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Is your bodyfat in the healthy range? Do you eat the recommended number of servings from ALL the food groups or an appropriate substitute? By the look of your diary you need to eat more of a whole raft of foods to get more vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and antioxidants, if that means more overall calories then…

Since you posted this on the Nutrition board and not the Diet board: more nutritious than popcorn http://www.nuts.com/snacks/fruit-veggie-chips/

Because your body thinks food is coming.

You've found your own solution really: sip slowly over the full day don't scarf it down in twenty minutes and then wait an hour for the next bottle. If you flood the stomach and thus the blood with water, the kidneys will go into overdrive in order to reestablish homeostasis so you will pee the whole lot back out again.…

You should be eating a wide variety of different foods for health, not one allegedly 'super' berry. Most people don't get enough blue/ purple fruits or veggies unless they use their fruit allowance on blackberries/ blueberries/ blackcurrants etc.

So don't go to the gym twice daily, it is not necessary unless you are an athlete (in which case you should be eating for fuel and recovery anyway not aiming to eat back fewer calories) and is high risk for injury or overtraining syndrome. Overexercising can lead to cravings even in the absence of hunger, exercise breaks…

Blending and juicing are two different things. Blended (minus any inedible skin or pips) counts towards your seven to nine servings a day because it is still whole produce. Juicing wastes the nutritious pulp and concentrates the sugars so only counts as one serving a day regardless of how much your drink. Pulp includes all…

It does increase thermogenesis but unless you like super hot food the difference will likely be negligible. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=capsaicin%20thermogenesis

"I'm not looking for a quick fix but ..." I can't tell you why US citizens trust advertising executives and journalists over their own government. In the last couple of weeks I've read claims on MFP that the US government is pushing overly high protein diet for the benefit of the meat industry, overly high grain diet for…

Stop eating processed meats and ready made foods, rinsing it will only remove the surface salt: consider fresh raw pork instead of ham. Lose or reduce bacon, ham, deli meats, salty cheeses, pizza, canned soups, breakfast cereals, breads, ready made sauces. No offense but if your sodium is high usually you are not doing…

There was a thread on anti inflammatory diets a couple of weeks ago and probably been others before that, did you run a search? Many foods or nutrients may have pro or anti inflammatory effects depending on quantities and combinations with other foods or nutrients, as can other lifestyle factors. Will they refer you to a…

How can freezing cold food be comfort food???

You're pregnant and you have symptoms, speak to a medical professional about nutrition.

You don't necessarily NEED eight cups or more if you are eating plenty of water rich foods like fruit and veggies and not a sweaty person. Are you eating enough carbs and electrolytes to hold the water in? Are you sipping or glugging? Are you peeing more often if you drank on an empty stomach?

Why don't you add your own seasonings/ make your own sauces or marinades so you control exactly what goes in? Herbs, spices, block creamed coconut, lemon juice, lime juice, chilli, garlic, red wine (boil off the alcohol calories), olives, homemade meat stock, tomato paste .... all these ingredients have health benefits and…

Because Pop Tarts suck your sex appeal into a black hole from whence it is recycled by Kelloggs into a product aimed at the adult market.

I'm probably reading this wrong but no routine plus questioning authority to me means no or poor discipline. There have been some good UK and US Supernanny episodes where changes of diet and routine were addressed, you could probably find those online. Agree with the others they won't die if they don't eat much for a few…

Look at your magnesium intake not just your potassium - magnesium is involved in muscle relaxation and general stress management - looking at your diary it's way low on mineral rich foods generally (beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, wholegrains, dark leafy green veggies, dairy). If you are eating the recommended nine servings…

Now apply that logic to every medical/ health/ lifestyle/ fitness professional you have ever dealt with, for yourself or for a younger or elderly relative. They have to be the right age, gender and have that precise health issue to be able to diagnose or treat? Blind opticians, physically disabled trauma doctors, male…

Again being harsh you can make excuses or you can make a change. I am sure you know yourself you cannot raise a child to have no healthy foods with a fussy parent, that is not going to teach them the right way to live. I made excuses until I got so sick I could not work for a couple of years, my lifestyle was not the sole…

Measure the juice and look up the juice of that particular item, different juicers waste different amounts of the produce, if you count the full calories it won't be accurate.

Protein powder is not really a substitute for meat many are not that nutritious unless fortified, it's fine not to eat meat but instead consume more fish and seafood, dairy and whole eggs for the vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids they supply. IMO the vest use of protein powders is as they were intended - a…

Have you asked your doctor to refer you to a registered dietician? What you are asking is really beyond the remit of this board, IMO it would be very difficult to get a balance of all the nutrients your body needs with so many restrictions. Low glycaemic index/ glycaemic load would be easier.

Plenty of longlife healthy foods - dried beans and lentils, canned beans and lentils, canned tomatoes, canned oily fish, brown rice, wholegrain pasta, jumbo oats, pot barley, any nuts, any seeds, frozen fruit and veggies, dried fruits, dried herbs and spice blends, block creamed or unsweetened dessicated coconut, powdered…

Juice counts as one serving towards your seven to nine a day regardless of how much you drink, fibre and other nutrients are lost in the juicing process and the sugars are concentrated. It's healthy if you can get all the servings of all the other healthy foods you should be eating into your daily diet, stay at a sensible…

As I understand it cheat meals/ days as used by athletes and people who are serious about their training or aesthetic goals are intended to keep someone on track when they are eating (obsessively) clean and healthy six or six and a half days a week, and to keep their metabolism ticking over. They are an alternative to…

Canned wild oily fish - pink salmon, mackerel, sardines. Instead of buying processed deli meats could you purchase a whole raw free range chicken or joint of meat, cook in bulk and portion out? TBH tho looking at your diary I am not clear why you are focussing on protein, you need a balance of ALL the macro and micro…

Presumably you need veggies with your breakfast to hit your nine servings so chopped red bell pepper and spinach. Don't rely on cottage cheese for calcium, it's very low compared to most dairy.

Think it depends on your area. I can't get them anywhere here they don't even show up on Tesco Groceries, even when I am logged out. I found them crazy expensive still in pods in an Chinese supermarket. But I can get all sorts of South Asian foods for cheap due to the local community.

Start logging properly - use the recipes function so you can can 'reuse' the recipe. For the first time you may it weigh and measure everything. The MFP calculation guesstimates your BMR and TDEE based on your weight and self reported activity, IMO the categories are poorly explained (sedentary is under around 6000 steps…