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Vegetarian w/ PCOS considering a change (think: meat)
Here's my issue: I have been a vegetarian of one stripe or another since 1997 and I am thinking of switching to a Paleo dietary lifestyle after years of struggling to get my weight and my PCOS in check. No matter what I eat, this seems IMPOSSIBLE on a well-balanced vegetarian diet. I eat what I should: beans and legumes,…
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Hello computer nerds!
Hi! I'm Heather. Please feel free to friend me if you like computers, robotics, AI, neuroscience, philosophy, logic, or any other techie fun stuff - or you just want another diet buddy - OR maybe you're stuck in grad school like me. I am in grad school for a Master's in artificial intelligence (MSAI). That ish is really,…
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Current Controversies in Nutrition: Videos
Hi! I have stumbled upon a very informative series of videos created by leading health researchers, nutrition researchers, and MD's from California's State University System. They call it their "Mini Medical School". I thought I ought to share just in case any one else finds it useful. Here are two of the videos I keep…
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Replacing Metformin with Exercise (looking for suggestions)
Disclaimer: I am doing this with the blessing and guidance of my endocrinologist, so before you try anything similar, please talk to your doctor. I am technically a diabetic (type 2), but depending on when you test me, I'm still in the pre-diabetic category. So, let's just say I'm in a good place to reverse this if I get…
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I am embarrassed to ask this
I have been a couch potato my entire life. I work with computers and used to work in an office all the time. This February I quit my job because I felt like sitting all the time was making me very, very unhealthy. In a short period of time I developed Type 2 diabetes and gall bladder disease, resulting in the removal of my…
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A great motivational video
I saw this on YouTube and thought I ought to share. These girls are really buff and it's super hot. It's really motivating. (I want to do dead lifts now.) http://youtu.be/nhRzkGpdQdk
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Supplements - what do you take?
Hi everyone! I have started to notice through this food journal journey that my diet, though healthy, is kind of deficient in certain key nutrients that apparently aren't being covered by the multivitamin I take. Some good examples of this are magnesium and potassium. This made me curious about what sort of things other…
