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In view of where this is going, im just going to say that I do not wish to get into a full blown argument with you. I've put my experience and opinion down and your free to ignore it. I do however, honestly wish the best with your goals and your health regardless how you approach it.

This was a genuine question, not a judgement, I ask it because Im aware of several cases of physicians prescribing this without really understanding what it's for and more importantly not properly informing the patient why they are prescribing it.

Find me any hard evidence to suggest that there eating disorder permanently alters metabolism? I promise to retract all comments if there is any. All the studies im aware of that have even looked at this have found any changes are entirely short-term, your body doesn't care about the past, it cares about the present and…

Havnt bothered to read the article. Five reasons why its bull**** of the top of my head: - Almost certainly a correlational study: Thus no cause and effect established - Almost certainly based on retrospective or prospective recall - Which is useless for even energy intake, let alone macronutrient intake - Probably doesn't…

The reason people are getting irritated, is because everything your saying goes completely against logic and reason, hiding behind a "I have a unique metabolism / situation" front. I'm sorry, but in the last 4 years of studying exercise metabolism I havn't come across a single person who defies the laws of energetics,…

Basically you don't want to 'work'. Fair enough least your honest with yourself. Just change what you perceive as work. You wont mind doing cardio if your not realising your doing it. Get into a fun sport, maybe tennis with some friends, perhaps go for a walk with your family. Also change your lifestyle, take the stairs…

Vanity is a phenomenal motivator!

Fair play, as far as a disagreement comment goes it's well justified and I can definitely see your point. From my experience, the line between self-acceptance and complacency is far too thin. You only have to look at all the MFP who are on maintenance complaining about how difficult they find it because they begin binging.…

Will do I promise!

Challenge accepted.

Never. Quickest way to a relapse is to become satisfied with yourself. Honestly, sounds extreme, but most people who reach their goals, lose motivation. Set new goals: Build muscle, become leaner, run a marathon, swim 10k whatever you fancy just don't stop. :)

This, but it may also blunt training adaptation - if that's something you are concerned about.

Really depends on your goals. If your willing to give anything a shot, I would find a DECENT personal trainer, learn squatting and deadlifting techniques, buy yourself a squat rack, an incline bench, a bar and a few weight plates. That will cover just about everything you need to workout - as you can do squats, deadlifts,…

If you don't eat enough protein, your muscle wastes away. Your heart is a muscle, and so your heart muscle wears away leading to heart attacks.

If your using well-known brands you wont have a problem with heavy metal contamination, and protein powders are generally very useful if they fit your goals - but also not necessary in anyway and goals can be met with normal dietary intake. As for the sucralose unfortunately I can't be of much help with explaining that…

This in particular the last two lines

I personally agree that at the finite level, different macronutrient intake has a role above that of calories on their own. However, I'm not sure what the relevance and size of effect that difference would be - I do agree that more research is needed so get on with it and write your thesis! :)

Decent summary, can't fault it!

That's the one mate. Pretty much anything you need to know on protein from scientifically backed sources can be found in this quick review written by him last year: http://www.mrugby.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GSSI-Protein-Consumption-and-Resistance-Exercise-Maximizing-the-Anabolic-Potential.pdf The key points section…

Some great points here, and I agree with most and less so with others: - I particularly agree that the RDA is way to low especially with sarcopenia in the elderly (loss of muscle mass with ageing). The problem there being, that the RDA is not specifically defined to prevent losses in muscle mass. Like I would suggest to…

Yes the 6 meals a day thing has been put out quite extensively, although theres been almost a full circle back to people just getting the total intake right. I think probably, getting 6 'meals' or hits of protein, is important if you want that absolute top-level response, but for most people who fail to get their daily…

Yes I would guess (based on their previous similar research), that it's between 4 and 6 doses of 0.25g/kg throughout the course of a day, making the total between 1.25g/kg/day and 1.75g/kg/day depending on the how they did the before bed doubling of intake. Hope that makes it a bit clearer. Cheers, Mike.

They suggest, throughout the day, I am not sure on the specific timings at this point. As I should have made clearer though, this is about getting the absolute maximal response, for most people just getting the total protein in throughout the day vs maximal isn't really necessary.

As I said before, it's unpublished, paper to be published soon, just thought some may be interested in the conclusions. I will add as soon as it's available.

Really although there is an anabolic window after exercise, it's probably a lot longer than 45 minutes, but if you want maximal anabolism it is important to get protein in there at some point particularly with high leucine content. Totally respect waiting before judgements! Personally, it's a sound theory to me that…

Hey guys, comments on here are amazing great to see people's thoughts and it's great to see how motivating information can be! Just to respond to a few things in general - The weight pictures are on a UK weighing scales, so it's stones and pounds. One stone = 14 pounds. So my weight change is 213lb to 206.5lbs or 96.8kg to…

Thanks for the positive comments so far guys its much appreciated, some really good points in here too! Yes that's a really important flip side of this post. If you suddenly up your energy intake from a cutting cycle, because your lifting weight, and your bodyweight jumps up 6 pounds, which it could do, your right it…

Not sure what your weight is, but unless your about to keel over from cardiac arrest then the doctor is an idiot. Vast majority of people would not last more than a week on 500kcal without losing motivation, it's unrealistic, dangerous and uninformed advice coming from an apparent figure of authority on the issue.

For clarity: ~0.8g/kg for RDA (which is for individuals not aiming to gain weight) ~1.2g/kg for individuals aiming to build muscle mass ~1.8g/kg for individuals on extreme energy deficit or conducting intensive endurance training where losses in lean body mass are predicted >1.8g/kg is unnecessary for anyone who isn't on…

Starvation mode is a myth evolved from a bit of science (extreme calorie deficit = minor temporary reductions in energy expenditure) added to a whole lot of broscience and often mixed with other myths such as 'metabolic damage'. It's suprising the number of people who say they can't lose weight because there in starvation…