2018?

Seems to me that this, like many other online bayoneting of strawmen discussions, all revolves around what science is. Science is not a religious tradition. It is something quite apart from that - it is a word for a system of investigation into how the world around us works and the results of those investigations. There…

Yeah, I'm afraid you have to look elsewhere for an explanation behind the calculator. This is the reasoning for it, including the letter that was the initial impetus for it. http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi.html

I don't think the designer is doing anything that sophisticated. Notice how it's 5lbs per inch for women, and 6lbs per inch for men. There is a particular 'rule' that floats around that women's ideal weight can be calculated by allowing 100 pounds for the first 5 feet of height and then adding 5 pounds for every additional…

This woman died from suspected heart failure while on a medically unsupervised very low calorie diet. Heart arrhythmias are a known side-effect of low calorie intake. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211954/Bride-crash-diet-death--eating-just-530-calories-day-11-weeks.html

I joined the gym at the beginning of January, planning to just replicate the cursory up-and-down lifting of dumbells and kettlebells (range 5-10kg) I did last time I lost weight. However, turns out that the time I go to the gym is also the official time a bunch of elderly people on some kind of official referral program…

It isn't just about losing weight as fast as possible. That number there is aimed to steer members away from eating below their Basal Metabolic Rate, which is the number of calories you need for your vital organs (lungs, kidneys, liver, and heart) to function if you literally lie still in bed all day. If you underfuel your…

Typo. That should be 4 foot 10. P.S. the 18.5-25 range for women 4 foot 11 tall is 94 to 123 lbs. As you can see, that piece of nonsense says they should all ideally weigh 95lbs. Gah.

Do you have any vegetables in? Peas, frozen sweetcorn, broccoli and so on aren't anything like as high in protein as tofu, but mixed together as a stirfry, you could get into the double digits for grams of protein.

Any particular starting recommendations for culinary noobs? I bought some cacao powder when it was on offer a while back and now I'm not sure what to do with it beyond adding it to yogurt.

Have a look at this thread. It's for people struggling to reach a calorie goal in order to gain weight, and the OP lists foods and eating strategies to help with that. Some may help you. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read/p1

The best solution to Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder is to have a life where you can work nights and sleep during the day, tbh. Easier said than done, eh? When I was young and single and didn't have to work round school hours and having a family life, I had a job where I worked 2pm-10pm, and got paid an unsociable hours bonus…

Aldi orange dark chocolate covered ricecake bars. Chocolate! Decent amount of it! For 92 calories!

Ignore them. They don't have a point and that is perfect progress you've got there.

Hey, it was a good question. I had to re-read the whole article before I answered. My initial answer was going to be, "presumably because when they initially tried to recruit study participants, all the men walked straight out again when they were asked to do burpees". I think that's what is known as 'projection', though.

I don't think the firefighters were doing the push-ups for the study. I think this is a study analysing the data from firefighters' annual physicals, so they're working with what firefighters are currently asked to do in that.

So would I, because at 5'2, weighing 110lbs, we'd have a BMI of 20.1, which is very low. The problem isn't BMI, the problem is this chart is broken. Speaking for myself only, I have a medium frame so that low in the range wouldn't work for me. The 18.5-20 zone is there for people who have petite frames.

It might be okay for 5'7", but for those of shorter stature, it is seriously borked. For example, normal weight (BMI 18.5 to 25) for women 4'11 tall is actually 91-118lbs, and that chart specifies to aim for underneath that! Fricking hell. Table of weight ranges here:…

Aren't there people who repair treadmills? Surely it would be more economical to have the old one repaired?

I'd like to second this. OP, I haven't had anything on the scale of what you've had, but I've had minor issues that necessitated a bit of time off and a sports therapist's input to resolve. I particularly remember the lovely sports therapist commenting that she could tell I had actually done the prescribed exercises. I…

You know, whenever I'm on MFP, sooner or later I end up reading a debate on whether MFP forum culture pushes eating extremely processed food within your calorie goal to new users without acknowledging the importance of meeting your nutritional needs while in deficit. I think the problem here is context. When people start…

If you don't get the relationship, you didn't read the first post properly. I find that rather disgusting. It's a discussion about effective forms of sanitary protection while lifting. Deal with the fact that someone wanted product recommendations.

Nah, no-one who can't comprehend daily weight fluctuations without catastrophising about them can operate well as a "body transformation" advisor. It's his job to provide a rational, informed viewpoint on his clients' progress; he's not supposed to make them panic more about an overnight water weight gain!

I like the Z and the macron on the O. That showz you how super effective it will be on your bо̄dy.