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  • The 25% carbs.
  • The 25% fat sounds incredibly low to me, also depending of what type of fat do you eat. Switch to 45% fat and 25% fat, you will automatically meet the 30% protein with that, but eat good and healthy fats.
  • Gaining muscle while cutting weight is kinda hard, possible but hard, you want to make sure that you are using proper form in all your exercises and having proper recovery, this might sound simple but is often times the problem that 95% of guys in the gym struggle with. For the fat, abdominal fat is hard to loose and…
  • A sensitivity is a sensitivity, iodine is crucial for your thyroid, and is essential, you must consume it, if you cut iodine, your body will struggle producing hormones and you will experience a vast array of health problems. Have you retested for that sensitivity somewhere else? Sensitivities are often a symptom of…
  • I do not remember where did I see the link for that study but I will give you similars: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17668074 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ And of course just Google about articles about sugar addiction and cocaine, you will find more…
  • Test yourself, but serum levels are not always accurate tests, there is something called "intracellular test", which is going to test your levels inside the cells, which is actually the relevant thing. Some nutrients are vital, and your body will do every thing to have normal levels in blood, so it will take the nutrient…
  • I am not going to read all these posts or I will get mad because there is so much ignorance with the paleo diet. Paleo is probably the diet that has given more people the best results of their lifes, and for other more specific concerns, whether you have GI issues for example, you have another diets which are very good…
  • You are exactly doing the opposite of what you should do, which is going low in fat and high in sugar, switch that balance and you will see the results, of course when I say eat more fat I mean healthy fats, not canola oil and margarine.
  • As a person with low vitamin D since long time, and tons of hours researching about my deficiencies I can tell you a few things that, if you don't want to believe me, you can just Google and check them out yourself. - Supplements: Do not ever, ever get any vitamin D2, is useless, not absorbed, so many companies add it to…
  • In my personal experience with cravings I can tell you something, a craving is something that we shouldn't have but when I switched my diet to fix some health issues, deficiencies and so, my body started to "crave" more some foods that I was consuming which were giving me those nutrients. Anyways, there are so many things…
  • What do you mean with this? that you eat 80% "healthy" and cheat 20%? Sugar should always be eaten alone, prior or post meals, but not 5 minutes, but rather in between meals, and the more sugary fruits, the ones with more fructose content, will give you more trouble than benefit, limit fruit intake and consume it within…
  • The range of 80-120 gr of protein a day is usually enough to keep or gain some muscle for almost any human being, there is a book called "How much protein" which explains, with scientific studies, all of the myth about protein consumption, there is too much hype about protein, and there are also so many companies that sell…
  • What do you eat? Do you think that it is normal to have such a messy eating schedule?
  • What is healthy food for you? You are over training. If you cut your caloric intake drastically all of the sudden and you do cardio you are going to mess your metabolism and your body will rather store the food that you eat, as well as slow down your metabolism, it is thinking of "starvation move".
  • You have zero information in your post.
  • Possible adrenals, thyroid, liver problems... take it easy, fix your hormones then do the rest.
  • You got it: http://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(04)00462-7/fulltext http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821887/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/sugar-type-2-diabetes-rates-robert-lustig_n_2750965.html Just quick examples, also check any list of inflammatory foods and then read about the…
  • Avocados, oilve oil, seeds, beans (although careful with them), tofu. One avocado with a tablespoon of olive oilf is going to give you like almost 400 calories.
  • I have no intention in demonizing anything, the dangers of sugar are more than proven, our society lives in a sugar-base diet and our bodies are not designed to handle that much sugar, that is all. I invite you to read about sugar and inflammation, problem is that the effects of sugar are not just a short term weight gain…
  • Is not that bad, women should have in between 25 and 30, is always more than men due to the estrogens thing. The pace in which you are losing weight is great. And your approach of weekly calories is more useful than daily, you don't process the calories in a 24 hours basis like a clock, the best approach is weekly, without…
  • Have you checked the studies shown in the link? No, but you talk, typical...
  • In this link http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/08/09/artificial-sweeteners-worse-than-sugar.aspx you can find a whole bunch of links with researches that show all the danges of aspartame, including the weight gain through insulin spikes, and there is not only one, you've got 8 studies with…
  • You just troll without reading any information about it, first read, then talk about what you read.
  • http://www.menshealth.com/health/overhydration-dangers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/9163138/Over-drinking-can-be-deadlier-than-dehydration.html You can find more about that condition called "Hyponatremia", minerals and vitamins in the body have a partner, when one goes down, the other one goes up, and…
  • Talk to diabetics about your suggestion. I can't believe people say these things.
  • This is the biggest LOL that I've read in this forum so far. You can't measure carbs using the simple/complex rule, this is like from the past, you need to check the GI of the foods, the GI is an estimation of how quick the sugar goes into your blood stream, which is what matter for insulin response and your statements are…
  • You are quite slim, is not going to be easy for you to go to a 5-6% body fat, you need really strict dieting and intense exercise (not killing yourself, workout 3-4 times a week, as a woman you have better recovery), you can checkout Jen Ferruggia's program, I think that it does include exercise and diet.…
  • You are killing yourself, you are working out wayyyyyyyyy too much. I would clean up my diet, not the amount of calories but the source of the calories, I don't know what you eat during the day but even with a proper diet, all that exercise is just going to kill you.
  • I think that you are drinking too much water, just drink when you feel thirsty, excess water cause.. dehydration, ironic eh? I don't know how is your body, but maybe your training is stressing your adrenals too much, do you sleep and rest properly? you might consider training less, actually, more than one hour is too…
  • You are probably hitting the wall, or in other words, depleting you glycogen stores, that explains all your symptoms, you need carbs, you are a cyclist, continue this way and you will kill yourself.
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