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Protein distribution throughout the day will mean you're more likely to synthesise more of it; a lot of literature suggests that our bodies can only really use 30-50g of protein in any 3-5 hour period regardless of the exercise we perform. Not quite; there is no "storing protein" for the muscles to use later; as above,…

So being this condescending when you don't actually read what is written doesn't really show off a charming character. And just because you're in denial and refuse to read the research doesn't make me accountable for your 6AM feelgood.

Which source are you using for this? There are very few physical exercises (especially when you're carrying your entire body weight) for someone who weighs 270lbs or more that would only burn 4.5 calories a minute. (Assuming a 3mph pace, 20 minutes per mile) That's more like what a 140-160lb person would burn while walking.

As always with relationship issues, try to look at it from his perspective; i.e you're actively limiting what would be normal behaviour (i.e baking cookies to take to a potluck) for him and expecting that he will read between the lines and think "Oh, my wife isn't eating these foods, what can I make for her?"

Keep in mind that the normal process of breathing burns calories (and deeper/quicker breaths burn more), combined with your heart being a muscle that as it pumps faster, burns more calories, combined with other muscles in your body burning calories, hiking/walking burns more than you expect solely due to the weight you're…

Cool; someone up for reasonable debate. The key things you mention are "adequate protein, maintenance calorie level, progressive lifting program" - the person will slowly change their body composition over time; they won't gain the same level of muscle mass as someone eating with a calorie abundance but due to the protein,…

At your body weight, absolutely. If there was any incline in your hike, and you kept a decent pace (say 5KM an hour) - you'd likely be burning 10 calories a minute based on your weight. Reference material below: http://www.livestrong.com/article/299000-the-calories-burned-per-hour-in-hiking/

A ton of research and literature indicates that long term moderate marijuana use has no long term health impacts and actually has some benefits, the same with psylocibin and amphetamines PCP and drugs of that ilk are a different story, even short term moderate use causes large degrees of damage to certain neural receptors,…

"So far beyond debatable" - i.e "I cannot be bothered to read the research you linked, I will simply use my already preformed opinion and state it as gospel truth"

Which is cool, like I said in the thread he's quoting, the point I made in that thread is that refined sugar itself has been linked to a number of health risks in oncogenes, neurological disorders and appetite disorders and therefore consuming it in moderation is very similar to a moderate drug user, i/e the genesis of…

Well in the case of processed meats, many of them include sucrose or high fructose corn syrup (alongside an overload of sodium) to assist in preserving the meat and giving it a longer life. Also, in the case of processed meats, what needs to be taken into account is that our total protein consumption has increased…

By the way, https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/12/sugar-industry-harvard-research/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ After a month on this intermittent-feeding schedule, the animals show a series of behaviors similar to the effects of drugs of abuse. These are categorized as “bingeing”, meaning unusually large bouts of intake, opiate-like “withdrawal” indicated by signs of anxiety and…

Yeah, watch Survivor... any calorie deficit (enforced or not) will cause you to drop weight. Where MFP helps is that it allows you to ensure you're fulfilling the micro nutrients your body needs, and that you're adequately fuelling your body even while being in a deficit.

So before you go running around threads and quoting me, how about showing me that evidence where moderate use of marijuana, psilocybin or amphetamines creates evidence of damage to your health... as I pointed out, you can even use the tip of looking at how research papers talk about refined sugar and compare it to…

Show me the evidence that consumption of marijuana in moderation has any health impacts, or psilocybin, or amphetamines. You won't be able to, because ultimately all it does is create risk factors that you may become more than a moderate user.... those same risk factors are often quoted when comparing the impact of refined…

As per any assumption, it's based on the generalisation that many overweight people want the "Lose fat fast!" routine that they're promised in infomercials and websites, you know, what most of the diet industry bases its success around. In this case, there was a long chain discussion around how eating just before bed…

The conversation brewed before you made that clarification; your original post didn't include the detail that you were talking about your tracking day (i.e 800 calories before 6PM ) and by the time that you did make that clarification, people had already begun the discussion around whether the time in which you ate food…

The point it disputes is that weight loss itself isn't the primary factor people should focus on, if you're solely focused on weight loss (as I've been guilty of in the past), then you'll do everything in your power to cut calories and burn calories at the same time ( an extreme example, consuming 1000-1200 a day, while…

I don't disagree, but that's for the reasons I state above, generally obese people aren't paying attention to the nutrients in their body, nor are they exercising, nor are they following a balanced diet. The usual one you hear is "Being obese puts you at a much higher risk of diabetes" but it isn't actually your fat…

So; sleep is one thing, but if you read those papers you'll see that the contention is that it's activating the digestive gene late at night, which effectively blocks other genes from activating through the night, meaning that even though you got eight hours of sleep in, the actual benefit of that sleep to your body could…

Greater weight loss and hormonal changes after 6 months diet with carbohydrates eaten mostly at dinner. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475137 Interesting study; it deals a little less with "when" calories in general are consumed, and a little more with consumption/distribution of carbohydrates. It seems to…

No, she again references human studies, and studies of other species that all corroborate the evidence gained within trials with mice. Also, you can't really write mice trials off as "preliminary research" being that the bulk of advancements we've made in cancer protein therapy, the viability of stem cells to treat trauma,…

Journal wise, her own research topics haven't covered the impact of day/night cycle on food as she's primarily focused on the impact of food groups on our neurological and physiological states.... however, being that she's an active podcaster she often references other peoples work and in particular has talked about the…

Considering both have risk factors of neurological and physiological impacts on your system, then from purely a biomedical standpoint, it's a reasonable enough comparison. Due to the nature of research and the usual deadline/time critical element of trials, you'll generally find the majority of trials deal in "excess" in…

Based on the research and literature, the only reason you'd need to cycle carbs into your diet is when you're anticipating that your body needs a glyocgen store to perform a particular endurance activity.

Losing bodyfat will naturally happen as part of being on a calorie deficit; to accelerate that, create a larger calorie deficit through exercise ( i.e Say your diet is a 500 calorie deficit, then you do an average of 300-500 calories of exercise a day and only eat back half, you've now got a 650-750 calorie deficit which…

If you're looking at things solely from a calorie in, calorie out ideal then I'm sure, you could find tons of literature. If you're looking at things from a wellness/sleep perspective, I'm not so sure. What I base a lot of my "cherry picking" from is actually looking into research scientists and their own philosophies,…

Most of them can be seen in the post I made a page back, including research indicating the risks.

Cardio Wise, it really does depend on what your goals are. If you're weight lifting and wanting to add bulk/density then keeping it to around three cardio sessions a week between 20 and 30 minutes would be sufficient to keep your metabolic rate up, preferably interval training. If you're wanting to boost muscle endurance…