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What are your favorite "zero" calorie foods?
Disclaimer: I know that "negative" calorie foods aren't real, and most nutrition labels that say 0 calories are lying (at least in the US.) I really like Hansen's diet black cherry soda and just about every kind of tea. Shirataki noodles are great when I want a giant bowl of something but don't have many calories "left" in…
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Complaining about anti-science, anti-nutrition friends
This isn't really a productive discussion, but I need to vent and can't really do it anywhere else. I was talking about nutrition with a friend of mine. She said, "[her friend Tom, who is about 500 pounds] eats like a bird, and his whole family is heavy, it's mostly genetic." I said, "he can't be 'eating like a bird,'…
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PSA: Trader Joe's now stocks Quest bars for $2.39/bar
Trader Joe's just posted on their website that they now sell Quest bars (to my knowledge, previously only available at GNC and Vitamin Shoppe-type physical stores.) The price isn't quite as good as Amazon, but still better than other brick-and-mortar stores' prices. They don't carry every flavor, but they have cookies and…
