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TDEE is going to be based on up or body weight your muscle content and your activity level. Other factors if any are minor in comparison and are a matter of case studies or rare exceptions based on circumstances that are neither common or sustainable. If what you actually mean is BMR not TDEE then practically speaking if…

I was going to train for a marathon by running for two hours 3 days a week for two months. Then I realized that running for 2 hours is just 10,000 steps which is just 10,000 leg contractions so it would be much easier to just apply some electrical current to my calves and thighs causing them to convulse for 30,000…

The duration of time to see results says nothing about the length of the treatment. From the article starting with the last sentence of the first column: "You do four 30 minute sessions for over two weeks". So four sessions total over two weeks....$1000 a session, that is $4000 total. They are just saying that it might…

MFPs calorie goal is a math formula. If it gave you the "wrong answer" it is because it was given incomplete information or the wrong numbers. If you tell it you want to lose 2 pounds a week (which is a deficit of 7000 calories a week or 1000 calories per day) and you tell it you are a 150 pound 5'4'' woman who is…

Self-confidence is a muscle, you have to exercise it to improve it. Figure out what makes you nervous and then intentionally do that thing repeatedly until you build your confidence to the point it no longer makes you nervous. If you are scared to dance in public, then get some headphones go to the mall and dance to your…

If you struggle to eat 1000 calories a day then how did you end up needing to lose weight? There is more in the world of food than pure cream cheese and dry chicken and broccoli you know....it isn't that black and white. How about you eat some peanuts as a snack for example....they cost, well, peanuts....and they are high…

Four sessions at $1000 a session is $4000. Still stupid as hell and zero chance of doing anything at all don't get me wrong, but not sure where 25k came from.

Honestly I find the very phrasing of this question odd. MFP is a diary to track calories. I don't do what my diary tells me to do, I use my diary as a means of logging and tracking what I am already planning on doing. So I guess the answer is yes, I try to stick to the calorie goals that I myself set. MFP also has some…

You are correct, I made a mistake there. Nicotine itself is not a carcinogen.

You do realize that things like apples and bread are also comprised of thousands of ingredients right? The issue I have with the anti-processed-food types is that they seem to be completely missing the point. You look at a "processed food" label and you see a list of 16 ingredients many of which have difficult to pronounce…

Grammatically incorrect foods are the most dangerous.

My point is studies that show correlation are worth publishing and putting out there and the WHO classifying things as probably or possible carcinogens on the basis of the number, quality and depth of the correlative studies is useful information...however it is not the type of thing you should base your life decisions on.…

Well to be fair the WHO doesn't group red meat or processed meats in the same category as nicotine...nicotine is a known carcinogen and meat is not.

I agree that the WHO does appropriately back their conclusions on the basis of scientific study. I also agree that "possible carcinogen" is an accurate language descriptor for something that has one study making a claim that there might be a connection between the item and cancer. That isnt the…

And what did the FDA do about it? Can you give a current example that is at all long standing and not something that was immediately smacked down? Is this a real problem or a hypothetical?

Now they probably just assume you are a shill. My background is biology not chemistry, I just happen to have the basics in chemistry. If I butchered anything above my apologies. I guess I knew that about -ide but wasn't sure how that related to -amide....because I am not sure what the "am" part would reference. I mean I…

No..they really don't. Don't confuse the lay-public's ignorance of chemistry with attempts at misdirection or confusion. The ingredients listed on boxes are the names of those ingredients, they don't have other names and there isn't some sort of misdirection. Maltodextrine is maltodextrine...that is what it is called....if…

lol that is pretty awesome. Also reminds me of an interview with the rather incredible Dr. Richard Feynman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIYKmos3-s The somewhat ironic thing to this is chemical names actually do convey knowledge because chemical names are based on prefixes and suffixes that are descriptive of what the…

As far as the perimeter rule goes it is basically an oversimplification of saying eat whole foods over processed foods. Honestly, if you can afford to do that then I think it probably is the better way to go. Not because I think processed foods are full of deadly toxins or other such nonsense but just because of their…

I just get frustrated with the culture when the response to seeing a long word you haven't seen before is "I can't pronounce that" instead of "I wonder how you pronounce that". Then it is even worse when it gets to the point that not being able to pronounce something makes you feel like there must be something wrong with…

I mean just a quick primer on how to pronounce "chemical-sounding" names. Chemical names are derived from a collection of descriptive prefixes and suffixes that are often latin or greek derived. Our language is latin/greek derived so much of the pronounciation is the same. The reason chemical names look so strange is in…

I'd argue it is dumber because people apply the "chemical-sounding things are dangerous" rule to just about anything. The analogy would be if people heard the perimeter rule about grocery stores and believed in it so much they just started applying it to all aspects of their life, avoiding the middle of anything.

Yes adults should be able to pronounce words...learn some damn chemistry already general population, geez.

I dont think posting calories will do anything for obesity rates. That said places that list their calories are probably be more likely to get people who are counting calories as customers. Personally speaking when I was calorie counting I appreciated places that listed calories and was more likely to choose to eat there.…

Fiber is carbohydrate we cannot digest and therefore has no calories. So if a product has 15 grams of digestible carbohydrates like sugars or starches and then 10 grams of fiber it will have 25g of carbohydrate and 60 calories. It should list the fiber as well so if you subtract the fiber grams from the carbohydrates then…

It is part of your BMR.

I'm sure you are right, I was doing back-of-the-envelope in my head while I was on my phone to get an estimate...that is why I was rounding my numbers and assuming a density of 1g/mL...because then I could do it in my head.

Where did you hear that we assimilate animal protein better than plant protein?

Well i suppose it may be worse to being out of shape person than a physically fit diabetic....but honesty the majority of diabetics aren't physically fit so its kind of a moot point.

If your response to eating a pint of ice cream is to run until you have burned it all off and then you feel "terrified" i think you might be better served seeking professional help in the form of a psychologist specializing in eating disorders. That isnt meant as an insult, i mean thst you sound like you might need more…