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Exercise Induced Asthma? Reflux? Allergies?
Anyone dealing with this? For many years, I've had issues with gagging and coughing when exercising. I chalked it up to my stubborn acid reflux. It was always worst in the winter, when I would get crazy runny nose and post nasal drip. Now, it's spring, but it's worse than ever. Two miles into my bike commute, I'm choking…
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Ethereal Tofu Banana Cream Pie - Can be vegan and/or sugar free
So guys, I perfected sugar free tofu pies on Saturday. The secret is tapioca flour. Ethereal texture while holding its shape. Absolutely as good as one made with cream, eggs and flour, not a compromise. 2 bananas mashed with 1/4 cup lime juice 24 oz soft or silken tofu 1/2 cup silk coconutmilk or other milky substance 3…
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Why do Brits still use stone as a measurement?
This is for you Brits. Please explain why you guys are always posting about weight loss in stone. I mean, one stone is 14 lbs! That's a huge unit of measurement to use when talking about weight loss. It would be like measuring cocaine in pounds. I'm not trying to be insulting, just genuinely confused about how it works…
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Borderline Anemia? Thyroid?
So I've been feeling like crud lately (fatigue, constipation, cold hands, reduced appetite, general sense of malaise) and my doctor ordered the usual blood tests since it sounded like hypothyroid, which I am already treated for. I noticed on the test that my red blood cell count has been right at the low end of normal the…
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Help, I'm a Man with Shoe Addiction
I've always been partial to well-crafted shoes. A chunk of my first paycheck went to a pair of Doc Martens. However, I ,mostly just had a pair of work shoes to wear with khakis, a pair of sneakers and a pair of boots. Some were great, others maddened me enough to search for something better. When I found a pair I liked, I…
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PCOS ladies - have you tried Chaste Tree Berry?
My fiance just started taking chaste tree berry supplements to balance her hormones which are all skrewy from PCOS. Apparently it is marketed for PMS and monks used to take it to feel less horny. Anyhow, she got her first period in six months withing a few days of starting it, and another period two weeks later, and the…
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My weight loss secret... pork rinds
Ok, my real secret is using MFP, but I have found a great solution to one of my biggest problems - crazy 5:30 hunger, which often caused me to scarf a bowl of cereal after work. Now, however, I eat some microwavable pork rinds at 4:00 and I'm good until dinner. Now, the substantial protein in these is useless, but that's…
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Chromium Cinnamon Pills for Blood Sugar
I sometimes have what feel like low blood sugar episodes, especially when exercising. I got these chromium and cinnamon supplements yesterday and I have been feeling much less hungry and uneven. Too soon to tell if it's the pills, but just wondering if anyone has experience with this.
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Are these symptoms normal when exercising?
I've recently gotten serious about mountain biking, but especially where I ride, it's pretty strenuous. Especially when climbing, I have to spend half my time sitting on logs trying to recover. After a bout of climbing, my heart is pounding, I'm breathing like a woman in labor and sweat is just pouring off of me. I'll…
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Feeling like crud
Ugg, I rode a measly 8 miles on Saturday and I was sore and useless all day Sunday. I need to either build up my climbing or drive to somewhere flatter...
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Knee joint bruises and pain with no injury
Noticed last night that I have very faint bruises on the inner side of both legs right below the knee. Both areas are tender to the touch. I'm guessing it's from cycling, but I can't even figure out from anatomical drawings what you call this area. Anybody else experience this? It's not causing me any trouble unless I…
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How many calories make a pound of "water weight"
So as most of us know by now, the body stores a certain amount of extra calories as glycogen and fills up those stores before converting excess calories to fat. This is the famous "water weight" that we all lose at the beginning of a diet and think we are diet superstars for losing four pounds a week. We also know that…
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Heat Exhaustion?
The last two times I've gone mountain biking I had to head back after only 40 minutes due to exhaustion. I was literally soaked in sweat to the point that the hem of my shirt was dripping. I just felt completely depleted and unable to go on. The thing is, we're talking temps under 90 degrees. Yes, it's very humid, but I…
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The Terrible Tragedy of the Healthy Eater
http://www.nwedible.com/2012/08/tragedy-healthy-eater.html I know you. We have a lot in common. You have been doing some reading and now you are pretty sure everything in the grocery store and your kitchen cupboards is going to kill you. Before Your Healthy Eating Internet Education: I eat pretty healthy. Check it out:…
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Help! Foot pain!
