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RE: Title - no. Overall calories are important for fat loss. You should open your diary so your protein levels can be checked. Running building muscle. To a point. It's mostly catabolic, especially in a calorie deficit. You might want to look into replacing some of your long-distance running with some resistance training.…

A pattern of aversion and binging is more responsible for overeating sugary products, not the product itself. Even studies utilising MRI scans showing the way the brain reacts thanks to ingesting sugar are done after a period of deprivation.

You keep saying you need to be diabetic. This isn't true. In addition to IR problems, it can also be invoked by malnutrition, pancreatitis and so on. Find something decent on the anion gap , and something decent about the different between blood (serum) and urine levels of BHB. You're running a keto diet. I get that you…

I addressed insulin spikes already. - it happens with all food. - it varies with all food. - insulin is not the devil, it is an anabolic hormone. I would also recommend not using a website with a bunch of weight-loss pills and supplements in its "sponsored links". A surplus of calories hinders a loss of body fat, nothing…

This I know, that's why I used the word "or". It's not a condition dependent on being diabetic, it's just dependent on the body not producing enough insulin to counteract the elevated number of ketones. People who are commonly IR can have difficulties on keto diets and lapse into ketoacidosis because their ability to…

Tagliatelle, mushrooms, pesto.

Conventional dieting is actually "accomplished" more using "your" way. Being synonymous as a term doesn't mean they're created equal. You're talking about nutrient density. Nobody is arguing about the importance of micro and macronutrients. The RDI for sugar all sugar - including fruit sugar - is a guideline designed to…

Potentially. But why partake in something that has a 50/50 chance of failure because of unsustainability? why not increase those chances exponentially by operating in a way that you can still have the things you feel you'll crave, as long as all of your other food goals are in check. By the way, as I said previously in…

Cutting those foods out or severely restricting them from day #1 doesn't remove that problem, it simply masks it whilst your willpower and determination is at its highest. This is the very concept of cheat meals and cheat days. Have what you want, in moderation, and you are less likely to find yourself unable to control…

Seizures from chronically low carbs (or no carbs) are usually because of unintended ketoacidosis, or diabetic ketoacidosis in people who are undiagnosed/untreated diabetics/prediabetic. This is why I don't agree with keto diets being invoked without the supervision of a professional.

It's important for you to understand now that it will never end. It will save a lot of exasperation in the future.

Haha. It's full-fat Coke or "skinny" Coke where I'm from. I get lost in my colloquialisms sometimes.

No, they don't. They're all broken down to the shortest chain possible before being utilised by the body. The only difference is the amount of work it takes for the body to accomplish this, and therefore - as you said - how quickly they're utilised. I'm assuming you're referring to spikes in insulin. Insulin also spikes…

So your basic answer is "overconsumption", yes? let's leave out the fact that some people, especially those not logging here, eat a lot of calorie dense and less nutritionally dense food, because that's not who we're addressing. We're addressing the people who come here specifically to lose weight, gain a healthy respect…

Starch is just glucose in a long chain. It's a polysaccharide. Apple skins are polysaccharides.

Why are any of those things unhealthy though? I can give you many, many reasons why consuming certain things are healthy or inconsequential to health. Including alcohol. I've yet to see anybody give a legitimate reason for why anything, in moderation, is unhealthy.

Well, you actually stated that you believe sugar isn't a macronutrient and should only be consumed in moderation even from fruit. Here's a quote, so you can see your brand of food aversion verbatim. All carbs are a mixture of fibre and sugar, ergo, sugar is a macro. In chemistry, the words carbohydrate and saccharide are…

Deliberately misrepresenting what I said just does your argument more harm than good. If you're not going to engage in a sensible discussion with sensible contributions then there's no point in trying, really.

But cake over dark leafy greens/green veg/fruit once in a while isn't going to break the nutritional bank, even for people who aren't logging or otherwise monitoring their food choices diligently. If we're talking about daily choices - which nobody advocating the "let them eat cake" scenario has said, moderation is key…

If we're getting pernickety, micros and macros are generally more abundant in foods other than fruit. If I was lacking, for example, vit C (a water-soluble vitamin that we do need to consume every day) then I would eat a helping of kale or something similar over an orange.

This is a horrible mentality that promotes food aversion over healthy living, especially in the chronically overweight. I would also like to add that GL/GI theory is easily debunked. I was recommended a low-GI diet to lose weight, and once I'd bought a book explaining the principles to me and read that the GL/GI of any…

No, it isn't. I've said this countless times in the last few weeks. You should read up on fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins and minerals as a whole. God damn it, I rolled it.

OK, let's approach this in a different way. Say I've gotten a nutritionally balanced breakfast, lunch and dinner behind me. I'm hitting my RDIs for vitamins and minerals (maybe going a little over here and there, maybe going a little under here and there). My macros are in good order, I've eaten my daily protein goal, and…

I did not say that. I simply said that they contain fibre and nutrients. They are not "empty" and devoid of all nutrition. In moderation they are perfectly fine, even healthy to consume.

I reversed prediabetes with diet, so it is possible. Slowly cut down on the Pepsi. Don't forget it also has caffeine in it, which is most likely what is causing your migraines... so wean off it like anybody would wean off coffee. Try and replace it with something calorie-free... if that's diet soda, that's OK. Just try to…

IIFYM (if it fits your macros) can be anything, but is typically moderate to high carbs, so it would actually suit you as a vegetarian if followed properly. You can basically divvy up your macros as it suits you and your goals, as long as it stays within your calorie allowance. IIFYM specifically doesn't repair your…

Why does it have to be either/or? Why can't it be both? Why can't I eat chicken for lunch and have a slice of cake or a cookie afterwards?

Flour doesn't have fibre? milk and eggs don't have nutrients?

If your aim is metabolic repair and you're going to do IIFYM anyway, you may as well start now. I went through a long period of time where I couldn't eat very much unmedicated (gallstones/acute pancreatitis from gallstones, I had severe pain lasting for days when I ate anything more than clear liquids) and it ruined my…

You can upload videos to the Starting Strength website (or even here... plenty of places) and folks will do a decent form check for you. If you've read the book fully you can even do it yourself. Sometimes, if your gym is good, there will be folks there who do things the right way and are willing to check for you. In the…