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What 10 weight-loss studies of 2014 found
From an article in the L.A. Times. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-weight-loss-studies-20141212-story.html#page=1&panel=comments
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L.A. Times article on weight loss studies of 2014
Number 10 on the green-coffee-bean fraud is really something. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-weight-loss-studies-20141212-story.html#page=1 What to make of all this?
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The best medical-journal article on diet
Journal of the American Medical Society speaks truth to diet madness: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1730520
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Maximum heart rate?
starting to get into HIIT training and wanted to know the most accurate way of figuring out what my target heart rate should be suring the high-intensity segments. I'm 59, so I guess the simple way of figuring maximum heart rate is to subtract that from 220, and arrive at 161? But do other factors count and make that more…
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Any HIIT experts out there who can help a newbie?
A little background: I'm 59, and I have an as-yet undiagnosed hip pain on the right side that the doctor is sending me to PT for, though it could be arthritis. I have lost 42 pounds since Dec. 31, all of it on MFP, and I have 36 pounds to goal. The pain fortunately gets much better when I am warmed up with exercise, and…
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Anybody know much about calorie-free shirataki noodle?
A friend just told me about these "noodles" that are made of white yam and because all the carbs are in the form of fiber (soluble and unsoluble), they have no actual calories--or rather, no calories that our bodies can use as such. They come in refrigerators packets, supposedly at many stores; I found them at Whole Foods.…
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BMR question
Not that I want to start the whole 1,200-calories-vs.-TDEE War again. I just have a question. I frequently see people post that you have to at least eat your BMR calories because otherwise your body isn't getting enough calories for basic function. I had thought the idea was that your body will burn fat to fulfill the rest…
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The very NON-miraculous weight loss drug
Just read about a weight loss drug that goes on the market next week. It's supposed to help people feel more full by playing with serotonin transmittters. It's potentially addictive and its possible side effects include suicide thoughts, a feeling of being outside your body, agitation, hallucination, rigid muscles, trouble…
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The 1,000-plus who weren't saved
This is stuff that drives me nuts. It's wonderful that after 17 days, they managed to find a woman alive and well in the rubble of the Bangladeshi garment factory. But the news story talks about how during the rescue they had someone on loudspeaker praying, and it was stuff like "Allah, you are the greatest, you can do…
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What do we really know about cave men (and women)?
I'm not looking to put down the Paleo (or any other) diet. Anything that works for my fellow health seekers is great. I just want to raise a question about evolution because I see so many posts that say we evolved to eat this or that. My question is, how do we know that what was optimal for survival of cave people is…
