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New Study on how much exercise is the 'healthiest.'
It depends on people's recall, and is mostly looking at exercise and how it affects one's lifespan, but it was a long term study and had a large population involved, so it's interesting.…
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Medical diet restrictions and don't know what to cook? Ask me anything!
When I had to start changing my diet for medical reasons, it felt really overwhelming and I often had no idea what to make, or how to cook without previously common ingredients. I have a rare disorder that essentially makes me have allergic reactions to things I'm not allergic too (called a mast cell activation disorder).…
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You may be ingesting more calories than you think
If you are trying to be very precise about your calories, it is better measure out your portions by serving sizes as opposed to recording the amount that would be a package, half a package, etc... This is because most companies have more food in each package than is stated on the label. Which means most packages have more…
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New from Arizona
New to the group and just saying hi! I'm 42 and I'm FINALLY trying to lose weight after a huge gain in the last year. I had a new, medically required diet and in the time it took to figure it out, I'd gained 40 pounds, ouch. It seems much harder to lose the weight now that I'm over 40; anybody else running into that? In…
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New here and saying hello
Hi! I'm on here for my Mast Cell Activation Disorder (as opposed to the celiac disease or the arthritis that caused, sigh). I was just diagnosed last year, although we're pretty sure I've had this my entire life (so, you know, only 41 years to get diagnosed, woo hoo :-/) Basically, with MCAD, my mast cells, which are…
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low carb diet vs. low fat diet
A new study just came out looking at folks on a low carb diet or a low fat diet, who maintained the diet for a year. Those on the low carb diet (<40 grams/day) did much better for weight loss. The low carb group lost 8 pounds more, on average, than the low fat group. They had greater reductions in body fat and improved…