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Study suggests you can run larger deficit than we think?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519304004175 "A limit on the maximum energy transfer rate from the human fat store in hypophagia is deduced from experimental data of underfed subjects maintaining moderate activity levels and is found to have a value of (290+/-25) kJ/kgd. A dietary restriction which…
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Need help figuring out your TDEE? Get a Fitbit.
Every day there are a dozen posts by people who can't figure out their TDEE and therefore have no idea how much food to actually eat. There are a bunch of ways to estimate TDEE. Some of them are good. Some of them are not so good. All of them involve a whole bunch of guesswork and estimation. My suggestion is to forget all…
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New study: salt not strongly related to high blood pressure
http://ajh.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/09/03/ajh.hpu164 "Considering their squared partial correlation coefficient, age and BMI were the most important parameters relating to SBP level. Salt intake was not associated with SBP in either sex after multiple adjustments. CONCLUSIONS BMI was the main contributory…
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Are Quest Bars clean?
Serious question. Do you consider Quest Bars clean?
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Herbalife criminal activity?
http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/11/5605694/fbi-and-doj-open-investigation-into-alleged-pyramid-scheme-herbalife "Herbalife, a Los Angeles-based company that sells nutritional shakes and supplements through a network of millions of distributors, is now reportedly under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice and…
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Bacon ice cream cinnamon rolls.
A few days ago, one of my friends showed me a Pinterest-type picture of someone rolling up slices of bacon into some Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls. He did this because he loves me. And he remembers the last time I did something special with cinnamon rolls: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1065409-a-new-era-in-dessert So…
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Dunkin Donuts Eggs Benedict Breakfast Sandwich
This thing is pretty good. Ham, egg, and hollandaise on an English muffin. Does anyone have the nutritional info on it? I think I remember seeing the calories on a sign, and it was in the neighborhood of 250 calories. There's no info on the site or the MFP database. I've emailed them in the meantime.
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FDA redesigns nutrition panel
Great changes. Much more readable and calorie content as well as servings per container are now featured much more prominently. EDIT: Potassium content is now mandatory!! This is probably more significant than the panel redesign.
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Taco Bell Breakfast Menu going nationwide March 27.
AM Crunchwrap. AM Grilled Taco. Waffle Taco. Coffee. Hash browns. Cinnabon delights. This is real. http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/taco-bell-is-starting-a-breakfast-menu-and-it-includes-the-l?bffbfood http://www.tacobell.com/food/menu/breakfast-menu
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Whole Foods: the Temple of Pseudoscience.
Whole Foods: America’s Temple of Pseudoscience http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/23/whole-foods-america-s-temple-of-pseudoscience.html This is a really great article that nails down what makes me so uncomfortable with the place. "Still: a significant portion of what Whole Foods sells is based on simple…
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The McDouble Down
I love McDoubles and I love McChickens, but they can be difficult to fit in because the calorie:protein ratio isn't quite optimal. I do, however, have no trouble fitting in a Double Down every now and then. Problem is those are $8 and KFCs aren't all that common around here. So.... how about I make my own Double Down. And…
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DOUBLE SABOTAGE
I only had $2 in my wallet so all I could get for breakfast was milk from the bending machine. Self-sabotage! I ended up being hungry by 10 AM then going to the deli and getting a delicious monster roast beef and turkey on rye from the awesome rasta deli man who is eternally excited about sandwiches. Then as soon as I was…
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How Kale is destroying your health, and the world
http://huntgatherlove.com/content/just-kale-me-how-your-kale-habit-slowly-destroying-your-health-and-world Antinutrients, lectins, sulfur compounds, wetland destruction, goitrogens, the list goes on! BEWARE!
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This video will hurt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2hO4_UEe-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player It will also help explain why "I feel better when I...." is a meaningless statement and should be ignored.
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A call to more heavily regulate the supplement industry
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/11/vitamins-herbal-dietarysupplementsregulatefda.html Presented without comment.
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Clif Bars now include a special bonus!
I was finishing up a Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch Clif Bar a little while ago. I love Cif Bars and this is one of my favorite flavors. On the last bite I felt something a little chewy that I couldn't quite get through. I pulled it out and swallowed what was left in my mouth. I sat staring at this item for about 5 minutes.…
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FDA taking first steps to banning artificial trans fats
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/7/5076740/fda-looks-to-eliminate-artificial-trans-fats-from-food-chain http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/health/fda-trans-fats.html The FDA is proposing removing artificial trans fat from the "generally recognized as safe" category. This would effectively ban their use in foods unless they…
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Usain Bolt ate 1000 McNuggets at the Olympics
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/usain-bolt-ate-1000-mcnuggets-at-the-beijing-olympics/ He must be on the verge of death. His insides are decaying and he's killing himself with all this non-food.
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Beer or tacos?
What's better? A decent taco has around 200 calories. A decent beer has around 200 calories. This is a tough decision.
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You eat too much.
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/6051/you-eat-too-much/ Most of you know this. Many of you don't. You don't get fat by eating the wrong foods or your genetics or whatever. You get fat by eating too much. End of story. There are no magic diets. There are no evil nutrients. There are no bad foods. If you achieve and…
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A new era in dessert.
I love Pop-Tarts. I love ice cream. I love Pop-Tart ice cream sandwiches, as any sane human being who doesn’t hate themselves would. So that’s a given. These things are awesome. But I’ve also been getting a little bored with them. They don’t quite…. excite me the way they used to. I've been thinking about ways to take…
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Foods to eat for diabetes
S*&t!! I'd better not eat any avocados! I don't want diabetes!
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Meat production video
I watched the first 2/3 of this video and was impressed at the efficiency and cleanliness involved in modern factory meat production. Then it showed some fat people eating double cheeseburgers, and a morbidly obese person getting prepped for some kind of surgery, and I got really confused. Regardless, it's kinda fun to…
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Have you ever faked your own death??
ADMIT IT!! You know you have.
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Need routine advice
I'm switching to maintenance and, soon, slowly bulking. Looking to switch up my routine. Right now I'm doing a pretty traditional 3-day 5/3/1 BBB with a couple of accessory exercises thrown in. I am highly time-limited and can't spend more than about 90 minutes in the gym per session. My primary goal is to add upper body…
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How to eat artichoke?
First things first: this is for a friend! I promise. I am not replacing my Pop-tart ice cream sandwiches with vegetables. That being said, "a friend" has identified artichokes as a great food for helping her meet her somewhat unique nutrition goals. I'm the cook and I don't think I've ever touched an artichoke. I'd have no…
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Favorite Pop-Tart + ice cream combo
I just polished off a Cookies & Cream Pop-Tart with some cookies and cream and caramel ice cream and it was divine. My first combination was S'Mores Pop-Tarts with Talenti Banana Chocolate Swirl gelato, which was also very good but not quite as good. What's your favorite combo? Are the fruit Pop-Tarts worth using, or…
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Look what fast food & ice cream have done to my cholesterol
Saw the doc yesterday for a physical and had a lipid panel done. My first cholesterol results were from 2006, which was a few months after I lost 45 pounds doing mainly cardio and very large calorie deficits. I had gone from 205 to 160 lbs. Total = 230 LDL = 171 HDL = 42 HDL/total ratio = 5.75 Had another panel done in…
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Ashley Judd writes about body image
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/09/ashley-judd-slaps-media-in-the-face-for-speculation-over-her-puffy-appearance.html "That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter…
