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I have a formula for making salads. For the base I usually use mixed baby greens or baby romaine (I know it's more expensive, but the fact that it's easier means I actually do it, rather than letting a head of lettuce go bad in the fridge). And personally I avoid iceberg lettuce, but the flavour is milder, so you might…

Breakfast, by definition, is the first thing you eat after your overnight "fast" while sleeping, regardless of what it is, or which "meal" you label it as. For myself, if I don't eat in the morning and just wait until I feel hunger before eating, then I won't get hungry. At all. All day -- until around 3-4 when, still not…

If the kid has diabetes and they let him have a medium slurpee then they deserve judgement even more.

You would feel bad because it's a CHILD, and unlike his parents he isn't making an informed decision. You would feel because there's a good chance that his parents' bad decisions will cause him to develop type 2 diabetes, and it won't matter what he decides he wants to do in regards to diet and exercise later in life -- he…

Not killing the innocent? Clearly you've never heard the song "carrot juice is murder" by The Arrogant Worms. Go educate yourself.

If you don't believe in harming animals, then feed your cat what she evolved to eat, which is meat. If you can't bring yourself to do that, then find her a new home where she'll get proper care, and get an animal that fits with your lifestyle without torturing it, like a rabbit etc. (I've been completely vegetarian since I…

I almost always eat cereal out of a mug -- mainly because the mug is approximately the size of a serving, whereas the bowl will hold 2.5-3 servings, and cereal is something I have a definite tendency to over-eat.

Fiber is always indigestible, so I'm not sure what the original poster was trying to get at with this. The problem is the USFDA labeling laws. Check out this article: http://www.examiner.com/article/if-fiber-is-not-digested-then-why-do-we-count-the-calories-or-carbs-it

That said, a lot of people (myself included) don't chew properly when they're eating quickly, which can cause digestive issues, and cheat you out of both nutrients and calories that you "ate" but which your body did not properly process.

there's a woman in my spin class who has been coming and doing a a lower intensity workout while wearing her walking cast --- I don't know if she broke her foot or her leg, but her doctor said that spin would be okay --- I would come up with a list of possibilities, and then run them by your doctor

You can't tell someone that 128 oz (4 L) is too much without knowing anything about their activity level, how hot/dry the climate they are in is, what kinds of food they eat, etc. Also, everyone is different. If I drink less than 2L on a day when I do no extra physical activity I end up dehydrated, with a headache and…

I will only microwave in glass/ceramic, or very occasionally in a paper-based take-out container. And for a long time I didn't microwave at all (we intentionally didn't have one for over three years, until we renovated the kitchen and got a built-in for resale value). Sadly, most people are completely unaware of how…

people "force" their kids to eat/not eat all kinds of things. I was forced to eat meat --- people learned pretty quickly not to force red meat on me because I would throw up, but poultry only gave me a headache and some muscle ache, and since those didn't hit for a couple hours after the meal, the causation wasn't obvious.…

That was me -- my mum couldn't get me to eat baby foods with meat in them, and although I ate turkey, hotdogs, and pepperoni on pizza when I was younger, that stopped when I was 12 (basically when I was old enough to feed myself). Unfortunately, my eating wasn't particularly healthy -- but it was no worse than some of my…

That can depend on the type of cardio and your resistance settings --- On the elliptical I do "hill climb" and the spin class I take does a lot of standing work, so my legs are getting a lot stronger (I can go much faster on the same resistance than I could a few months ago)

Have you considered a "sunrise simulator" style alarm clock rather than one that wakes you up with noise? They wake you up more naturally, and for me anyway they leave me feeling much less groggy in the mornings, more able to get started with my day.

I may be weird, but I would prefer that it underestimate rather than overestimate . . . . did you track your body fat percentage as well? I assume it works that into the calculation, and would make things more accurate.

I took mine of the other morning to charge it the other morning, and forgot to put it on when I went to work --- I freaked out a little when I went to show it to a friend and the holder was empty :) Once I found it I was just sad that I has no activity record for the day, so I just manually entered a low estimate of my…

The "best"/most effective exercise is the one you'll actually do. If you don't like running, you'll be more likely to find reasons why you can't do it, whereas if you choose an exercise you enjoy then you're more likely to go out of your way to fit it in even when it's inconvenient. that said, I'm off to the gym for my two…

I have a blog -- it's not exclusively about exercise, but about half of my posts thus far have been about (or partly about) exercise or eating right. It's also illustrated :) http://specialkindofnerd.blogspot.ca/

Really, you KNOW organic foods are healthier? Because a lot to the organic pesticides, although naturally occurring, are much more harmful than synthetic ones that have been developed to replace them. Furthermore, there is no evidence that organic foods are any higher in nutritional content.…

purely anecdotal, but every time I clean up my eating and start exercising again after a period of eating junk, overeating, and being sedentary I go through intestinal troubles. The combination of reasonable portions of healthy food and physical activity clears the pipes, so to speak, and after a week or two it settles. It…

I would change your time zone to correspond to your actual schedule -- if a 12 hour flip is possible that's ideal, because then you just flip AM and PM in your brain.

Okay, fair enough -- sorry for the misunderstanding.

Although I kind of understand where you're coming from, consider this -- You don't eat meat for ethical reasons, but I don't eat meat because of an intolerance. Red meat causes vomiting, and fish/poultry make me feel nauseous and give me a headache and body ache (general flu-like symptoms). It's been that way my entire…

I would say that for SOME people it is a fad -- they'll be the ones who "cheat" regularly, like "vegetarians" who cheat and eat a steak when it's available, and who two years from now won't be doing it anymore. I initially went gluten free in support of my partner when his doctor told him that he had to, and found out that…

I have never heard that breakfast is the "healthiest" meal of the day anywhere other than from you, in this post. What is said is that it's the most *important* meal of the day. Why? Because by definition breakfast is the first food you eat after sleeping for eight hours, and it sets the tone. If you eat sugary fat-laden…

exactly this --- breakfast means breaking your fast (as in the time you're not eating while you sleep) and by definition the first meal you eat in the day is your "breakfast" regardless of whether you call it lunch or supper or whatever. Is most of the stuff that gets marketed as "breakfast food" crap? Of course it is,…

Exactly, because it leads to over-eating later in the day. Regular small meals *before* I get to the point of feeling hungry are what's working for me. If I wait until I'm hungry I'll eat twice as much, and it will be more likely to be crap.

I don't want to move, and I want to eat constantly -- bad combination. It I do get myself moving though it usually helps (but starting is the problem).