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Fruit consumption per day ?
I'm wondering what the typical fruit consumption is in the US or other countries. In the UK the mean amongst those who consume fruit is ~120 grams a day, median 87 grams, 95%-ile 330 grams. 28.375 grams in an ounce (30 for mental arithmetic). Any data in weight units ? (I did find something in "adjusted cups" but that made…
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Gluten sensitive / non-coeliac controversy grinds on
Another study - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25701700 - crossover RCT of 59 patients "In a cross-over trial of subjects with suspected NCGS, the severity of overall symptoms increased significantly during 1 week of intake of small amounts of gluten, compared with placebo. Clinical trial no: ISRCTN72857280." Contrasts…
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Cardio (un)Fitness
I had my cardio fitness measured on a treadmill, and it was as bad as I expected (never really done sport or exercise for their own sake). My fitness VO2max was just under 28 ml/kg/min in other words for each kg of body weight I can use up to 28 ml/min of oxygen when flat out. So multiply by 80 kg gives 2.24 litres/min of…
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MFP features in Randomized Control Trial
"Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application for Weight Loss Compared With Usual Care in Overweight Primary Care Patients: A Randomized, Controlled Trial" Brian Yoshio Laing, MD, MPH; Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH; Chi-Hong Tseng, PhD; et al. Ann Intern Med. 2014;161(10_Supplement):S5-S12. doi:10.7326/M13-3005…
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Eat protein with each meal for best results
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/early/2014/01/28/jn.113.185280.abstract Found that an even distribution of protein intake over three meals was better for muscle growth etc than a protein light breakfast with a lot of protein in the evening, Mmm, bacon. Sorry Kellogg's and General Mills.
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High protein intake not fattening. CICO ?
Thirty healthy resistance-trained individuals were split into a control group (CON) and high protein intake (HP). The latter were told to increase protein intake while keeping fats & carbs the same. http://www.jissn.com/content/11/1/19/abstract (full paper available free PDF www.jissn.com/content/pdf/1550-2783-11-19.pdf )…
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Any Indians use this site
Or are we putting up with endless spam for no reason that a country block wouldn't fix ?
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Natvia isn't Natural
At least in the UK ;-) http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2014/4/Natvia-Pty-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_205274.aspx
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EU to approve health claim for fructose
From the new year it will be permitted to make a health claim on products containing fructose - Dr Lustig will be overjoyed :-) I foresee sugar manufacturers putting in plant to make 85% fructose syrup from sugar. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:160:0004:0008:EN:PDF
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Eating less sugar lowers fasting blood glucose
In a study of overweight / obese people, comparing sugar (sucrose) intake at 5% and 15% of energy intake for 6 weeks of each in a crossover trial with 4 week washout and switching starch for glucose to maintain the same fat & protein macros http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23363580 Their baseline sucrose consumption was…
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Psychology of "eating back calories"
I understand the math(s) and that MFP set a deficit without exercise and expect you to log exercise and eat the equivalent number of calories. I'm intrigued - Does this work for you in terms of motivation? Do you feel like a rodent in an exercise wheel trying to earn food ? Do you punish yourself for overeating by racking…
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Advice to eat less, eat better and move more fails
At least with obese Swedes asking for help from their doctors. https://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/6/213/abstract The higher number is from the group given more intensive support and counselling.
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Proper ice cream in the UK (low carb)
Knowing that ice cream can be made from eggs and cream, without addition of sugar or glucose syrup, I wonder if anyone sells such a thing commercially in the UK ? If I make it then it gets eaten within a day, so buying it has an appeal but I haven't found anything as yet.
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Raspberry leaf tea
I've been given a bag of raspberry leaf tea, loose not in tea bags. How much should I use per cup ? A teaspoon is my first guess.
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Biggest Loser (Aus) calorie deficits
Watching reruns of old series on UK daytime TV over lunch I spotted with the help of the pause feature that they had a large -ve net calorie intake for the day - a contestant was being pulled up for eating ~600 calories rather than his goal of 1800 but the high exercise calories put him a few k into the negative balance.…
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RMR slows on eating frequently
A study of healthy lean young men fed the same food in either 3 meals or 14 "meals" per day found that their Resting Metabolic Rate reduced by ~120 calories a day and ~15% less protein was oxidised (used as fuel) on the higher frequency eating pattern. Discussed at…
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Intermittent Fasting hits UK media
Covered in the usual style by the Daily Mail : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2183677/Why-starvation-diet-actually-good--make-live-longer.html BBC program tonight 2100 BST - BBC link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lxyzc (potentially UK only) Some breast cancer researchers have been exploring IF in general…
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BBC Panorama on sports products
"Humans are the only things on God's earth that need to be told to drink, or to stay ahead of dehydration - dogs and cats don't, no matter how much they run around" http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l1yxk/Panorama_The_Truth_About_Sports_Products/ (probably UK IP addresses only)
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UK TV C4 "5 a day" tonight 8pm
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-112/episode-2 "Dispatches investigates what's happened to the five-a-day campaign, which was designed to get us all eating more fruit and veg. Reporter Jane Moore reveals how this vital health message has been hijacked as a marketing tactic, and how the…
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MFP Predicted loss rates are optimistic
MFP is based upon 500 calories a day equating to 1 pound per week of loss (3500 calories per lb - assumes some of the weight lost is not fat). More complex models have been published and validated against experimental data, and at least two are online as interactive calculators. I had a go at simulating the weight loss of…
