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Low carb and weight regain
Why do so many people warn others that going on a low carb diet but not sticking to it will lead to a regain of all the lost weight? I know some are going to respond that its because reintroducing carbs will lead to water weight gains because of repleted glycogen stores. Yes that's true for a gain of 5-10 lbs, but I'm…
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Boston qualifying for female
So my wife wants to qualify for Boston over the next year or two. We're trying to establish how realistic this goal is based on where she's currently at. Anyways she will need a 3:35 based on her age. For some background, she has been running long distance for about 2 years, running in two halfs and two fulls and a couple…
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Downhill marathon
So I'm running a downhill marathon two months from now. I have been training for 3 months already, and training has been going better than planned. Not only am I hitting great times during training, but I'm actually motivated enough to run more than what's on my training schedule. My PR is 3:55 from 1.5 years ago, and I've…
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Why low carb diets don't work
Before you say, "see told you so!" or get angry and say, "but I lost 50 lbs in one month on low-carb", let me explain myself. This website represents the journey of one doctor trying to get to the bottom of the truth behind what goes on during low carb diets both as far as health and weight loss, and also how it affects…
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Does low carb per se improve health?
A team of researchers seems to indicate that low-carb diets are optimal for improving cardiovascular and metabolic health, regardless of whether weight loss occurs. And not only that, but they greatly attribute this to the diet's affect on insulin levels. This sort of contradicts what some of the posters more grounded in…
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Leptin is why you regain the weight
When people regain the weight after dieting, its not because they are a gluttonous, lazy, slobs with no willpower. Its because their weight regulation hormones are out of whack. Leptin (or lack thereof) is the main culprit in driving you to eat more calories and burn less calories in order to put your body fat stores in a…
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The growing case against processed foods
http://preventdisease.com/news/12/030112_World-Renown-Heart-Surgeon-Speaks-Out-On-What-Really-Causes-Heart-Disease.shtml I found this to be an interesting read from a doctor who has given up on mainstream dietary advice.
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Does training format matter?
So I was inspired by a thread on the main forum called 'misinformation'. It talks about the posters distinguishing between things that are necessary to lose weight verses things that are personal preference. Anyways, I was wondering what your thoughts are on what is necessary for marathon training verses what is personal…
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Insulin resistance a survival trait?
Has anyone read this paper that discusses insulin resistance as an evolutionary survival trait from when carbohydrates are scarce? I thought it drew some conclusions that might interest some folks here. Any comments about it? http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobes/2012/258624/
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Mindblowing statistics (prediabetes)
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention/factsheet.htm
