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It's all about digestion and how long it takes your GI tract to convert food into blood nutrients. Different fruits are going to behave differently, but in general we have breed fruit plants to be many times sweeter than their wild counterparts that we evolved eating. For example eating oranges can have the same…

It depends on your metabolism, there is no hard and fast rule. Over the last 60 years there has been an increased consumption of carbohydrates and a corresponding increase in metabolic syndrome problems (obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke). There has also been an increase in consumption of processed foods…

That sounds like a metabolic disorder, it is probably less to do with how much you eat and more to do with the types of foods you are eating. The sense of satiation is based on your blood stream having enough nutrients in it to stop demanding more food. One of the most common culprits is carbohydrates. Carbohydrates cause…

I have never punched a cow in the face while doing a backflip in a snowstorm.

It's no different than eating a cheese sandwich where you butter the bread or put mayo on the bread, I just ditch the bread. I find it works best with hard cheeses like cheddar or poacher, but not ones that are aged longer than about a year (longer aged cheeses are too tasty to eat, the butter will lessen the flavour).…

Cheese with butter. It's epic. Try it.

I don't have too hard a time finding low carb foods. Here's a primer list: Butter, bacon, cheese, coconut oil, steak, chicken thighs, pork rinds, lard, ground beef, ground pork, lettuce, kale, chard, spinach, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, green beans, bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, eggs, duck breast, lamb, snow…

I'll preface this with that I eat low carb. I used to get vicious cravings for sugar and bread, it took about 18 months for them to fully fade away. I solved the problem with transference - when I would crave a food that was on the not-to-eat list I would eat a food that was on the list. Worked pretty good. When our son…

5'2" @ 134lbs is a normal weight for your height, and unless you are particularly fine boned you probably don't need to lose any weight. Figure out your basal metabolic caloric needs and then take off 5-10% if you really feel you need to lose weight. If you are finding your weight is slowly creeping upwards at your current…

Severe calorie restriction diets are generally a bad thing. Weight gain and loss is a usually a symptom of metabolic disorder, not being lazy or lacking will power. The moodiness and lack of energy is because your body is starving, and you are fighting against your metabolic systems constantly. What you need to do is…

You could look into the techniques in "Body By Science". Basically ultra low reps of ultra high weights with very long rest periods, the aim being to totally exhaust the muscles in 3-5 reps, 1-2 sets. You have to use machines and it is most useful for certain muscle groups. It has been shown to build muscle density…

Baked in the oven with a bit of olive oil and lemon juice and salt. Then to finish I cover it in Borsin cream cheese and warm it in the oven. Suitable for high-fat, low carb eating.

What you are experiencing is pretty standard on calorie deficit diets. Your metabolism will retool to the amount of fuel you give it, and if you are doing a lot of exercise it will tell you to eat more to maintain a homeostatic state. Chances are if you increase your calories you'll put on weight unless you have rebalanced…

That is incorrect, if you have a metabolism like mine where carbohydrate intake causes hard insulin spikes then the food choices you make are far more important than the amount you eat. Insulin has been shown time and time again to be the centre point of a number of metabolic disorders that are linked together (heart…

In my opinion highly restricted calorie diets are not a sustainable lifestyle change, nor a sustainable way to lose and keep off weight. The human metabolism matches caloric inputs and outputs once you sort out your hormones, particularly insulin. I dropped from 305lbs to 230lbs in six months eating 2800 calories a day…

It depends on your metabolism and goals. Sugar makes you put on weight, period. How much is related to how strongly your body reacts to sugar. If you are aiming to lose or maintain weight then that coke is going to play hob with your dietary and fitness goals. You have to be very careful with sugars, particularly the…