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There's a good deal of opportunism and fear marketing at play here. The supplement industry has been using the line of "depleted soil" for decades with little evidence to support. Yes soil is depleted after a season, but this is mitigated by a chemical implant or through a patch of nutrient rich cover crops. These are not…

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This is the plot of the movie - Branded (2012). Horrible movie, but an interesting premise on the power of marketing.

At the root of this is the assumption that foods have some inherent good or bad quality they impart onto you once ingested. Rid yourself of this baseless assumption.

Children should have a say in the matter as long as it meets their nutritional and calorie needs. Parents should be guiding children through the process to ensure wise choices are being made. Wise parents will learn that to outsource without accountability produces poor results.

Is the empathy heirarchy based upon the empathy you feel for those judged without empathy? We need a Roberts Rules of Order on da feelz.

Need that Awesome button back. I'm eternally humbled by the sheer brilliance that life exists in any way, shape, or form.

One of the most important things to recognize is the difference between hunger and appetite. Hunger is a physiological need for food. Appetite is the desire to eat. Hormonal shifts dramatically impact appetite, but have a very limited impact on hunger. The hormonal cascade from hunger is a long chain and takes significant…

My firm manufactures and markets acetic acid and so needs to monitor the safety profile of all products containing acetic acid, including ACV. The problem with these products is the range of acetic acid in ACV varies greatly, so ingesting this without other foods is a potential hazard - a very low hazard when used as…

Caloric output is largely dependent upon mass and to a much lesser degree effort. Many people misinterpret the HR calculations - deliberately in some cases as these tools are marketed for this purpose. These calculations are pretty accurate if you mimic the baseline algorithms - long steady state cardio from running,…

90% of people polled stated that propaganda is effective.

Society is glamourizing victimhood. It is far easier to blame something other than yourself than to realize that you are the cause and solution to nearly all your problems. There are two sides - Fantasy vs. Reality. False vs. Truth. I choose truth.

A multivitamin is a supplement, which by very definition means that it cannot prove effectivity. ...and yet the supplement industry boasts revenue in the billions.

These are excellent tips. Willpower and motivation are emotions and will fail at some point. Military operations succeed where there is recognition and inspiration of/from a cause greater than one. When emotions fail, discipline succeeds. Part of the process is recognizing this and establishing routines and habits - all to…

I was lifting for years and had several setbacks due to poor form and lifting injuries. About 5 years ago when getting back in shape I hired a professional bodybuilder for 2 months to get me started out on a solid foundation. For the first few weeks she had me working with a broomstick as bad form can often get hidden…

Prediabetes is not a condition - it's a risk assessment. Having a good relationship and communication with your doctor is critical. Did you ask them why? Unless there's some other medical reason, you don't need to limit carbs - this is just popular woo. You simply need to establish and maintain a deficit and manage your…

Makes sense. Years ago I watched a lot of the >10k calorie/day challenges and this was a common theme. Those successful in the challenge moved from sweet to salty and back, but all focused on high fat foods. Those who attempted to eat a lot of only sweets or only salty ended up sick and unable to finish the challenge.

Well that's the bias - the study is conducted to promote WLS without showing alternatives. It addresses a symptom, but not the root cause. Why rapid weight loss? Why push surgical intervention and not address the behavioral root cause? It is known that weight loss is an effective means to induce T2D remission - it would be…

The design only evaluated those under medical supervision and an extreme low calorie diet. To evaluate the impact you need a control group and an second evaluation group - such as one following the MFP plan of 1-2lb/week rate. This design also does not take in to account the long term impact. Considering weight is an…

I'm concerned with the level of confirmation bias involved as there is a clear desire for the outcome to be true rather than a careful review of the data and accepting a best course of action. The design of experiment biases the outcome. Much of this notion of damaging metabolism is originating from the WLS industry.

Consult a physical therapist or other medical specialist first, but what helped me was compound lifting - squats in particular. Lifetime runner and had a GSW to my left knee in 1993. Still running today with no pain after I started squatting heavy.

Not the issue at hand. The controversy is due to a prioritization of emotion over reason, coupled with a great deal of projection. When one wants control over a process they implement management over controllable variables. More is caught than taught, so the best process is to lead by example. Such as app could be very…

I hear banks do the same so you can manage and monitor your finances, yet I've heard no controversy about obsessive spending habits.

Don't rely on willpower. Discipline is the answer. Freedom and success are outputs of discipline. Start small - make your bed. Make a list of 5 habits that are not helpful to your goals and prioritize these 1-5. Scratch off 2-5 and focus on number 1. Identify a habit you want to adopt that will help you hit your goals and…

How would this compare to a group that lost weight at a standard rate ~1lb/week? How does this compare to a control group losing no weight? There is no "damaging metabolism" as metabolism is nothing more than a series of biochemical pathways. I question the long term effect as dramatic change adopted in the short term…

I personally agree with this, but there are a good number of people who prioritize aesthetics. I hate dressing up and basically lived in a flight suit or BDUs during my military term. There is a good point brought up with the pro-uniform crowd when used correctly - the uniform (and manners) puts everyone on an equal…

Welcome aboard! There are several regulars here who have found various degrees of success. What version of hypothyroidism do you have? Did you have some manner of thyroidectomy? Were you diagnosed with Hashimoto's? What were the results of your full thyroid panel - TSH, fT3, fT4, rT3? As far as supplements go there isn't…

What's amazing to me is that historically we are living in the most peaceful age of human record, but we are being sold a completely different narrative where anyone watching the news would believe we are in an apocalyptic age. ...and video games...won't someone please think of the pixels....so many pixels...

Like in all things - movies, comics, D&D, rock music, rap music, social media (whatever the concern over the latest moral panic) this issue comes from lack of contact with the parents/guardians. e.g. a child watching YouTube with a parent can be a remarkable bonding and educational experience. A child watching YouTube by…

I would agree that there is an observable effect and impact. Especially considering the experts behind the design of social media tend to severely restrict their use of social media. The evidence suggests social media has a greater impact on those who put emotion over reason. In particular those who have been trained to…