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NYT Blog re: Fish Oil Supplements
I take half a "serving / dose" of a popular fish oil supplement daily. Interesting item in NYT. Particularly the factoid that many of the studies focused on folks already with cardiovascular risk factors, compared to those without. I will be interested to see the results of the 5-year study on general populations referred…
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Dumb Question: Weight on One Side of Oly Bar to Tip
Just a curiousity. I never load up one side with more than one 45 lb plate before equalizing on the other side. And I never have a compadre with me to mess around with it. But damn if I am not curious just about every time I am adding weight to a bar. The all-knowing Google led me to the all-knowing Reddit which purports…
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Data, Data, Data!
So I had been crunching data on a lazy Friday afternoon (started this post last night), and I find it very interesting. I have tracked total calorie intake and total exercise expenditure on MFP since early November of last year. I’ve done the best I can at making accurate entries both in terms of calories consumed and…
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Breakfast and Weightloss
This topic comes up pretty often, and is the pet hobby horse of one MFP member in particular. I found this teaser interesting, although I don't have access to the underlying studies in the next issue of the AJCN. Link is to NYT wellness blog entry titled "Is Breakfast Overrated?" commenting on the next issue of AJCN:…
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Round 3: DXA versus Hydro - A Comparison
TL;DR Version: I had both a DXA scan and a Hydrostatic body composition test done today within 2 hours of each other. The results: (1) BF% reported by DXA and Hydro within 0.63% of each other; (2) DXA reports 1.5 lbs extra BF and -3.85 lb LBM (excluding bone marrow!) compared to Hydro; (3) DXA also reports total mass at…
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Mind Over Milkshake - Interesting Study
Interesting report from NPR on a recent study by a Columbia clinical psychologist (among others) on the power of the human mind and its impact on one's body's physiological responses. Link:…
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Importance of "Adequate" Carbs?
I am doing my first bulk. Before I started a few weeks back, I had grown accustomed to a somewhat lowish-carb regular diet -- not that I was low-carbing it per se, but just that I prioritized caloric deficit, protein, fat, and some room for "goodies" like booze and coffee sweetner, etc. Carbs just got the short end of the…
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Morning Sunshine for Weight Management
Yup. Had reports recently about how tequila holds some potential magic for weightloss and diabetes control (through possible new sweeteners); reports of poor Austrian vegetarians and their health outcomes; and now, turns out that morning sunlight may affect body weight. I don't want to hear anything about crap study;…
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Data Nerd Insights - Figuring Out Your Personal NEAT
Warning – Data Nerd Stuff Follows So I have about 5 months’ worth of regular energy tracking in MFP (lost a bunch before I joined MFP and no data unfortunately). After getting to roughly a desired BF% and recently completing a period of maintenance, I started a bulking effort this week. Not having ever bulked before, I…
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BroScience or Gospel Truth? Gospel Truth I Say
Shared with my friends, but this important message deserves a wider audience. Science has spoken. http://elitedaily.com/news/world/praise-lord-tequila-can-actually-aide-weight-loss/ TEXT: :drinker:
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Round 2: Guess my BF% / Total LBM before Hydo Test Tuesday
Hello MFers (as a friend refers to MFP users)! Exactly 11 weeks ago I posted this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1138895-guess-my-body-fat-before-hydrostatic-testing-tommorrow?hl=guess+body+fat and encouraged anyone to estimate my body fat % before a hydro test scheduled for the next day. It was an…
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Losing Weight When Near Lean / Goal Weight
Will someone please explain to me the basis for the often heard advice / observation here on MFP that shows up in two forms: 1. As one nears a lean weight, one should *try* and only lose slowly (say 0.5 lb per week), but not 2 lbs per week. and it’s cousin 2. As one nears a lean weight, it is very hard to lose additional…
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Guess my body fat before hydrostatic testing tommorrow
[MOVED FROM FOOD & NUTRITION FORUM] The gym at my workplace offers hydrostatic body fat testing once per quarter for only $40 and I am scheduled to be tested tomorrow morning. This will be my first ever body fat test. I honestly have no idea (with any reasonable certainty) what my body fat% is, and using more than a dozen…
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Guess my Body Fat % Before Hydrostatic Testing Tomorrow
[EDIT: POSTED IN WRONG FORUM - APOLOGIES!]
