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That's good news. I have a family member with severe kidney issues and trying to figure out what does and does not have medium to high levels of potassium is a pain in the *kitten*. He's pretty much given up on it.

No kidding. My 82 yr old 5' 2" uncle who probably weighs somewhere around 145 lbs eats more, though admittedly he's less into pizza and more into Hungry Man frozen dinners, all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets and cheeseburgers. Oh, and Mrs. Smith's frozen pumpkin pies. Now, he's still decently muscular and very active for a…

After this id the problem isn't solved, I'd consider dropping the snacks for a week or so and see if that helps. Some people find it more satisfying to have larger meals and no snacks than to eat smaller meals and snacks throughout the day.

Also super-tasty. I like to bake the apples in with the pork, then either mash or leave as wedges to eat.

Breast milk is 17% protein according to 'Constituents of human milk', United Nations University Centre (archive.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F174e/8F174E04.htm). Be sure to calculate % protein per total calories, NOT % protein per volume or you are including water in the total. % carb + % protein + % fat should equal 100%. In a…

Don't know why this is a hard concept to understand. You develop a specific plant, you may legally get a period of time where you own certain rights to it as a recompense for your work. You have to meet certain standards to get a patent, and it's a limited time deal - eventually anyone can do whatever they want with it.…

I'll do a half and half mix of a fruit jam and chile paste. Pick the right jam and you get sweet, sour and spicy all at once. Lately, though, I roast a whole chicken stuffed with lemons and onions and seasoned inside and out with Aunt Jane's Crazy Salt (salt & pepper is good too).

That is what field trials are for, and why no one with any sense says "GMOs are safe" or "GMOs are unsafe". The fact that something was genetically engineered doesn't make it safe or not safe, just as the fact that a plant evolved without human intervention does not make it safe or not safe - to us or to the environment.…

I limit calories, try to get enough protein and fats and let the rest fall where they may.

Not guilt, but when I run regularly, I miss it on the days I'm not scheduled to run. I don't like when I'm not able to do it on vacation, etc. Right now, though, I'm trying to work back into running after straining a tendon and just started lifting this week to gain back my strength before I start working back into…

Can I judge based on my coworkers? I work for a major health care system, most of my colleagues are MDs or MD/PhDs. Those that either 1) don't specialize in metabolic disorders or 2) haven't made an effort to learn nutrition outside of medical school are pretty clueless about it. Some of the questions I've gotten about…

Can't speak to the present - I'm working back from an injury, but when I was running regularly: Never, unless I'm doing speedwork which is a once every couple of weeks thing. Otherwise, I'm doing a recovery run, a pace run, or a long run where the goal is to increase mileage, not to wear myself out. If I hit any of these…

Dark chocolate often has milk in it. Dark just means it has less milk than milk chocolate, not none.

Um, no. In weight lifting terms, 6 mos is not 'slow' and the article is assuming ideal conditions, which recomp most certainly is not.

I assure you she doesn't think that. What she does think is that if this hypothetical woman has a prayer of putting on 1lb of muscle per month, she has to bulk. If she bulks, in order to get back down to 15%BF, she'll obviously have to cut. Recomp is a thing. It's just a very, very slow process.

Ditto. At least I work for a major healthcare system, so they saw the writing on the wall well in advance of the implementation and were trying to educate their employees about what was coming. Most other people I know were caught completely off guard by the magnitude of the change, and these were largely people opposed to…

It would be standard to either put the word toxin in quotes or put 'so-called' or 'purported' or similar in front of toxin so it is clear you are not using the word in it's true meaning. Since no one (including me) picked up on your meaning, I'd consider that although you think what you wrote was clear, it is probably…

You didn't. This particular side discussion started with the premise that defense taxes aren't a choice. Then there was a poor argument made that defense taxes aren't a choice because superpower. Then it got side-tracked to discussing that the amount of defense taxation is a choice (at least up to a point), but that is…

Thimerosal (mercuric compound used as an adjuvant) is still being used in vaccines. I have the same sensitivity you do and this past year is the first time my workplace did not have any thimerosal-containing flu vaccine. I ask for the version without every year, they almost never have it available. Thimerosal is/was also…

Countries still have to spend on defense if they aren't superpowers - at least if they want to remain a country and if they have anything at all that another country wants. Otherwise, they get annexed at best, overrun at worst. I don't think anyone's going to argue that the US has plenty of resources, natural and otherwise…

Sounds a lot like this: https://verywell.com/exertional-compartment-syndrome-2549701ttp:// If rest doesn't take care of it, I'd go see the doc and see about getting a proper diagnosis.

Don't have arthritis myself, but have a friend with a severe degenerative form of arthritis. She's had multiple joint replacements including both knees. Her PTs insist on regular strength exercises for her legs to improve her mobility and help support her knees. They'd have her do weighted back squats, lunges, etc if she…

Shorter inseam, always. Often a shorter rise. Sometimes smaller leg opening, waist, etc. None of this holds if you're not staying in the same brand.

Have you looked into recumbent cycles? They make them for outdoor use and that would take care of balance issues ...

It's meaningless. The variants have been correlated to populations with lower or higher weight, not shown to actually have anything to do with those populations' weight.

Where is this? I get runny yolks all the time. I've yet to go to a restaurant that won't serve runny yolks if they serve eggs.

If eggs come out overcooked, undercooked, or broken when they're not supposed to be then back they go. If the cooks aren't capable of cooking over-easy, poached, etc properly, then the restaurant shouldn't put them on the menu. I would expect any competent server to spot an obvious broken yolk and have the egg re-done,…

Ditto. These days, I hear the really competitive skaters do quite a bit of heavy lifting as well and focus on the explosiveness of the lift.

The heart may be beating faster, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily working harder. There are a good number of adaptations that can occur as you get more fit that translate into more work being done per beat. As an easy-to-explain example, one of them is an increase in stroke volume - you pump more blood per beat,…

And lets not forget that not all dry measuring cups are created equal. I had two sets of them. One was a cheapo plastic set from my college days, the other a metal set from a professional baking supply company. Even before I got a food scale, it was obvious that 1 c. was not the same between the two sets and which set was…