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Grapefruit (New Mayo Clinic) Diet
Has anyone had any success with this diet? A coworker, who is a nurse, recommended it to me, but the reported results sound too good to be true (lose up to 50 pounds in 12 weeks.) I realize it's a fad diet, that once one goes off it, the pounds will come back. Well, obviously, weight gain has happened with me after EVERY…
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Artificial Sweetners, Your Brain, and Overeating article
Interesting article: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/this-is-your-brain-on-diet-soda-how-fake-sugar-makes-you-overeat/258521/ "One of the strongest links seen was diminishing activation of an area known as the caudate head as a recruit's diet soda consumption climbed. This area is associated with the food…
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Confusion about calories burned
According to MyFitnessPal, if I walk 30 minutes at 2 mph, I'll burn 132 calories; if I walk 20 minutes at 3mph, I'll burn 116 calories. Either way, I'm walking a mile. It appears I'd do better walking the mile slowly. Shouldn't it take the same amount of energy to walk a mile whether it's walked slowly or quickly (weight…
