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I've noticed that outbursts are fairly commonplace in response to ridiculous unsubstantiated claims.

I believe that diet soda makes no practical difference one way or the other. It doesn't hurt weight loss, and it doesn't help it either. And since the referenced study doesn't appear to control for calories (did it even track them?), it basically tells us nothing, except that the diet soda group apparently ate fewer…

Some things I will do to failure, but most of the time, I will stop before the rep that will most likely fail. On bench press, I am not afraid of failure if I have a spotter. If I don't have one, the only time I'll actually fail is if I mis-judge my ability to get that last one done. Since the roll of shame comes with a…

There's always the turkey. And usually a good spread of veggies. What's wrong with that?

I would prefer my milk pasteurized, please-and-thank-you.

Don't worry about anabolic window nonsense. It's about your protein and calorie totals for the day (even week) and the focus is big-picture. When or if you slam a shake isn't going to matter.

Easy. Whenever I'm craving a donut, I visualize a cheeseburger. And when I want a cheeseburger, I visualize a donut. But every time I end up making a cheeseburger out of a donut and go way over on calories. So I would not recommend my strategy.

No. I am one of those "naturally thin" people according to everyone I know, but I can testify that weight gain/loss for me works exactly like it does for everyone else. People may have seen me devour pizza that one time at an outing, but they have no idea what I'm eating or doing the rest of my life. The math all works out.

High protein isn't really a concern as long as you don't have pre-existing kidney issues. 1 gram per lb of body weight (or lean body mass) is a common recommendation. I would think much more than that wouldn't give you any added benefit, but I don't think it would hurt you. But if there is any doubt about your health,…

It's not healthier. It's not elevated morality. It doesn't make any sense to me. I have no use for it. Plain and simple.

Fun thread. I learned that when some people say a calorie equals a calorie, some other people interpret what you are saying as "twinkies equal vegetables." But back to the original question: I don't spend too much time worrying about types of fat. I don't think saturated fat is worth worrying about. The only kind of fat I…

The first thing that everybody else mentioned is don't keep chips in the house. Also, you could move your dinner to late enough that you don't get hungry before going to bed. I don't get hungry late at night, because I basically just ate dinner, and it was most likely my biggest meal of the day.

I still don't understand what is being reset.

The short answer is no. The notion of increasing your metabolism by anything other than simply gaining weight is usually bogus. Adaptive thermogenesis (conservation) can be a thing, but it's pocket change, not enough to negate your deficit. And you can probably default to assuming it wasn't a factor to begin with.…

Veggies, fruit, and "lean" protein are great, and perfectly fine for a 5 day thing, but for the long-term I would question the omission of your yogurt, cheese, pasta, oatmeal, eggs, etc. Those are all good things, used appropriately. If those are things you love, there is no shame in implementing them into your diet.…

Theoretically, if you get a decent amount and variety of fruits and vegetables, you should be OK on vitamins. I know I fail at consistently getting enough F&V, so I do take a multivitamin as insurance. I've also been taking 1000 IU D3 on top of that. I've never really understood the differences between Man/Woman vitamins.…

I don't know where the starting point was for me, but it wasn't until a couple years ago. At some point I latched onto some information I had stumbled across, and since I am generally a nerd, I started devouring more information. I started to value it more because it's not just theoretical knowledge, but something I can…

Multivitamin EPA/DHA (Fish Oil) 1000 IU Vitamin D (in addition to whatever is in the multi) ~5g Creatine 10g BCAA only if I am training fasted I get plenty of Calcium from all the dairy I consume. I also don't have any trouble hitting protein goals with just food, otherwise I would have a protein powder in there.

This is a perfect example of increased carb intake leading to more water weight.

Nobody is going to claim that carbs are processed exactly like fat, or that fat is processed exactly like protein. The body treats all of these things slightly differently, obviously. But a Calorie is a unit of measure for energy. A gram of carbs yields roughly 4 Calories for the body. Protein about 4, fat about 9. They…

http://examine.com/supplements/Fish+Oil/ Fish oil is one of the few supplements worth your money. Omega-3s have an anti-inflammatory response while Omega-6s have a pro-inflammatory response. You want a higher Omega-3 to Omega-6 ratio, but the typical american diet is very high in Omega-6 and low in Omega-3. Enter EPA and…

30 Medium Bananas: Calories 3150 Total Fat 12 g Saturated fat 3 g Polyunsaturated fat 3 g Monounsaturated fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg Sodium 30 mg Potassium 12660 mg Total Carbohydrate 810 g Dietary fiber 93 g Sugar 420 g Protein 39 g Vitamin A 30% Vitamin C 210% Calcium 0% Iron 30% Vitamin D 0% Vitamin B-6 600% Vitamin B-12…

There are a good number of programs out there you could try to start out with. I see a lot of recommendations for Starting Strength, Stronglifts, and New Rules. But before you go out and pick one, you'll need to think about what you are trying to accomplish and make sure your routine will move you toward that. Or you could…

I see what you're getting at. The body will "switch gears," so to speak, when you eat. But in the big picture (over weeks, months, years) the determining factor of how much weight you've lost is always the calorie balance (in vs. out). Don't spend too much time worrying about when you're anabolic or catabolic.

There's really no need to force yourself to eat a morning meal. Many people like to eat in the morning, and some people, like me, don't. It's usually 2pm by the time I have my first meal. You will often hear the claim that eating more often or eating at certain times will "rev up" your metabolism, or that skipping a meal…

From what's been said, it sounds like you're gonna know when those rejected, angry carbs finally make their way out. The horror.

I don't usually get "sore" anymore. It's more like a dull and faint ache a day or two later. While I'm keeping with my routine, I don't notice it very much if at all. Basically soreness or no soreness means nothing.

When I think of a carb blocker, I imagine a friend who smacks the donut out of my hand just before I get it to my mouth. If that actually happened, I would be furious, by the way. But about those carb blockers: Sounds awfully gimmicky and like a waste of your money. If you're going to have a high calorie day, just log it…

I don't have any ammunition to bad-mouth the Atkins diet. It's one approach of many that you can take. I think where the criticism comes in is because there are a lot of claims of losing weight fast with Atkins, but I think most of those results are based on loss of water weight after newly going low carb. Then if/when…

And did you have to sit in an icebath the entire next day? Holy DOMS, Batman! But back to the original question, I think squats are intimidating to a lot of people. It's a very technical movement in which you're moving a lot of weight. It's challenging and tiring. It's frightening if you've never done them, especially if…