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Therapy for binge eating?
From the article: Certain Medications, Psychological Therapy May Help Adults with Binge-Eating Disorder By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Lisdexamfetamine, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and second-generation antidepressants may help treat adults with…
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The truth comes out (cholesterol)
After all my worry about my cholesterol going up when I went keto, I finally got to see the results for myself, compare them with my earlier results, and the only thing that went up, even eating a lot of saturated fat, was my HDL. My LDL actually went down. Testimonial over. Low carb definitely works for me.
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Husband's unintentional weight loss success
This is kind of funny. My husband just had his annual physical, and he's lost 20 pounds, since I went low carb, and he's been eating my higher fat cooking. Since he has pre-diabetes, it's a GREAT thing. Low carb is awesome.
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Biggest issues with a partner
What's the biggest thing your partner does that makes it harder for you to eat healthily and exercise, and how have you dealt with it positively? What is the best thing that your partner does to support you in your health goals? My biggest issue is that he gets to eat more than I do, and that makes me jealous. I go off and…
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Another Cholesterol Thread: the ratio
Do you think that the HDL/LDL ratio matters more than the cholesterol levels, when total cholesterol is high? Mine is pretty darn high, and went from 271 to 279 since going low carb. However my HDL is almost equal to my LDL, 132 vs 137. One doctor thinks I should lower my cholesterol. Two doctors think it doesn't matter…
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What to do with 99% Lean Ground Turkey
Is there any way to cook lean ground turkey so it's juicy and tastes good?
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Different fats influence gut flora
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/43854/title/How-Fats-Influence-the-Microbiome/
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Seasonal yearning?
It's definitely spring in California, at 1200 feet, and I'm not hungry, not even thinking about food. I can't believe it's lunchtime. Does anyone find that the weather or the season affects how you feel about eating?
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Meat fat bombs!
I don't know what to call it, but I just made the most delicious thing with the soggy, greasy connective tissue and fat I cut out of a pork shoulder that's going in stew. I threw it in a single layer on a baking sheet and roasted it until it was crispy and delicious. It's like pork rinds, only richer and meatier! (You guys…
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You were right, I was wrong
Bulletproof coffee really IS delicious.
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Low Carb Sweetness
Hi low carbers! How do you feel about the taste of various low carb sweeteners? Has anyone had great success with them? I've tried stevia, which I hated, Splenda which is okay, not great, but not horrible, and I have erythritol on the way in the mail. I'd like to be able to sweeten my whipped cream and make some low carb…
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My, erm, experiment in appetite control
What are your experiences eating a lot of fat early in the day? Full disclosure: I made a half recipe of crustless quiche, and it was so delicious that I ate 3/4 of it for breakfast. That's 3/4 of a cup of heavy cream, some egg, a lot of cheese, and about 90 grams of fat. But the good news is that not only am I not hungry,…
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Dental health
Has anyone besides me noticed how much nicer your mouth tastes when you're not eating sugar and starch? (I had to drink some things with sugar yesterday for a medical test, and even after brushing my teeth, after a few hours I could taste the acid by-products of happy little tooth decaying microbes. I sure don't miss that).
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Some people get more calories out of their food than others.
Do you think that everyone has the same metabolism, relative to body size and composition? If so, this article is for you. It is physically possible for some people to extract more nutrients out of the same food, by virtue of having longer microvilli in the small intestine, possibly because of specific gut microbiota. One…
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Food tastes different
I never thought that celery and leeks stewed together would taste like comfort food, but I've started craving the non-starchy vegetables I put in stew. Chocolate tastes (even) better too. It's worth not eating carbs, just for how good the small amount of carbs that I eat taste to me. I enjoy my food. What foods have you…
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Calories and macros in chicken skin
I ate the delicious crispy skin only (because I'm using the meat and bones in a stew) and I can't find an entry for chicken skin. Could this be right, that a chicken thigh with skin is about 279 calories, a thigh without skin is 236, and therefore the skin is 43 calories, with 5 grams of fat? It tasted like a lot more…
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Ketogenic diets and antidepressants
Has anyone on a ketogenic diet noticed an effect on antidepressant dosage or use?
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Getting Enough Fiber
For those of you who consider fiber important, what are your favorite ways to get enough of it on a low carb diet? I just discovered sauerkraut, high in fiber, low in sugar, and I'm going to look into kimchee as soon as I can get to an Asian market.
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Ravenously hungry
Has anyone been ravenously hungry early on in a ketogenic diet? I swear I have been eating my fat, and it's there in my diary. This is the second day that I've eaten most of my calories early in the day, and my tummy has been growling anyway. Please tell me that this will pass.
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Cutting sugar from kids' diets improves health in just days
"...the strongest evidence to date that the negative effects of sugar are not because of calories or obesity." (And, as we know, it's true for adults too). http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/cutting-sugar-kids-diets-improves-health-just-days
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Open Diaries
Greetings everyone! I would love to look at open diaries, to help me figure out what I can eat besides cheese, fat, and meat. I'm not going to criticize anyone, being far from perfect myself.
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24 Hour Yogurt
Has anyone tried making yogurt that is fermented for 24 hours, and do you believe that a cup contains only about a gram of carbohydrate? (It's fantastically delicious, made with whole milk, strained, without sweetener, but I'm having a hard time believing that the lactose is really gone).
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Do you feel weird....
saying "I don't have any weight to lose?" I've been maintaining for 20 years, and I still feel like I should be trying to lose weight.
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Net Carbs vs. Total Carbs
Do you subtract the grams of insoluble fiber you eat from your total carbs, or just count your total carbs? I realize that soluble fiber can be at least partially digested.
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What kind of dog.....
What kind of dog would the person above you have (in a perfectly poetically just world)??????
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Accidentally ate gluten
And now I'm paying for it. Ugh. Will my head ever stop hurting, and will other unmentionable symptoms ever relent? I was sharing a kitchen with a bunch of people.
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Anyone 40+ not slowing down?
I'm a little discouraged by some of the things that people say about gaining weight and getting older. I can understand being careful about injuries and listening to your body, but that doesn't mean not doing things that are fun, I hope. Menopause doesn't mean you have to gain weight, I hope. Aging doesn't mean that you're…
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Veggies!
Picky eater here. I'd be perfectly happy not eating vegetables at all. What are your favorite ways to prepare vegetables? I'm in desperate need of more delicious ways to get my 5-7 servings a day.
