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I mean, there was the professor that ate nothing but oreos and twinkies and other sugary processed foods, but ate at a deficit and lost 27 pounds, then all his health markers improved, that's kind of what you're talking about. Being at a healthy weight is BY FAR the most important thing in terms of dietary health that you…

Wow, I'm genuinely surprised by your offended and hostile reply. Neither of us who responded to you meant any offense, we were just trying to give you a little more knowledge on the subject. Sure there are skinny people who have poor cholesterol markers, but that is the exception, not the rule. Yea maybe you can improve…

I can't find any, can you provide them again so I can read them?

Pretty simple, you need to force yourself into a sustained calorie surplus to gain weight. If you have trouble eating enough to get there, stick to calorie dense foods like peanut butter, butter, oil, cream, avocado, whole milk, cheese, fatty meat, and if you're still having trouble you might want to work in some pop tarts…

Doctors have a TERRIBLE track record for staying up on current nutrition science. If you want legitimate advice, consult a registered dietitian. They would be a much better source for accurate information. If you need a referral to get your knee replaced, go see your doctor...

You said right there in your original post that you are and have been over wieght for a long time. Most negative health markers that show up occur due to being overweight, not specific diet choices. The single most impactful thing you can do to improve your health and objective health markers is to lose weight through a…

I mean you don't have to drink a shake at all if you want. If you get adequate protein in your diet through whole foods, then you will get no added benefit from a protein shake. That being said, there is no short term post workout anabolic window. Research shows that levels of muscle protein synthesis are elevated for 24…

If you think you can do Keto for the rest of your life, then go for it. If you can't, then don't because if you use it as a means to an end, then switch back to a balanced macronutrient diet, you'll likely end up in a bigger hole than you started in.

Reverse diet your way outta there!

That's awesome man, you're killing it! Have you reached your goal weight or are you still trying to lose more?

If you look at individual foods as healthy or unhealthy, that is an extremely flawed way of approaching nutrition, and honestly leads you down a path of developing an unhealthy relationship with food. Foods are not healthy or unhealthy. Diets are healthy or unhealthy. Context matters. There are contexts where eating an…

The counting calories is more important than the intermittent fasting. If IF helps you eat less, than that's good, but it's not magic.

If I'm thinking of the same study that you are, I think they found that people who eat a larger portion of their calories in the morning tended to be at a lower weight than people that eat a larger portion of their calories in the evening. The is a correlation study and doesn't prove causation at all. If I'm thinking of a…

Here's the problem with your premise: it seems to me that you think "organic" means that no pesticides were used. That's not the case at all. All "organic" means is that synthetic pesticides were not used, but organic crops almost always have organic pesticides used on therm. Furthermore, in actually studying the…

Machines have their place in a workout, but the bulk of your workout should be heavy compound lifts with free weights. You should look into a program that alternates between power and hypertrophy. I'd recommend the PHAT program. Also, when determining macros, it's best to set protein first at 0.8 grams per lb of body…

They don't track it because it wouldn't be accurate. Not all fiber is 0 calories, only insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber is 4 calories per gram. The problem is, nutrition labels do not always differentiate between soluble and insoluble fiber. If you were to count all fiber as 0 calories, you would be underestimating calorie…

Or just don't go low carb...

Also, don't listen to the guy recommending Keto unless you plan on eating very little to no carbs the rest of your life. Don't look at ANY diet as a temporary thing to lose weight, you need to look at it as a permanent change in lifestyle and always ask yourself: "Can I realistically and sensibly eat this way for the rest…

If you're not weighing and measuring everything you eat, then you could no joke be off 500 calories or more from what you think you're consuming

Eat fewer calories

You're probably eating more than you think you are. If you're not weighing and measuring your food, then you have no idea if you're eating 1320 calories a day or 2000 calories a day.

Step 1: Stop looking at individual foods as healthy or unhealthy and start looking at the context of your entire daily calorie intake as healthy or unhealthy. There are situations where eating an apple is unhealthy and there are situations where eating ice cream can be considered healthy. Don't get too hung up on…

Congrats on the weight loss, but you should start lifting weights immediately if you are not already. Ideally you should have started 90 days ago, but definitely start ASAP

Though it is true that much more research is needed on reverse dieting, flat out saying that it is BS is foolish. I'll be the first to say that anecdotal evidence is no substitute for empirical data, but to completely dismiss it and not even say "hey we don't know how well it works, or why exactly it might work, but let's…

Sure, when you lose weight, your metabolism slows down to adapt to the weight loss. Look up "Adaptive Thermogenesis". Reverse dieting takes advantage of adaptive thermogenesis, but in the opposite direction. Basically you very slowly increase your calorie intake over the course of 4 to 8 months. By the end of the reverse,…

Eat more calorie dense foods if you're having trouble getting enough calories in: whole milk, peanut butter, olive oil, avocado, butter, ice cream, etc.

Step 1: Don't make the mistake of trying to maintain after losing weight, switch into a reverse diet for long term success.

Are you planning on eating Keto for the rest of your life?

Just make sure you break it up and don't look at the end goal. If you look at a mountain it seems impossible to climb and people get discouraged and they don't climb it. If you start climbing the mountain and just keep looking 20 ft ahead and take it step by step, then you'll get there. Don't set an unreasonable pace…