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Science: Cell: Nutrition is personal. Identical foods produce “healthy” and “unhealthy” responses
An interesting new study of 800 test subjects on the different responses to the same meals between individuals. Sounds like we might be looking at what's healthy or unhealthy in a completely different way in a few years time...
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Help! Adjusting calories when you're sick??!
So I've been losing weight steadily for a couple of months with a moderate deficit. Yay. But last week I picked up a horrid virus. So for the past 5 days I've basically been a slug. Either in bed, sleeping for most of the day, or the last couple of days I've been on the couch under a blanket, watching netflix. My only…
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Learning the difference between 'real' and 'unhelpful' hunger
so, I'm noticing a trend - I have a noticeable 'bump' in my caloric intake for 4-5 days each month, which I've just worked out coincide with the middle of my cycle (i.e when I'm ovulating). My activity level is pretty constant, and, like everyone, I have a few scattered days here and there where I pop over my daily calorie…
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The (US) Centre for Disease Control has released a study, defining 41 powerhouse fruit & vegetables
"National nutrition guidelines emphasize consumption of powerhouse fruits and vegetables (PFV), foods most strongly associated with reduced chronic disease risk; yet efforts to define PFV are lacking. This study developed and validated a classification scheme defining PFV as foods providing, on average, 10% or more daily…
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Advice needed: how would you set up your activity level/ am I eating too few/ too many calories??
Hi, I need some advice, please! Sorry this is long... any help would be appreciated! This is my second try at MFP and I seem to be hitting the same problem I did fist time around, over a year ago! I seem to lose weight the 1st couple of weeks (yay!), then stall and plateau. I'm currently 5 weeks in and my over-all…