Lately, my right foot starts seizing up in painful agony if I walk for more than a few blocks. It is completely fine with short distances except that I feel some tightness in the peroneus longus (see image). It is worse with certain shoes or barefoot, but even with my usual supportive shoes with superfeet insert, the pain…
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Lose weight while you sleep!
This won't actually help you lose weight, but it's still pretty awesome... over one night you lose over a pound exhaling carbon atoms. http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/06/19/193556929/every-night-you-lose-more-than-a-pound-while-youre-asleep-for-the-oddest-reason
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Eating the whole animal
What's up with people who eat ham or pork chops, but won't eat scrapple? I understand people don't like certain organ meats (I just find heart too tough), but If you are going to eat meat, it's simply wasteful to say you won't eat a sausage made of ground up parts of the animal that don't make appetizing steaks. Nose to…
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A Calorie REALLY ISN'T a Calorie
We absorb more of the calories in "processed" foods (not just packaged foods, anything cooked, pureed, etc.), especially carbs. We burn off 20% of the calories in protein just digesting it. So it turns out that whole clean eating/whole foods thing has some truth to it. 2,000 calories of Twinkies delivers more calories to…
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Low Sodium Diets: Is it Science or Blind Faith?
Thought on this? http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/blogs/lightningrod/item/55311 1. True or False: The American Heart Association's recommendation of 1,500 mg/day is still quite salty compared to diets our ancestors ate. 2. True or False: The average intake of 3,400 mg/day is skyrocketing over the consumption of a few…
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Study: Subway Sandwiches Are Worse Than We Think
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/study-subway-sandwiches-are-worse-than-we-think/276244/ METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Dr. Jason Block at Harvard surveyed people at fast food restaurants across New England. They talked with 1877 adults, 1178 adolescents, and 330 children at places like McDonald's, Dunkin…
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Is this fat shaming?
Is this "fat shaming?" Given the ginormous people in sweatpants walking around my neighborhood, I sometimes feel like we could use some, but this ain't it. http://www.thenation.com/blog/174049/fat-shaming-actually-all-around
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The healthiest people in the world eat refined carbohydrates
So I'm always reading about how we shouldn't eat carbs, but then I think about Japanese people whose diets are mostly white rice, those slim long lived Italians with their pasta, etc. And so I found this article and I think it does make a very compelling point that it's the increased sugar and vegetable oils that are doing…
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How much do you spend on groceries?
Eating better CAN be more expensive. All that fresh produce adds up. I think my wife and I spend about $500 a month, which seems like a lot. I've been doing more beans and cheap veggies like cabbage and buying less meat and cheese. Just curious how much everybody else is blowing at the supermarket.
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God Damn America
You know, I used to think America was a pretty great country. However, at this point I feel as though we can no longer claim superiority over other countries that have affordable universal healthcare, lower unemployment rates, better education systems, etc. We spend more on our armed forces than all the other countries in…
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Never Have to EAT Again!
http://robrhinehart.com/ http://www.vice.com/read/rob-rhinehart-no-longer-requires-food So this guy went and researched all the compounds the human body gets from food and bought them all in powder form. He mixed them in the right proportions and now lives almost entirely on his creation, which he charmingly calls soylent…
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Pedophilia in the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church needs to end its ban on married clergy. The only people who want to join are ones who have troublesome sexual attractions and think they might as well be celibate. That was fine back when it was mostly gay men, but starting in the 60s it became more acceptable to be gay, so that pretty much left the…
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More evidence for Not Eating Late
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/01/30/170591028/to-maximize-weight-loss-eat-early-in-the-day-not-late This makes me sad, because I eat most of my calories after 6:00! It's 11:30 and I haven't wanted to eat at all today.
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Why do people care about their local sports teams?
I have never understood why people get so into rooting for their local professional sports team. It would be one thing if all the players were from your home town or something, but they are just people from all over hired to play for a team that happens to be based in your metropolitan area. If you like a player on your…
