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More daily calories now vs then. Comparison between 1970 and 2008, for example: Infographics from https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/04/11/nutrition-circles/ Original data from U.S. Trends in Food Availability and a Dietary Assessment of Loss-Adjusted Food Availability (although the link is a newer version…

It depends entirely on where the brown rice is grown. Lundberg farms for example has less arsenic in its aromatic than the average white rice.

There's not much evidence to say. Some dairy funded studies have found them to be less bad for you than artificial sources of trans fats, but since it's pretty easy to avoid all trans fats, that's what I tend to do. https://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/natural-trans-fat-less-harmful-than-artificial-version

if you love fats, yay. If you love carbs, nay. It doesn't really matter either way, all diets work via calorie deficits, and keto is certainly one perfectly valid way to get one. I prefer a more typical macro breakdown of 50-20-30ish.

When I underwent abvd chemo (for hodgkin lymphoma), I was told not to change dietary habits but if you're on the lighter side, they probably want you to be above a certain weight due to the expectation that you will have a reduced appetite. It might vary based on the treatment, and not everyone is affected the same. For…

https://examine.com/nutrition/does-eating-at-night-make-it-more-likely-to-gain-weight/ summarizes the science pretty well.

I made the hotforfood recipe before, and it turned out pretty tasty. https://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipes/2013/05/20/perfect-vegan-mac-cheese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk_KCvwvk7k

If you want to avoid wheat, you can also try legume based pasta (black bean, lentil, chickpea, whatever). However, there's nothing wrong with wheat pasta either. I do usually prefer lentil pasta, but that's mostly to get a bit more protein.

I'm not raw vegan (I eat cooked), but I take B12, DHA, and D3 supplements. I recommend http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/dailyrecs as a good evidence based source for supplements you may want to consider, and why. If you're fully raw, some additional aspects of your diet will require care. In particular, the amino acid…

Plant based foods tend to be split between foods that are good sources of methionine (most plant foods) vs foods that are good sources of lysine (legumes, nuts, and seeds are the stars here). It's not really all that difficult, and doesn't require much thought at all. The only additional factor is getting a bit more…

Veggie Delight on italian w/ spinach, red onions, lettuce, jalapenos, tomato, cucumber and mustard. I don't go there very often, though.

no, it's total carbs.

If your weight loss per week is 2 or 1.5, i'd maybe try a smaller deficit, and see how you do with that for a while. 1400 feels to me like a very low amount of calories if you have 80ish lbs to lose, but perhaps you're extremely short.

I usually eat the same thing over and over until I get sick of it, and move on to something else.

You can go for more veg based protein if you want. I'm vegan, and don't usually have problems reaching protein minimums. Whole foods like beans and peas help quite a bit, and things like seitan and tofu help a lot (especially seitan if you like it). Things like greek yogurt and other dairy based protein are also an option.

As long as you're in the ballpark of minimum requirements of protein and fat, I just let macros fall where they are.

I eat doughnuts vicariously though Stephanie Buttermore's cheat day videos. I like to play the 'how many minutes into her cheat day would my daily calories last'. Usually I wouldn't make it past breakfast :neutral: None of the healthy doughnuts have seemed all that satisfying to me, unfortunately.

Other than the fantastically optimistic epoc estimates, it seems fine. It's was a bit too expensive for a dumbbell/treadmill circuit for me, though.

Yeah, although they have a newer product line coming soon (more calories, pretty much no protein) which is supposed to be more comparable to halo top. https://www.arcticzero.com/light-ice-cream

It's a daily average (in kJ), though. 8000 kJ is around 1912 Calories.

I don't think the choices made by enhanced athletes apply to naturals.

I'd focus on calories first, then the most important macros (protein, fat, carbs in that order), and only then try to reach whatever micro-nutrient goals you have. Keep in mind, mfp isn't really going to be all that effective at micro training anyways, unless you stick exclusively to usda items in the database.

Reference value for a cookie is 30g. Remember, labels are designed to be comparable across similar products of different brands.

Food deserts are a thing, unfortunately, which makes it very easy for well meaning policies to turn into a tax on those least able to afford it.

From now on, I'm logging all my chocolate as oatmeal :smirk:

Jeff Nippard made this the subject of this week's myth bust monday (specifically fasted cardio vs non-fasted cardio and its impact on fat burn). It doesn't seem to make a difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEbWdoceH-A

Not all commercial powders use isolate, not that there's any evidence-based harm with isolate. Here's the ingredients from the main powder I use (it's a meal replacer, so it has more ingredients than a powder that just has protein). PEA PROTEIN, FLAXSEED, ORGANIC ACACIA GUM, PEA STARCH, HEMP PROTEIN, SACHA INCHI PROTEIN,…

The dairy-free ones have dairy free written on the gold colored top, the original ones don't so it's pretty easy to quickly scan for dairy free vs has dairy. At least, that's what I do when the stores mix them together (which seems to be most stores near me).

I usually aim for 25-30% of calories from protein which should get you in the right ballpark, which is in excess of the mfp default suggestion. It's pretty easy to reach in most days (a lot easier with things like seitan, admittedly).

210 at breakfast, the rest at dinnerish