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People do realise that the sheer number of humans and clearing of land for agricultural needs is the main threat to the environment right? Being a vegan is ethical in the animal cruelty category (arguably) only for domestic animals raised purely for food, unless you eat a lot of wild meat but that's a whole new argument…
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I can't look at felt (yep, fabric) without cringing... I haven't touched it in over 20years *shudders* even now I'm getting squeamish. Green apples and green apple flavouring make my jaw hurt. Like seize up and cramped hurt. My great aunt and myself are the only people I've met with this issue. Any other apple freaks?
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FYI folks, some of us can't have sugar (almost all of the ose's)... Such as myself who is insulin resistant. I produce huge amounts of insulin even when eating a tiny amount of sugar. I avoid fructose, sucrose and glucose and limit my lactose (surprisingly I've found low fat dairy has higher lactose than full fat). Even if…
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Pcos is a harsh mistress. I study science so I tend to take my advice from pros and from peer reviewed reports etc. Recently I found a study that found pcos women lose more fat/cm on a 40% protein, 30% carb and 30% fat diet. Here's the link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22158730 I find it really hard to get my…
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Hiya :) new to this app. I have been struggling with pcos since I hit puberty, I'm 32 this year. However I was only treated seriously by a Dr in the last 12 months. I was 130kg at my heaviest, so depressing. I'm now at 115kg but for some reason I feel a lot smaller... Maybe I'm just more comfortable in myself. For one, I…
