What you eat, when and why.
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What should be my first goals and supplements when starting a bodybuilding program?
I'm 20 years old. I am 85 kg (about 187 pounds), and my height is 179 centimeters. I don't really have any muscle. I have belly fat. I was a swimmer 4 years ago, but I haven't done any sports for 4 ...
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best way to cheat - cheat day? cheat meal?
I'm on a strict diet which consists of 3000 calories 50/30/20 (pcf) consisting of chicken or beef, green vegetables, eggs, bread, and rice.
I'm 5'7" and currently about 8% body fat. I have ...
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Is it true that the body gets used to diet and exercise after a while and stops responding?
I am currently reading a book called "The Body Sculpting Bible for Men" by James Villepigue and Hugo Rivera. In it the author claims that when you start dieting your body receives a shock from the ...
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What is the best way to bring one's metabolism out of starvation mode following a diet?
A friend of mine has obviously brought her metabolism into starvation mode by performing strict low-calorie diets (without any exercise) for over ten years. This has resulted in a yo-yo effect where ...
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Does lifting weights pull back you weight losing process?
I am out of shape(else why would I be here, lol), I weigh 185 pounds, 178cm height(5'9'' I guess). Lately I have been trying to work out and lift some weights for around 4 weeks, but yesterday I was ...
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Noticing a Lack of Iron In My Diet
I've been using a program (MyFitnessPal) to track my diet and have noticed a slightly disconcerting trend: it always says I am below 100% of my daily recommendation of iron.
My current diet regiment ...
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Is it safe to take a fiber cap with each meal? [closed]
Is it safe to take a fiber cap with each meal? I don't want to mess up anything, but I want to get more fiber. This is cheap, and is meant to help my diet. So is it safe?
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Muscle gain: six-meals-a-day-diet foods?
I've heard that the best method for sustained metabolism and muscle gain is proportioning your day into six small meals. My question is what are the suggested/best/cheapest foods for those meals, ...
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Are calories the only important aspect of a diet?
I've recently started using apps like MyFitnessPal to calculate the amount of energy and nutrients I consume and do some simple number crunching for me. However, all these apps seem to be focused on ...
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Do Lactose Intolerant people still absorb protein from milk?
As a Lactose Intolerant person I almost always get diarrhea when I drink milk.
But even if my stomach spits it out the other way, is it atleast able to extract the protein from it to build muscle? ...
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Are these Weight Watchers brand foods healthy? [closed]
I am trying to lose weight and have cut back on all snacking but still need to sort out my dinner. I am not really able to cook at all. I see these Weight Watchers frozen meals at Sainsburys and ...
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Does eating late at night cause weight gain?
I like to keep a latish schedule, sleeping often around 2-3 AM, I'm often eating odds and ends late at night. If someone eats Meals A, B & C of certain calorie content, and then timeshifts his ...
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How can an overweight engineer get back in shape?
One year later - if anyone sees this note, just to say thanks. I now have 10% body fat, 85kg (started at 130!), and I run demi-marathons.
After reading a vast quantity of books and papers (about 60 ...
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Want to lose weight, need advice
I am very overweight, at 19 stone. I am in the gym, I go 3 times a week and normally do 40 minutes cardio on the elliptical and 20-30 on the low bike with the proper seat, I find the normal bike hurts ...
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Duration of running for weight loss, and diet control
I am not very good at running, but I need to get some weight loss for my little fat belly. I would like to go running because I don't know swimming and I got a fear for deep water(2m or more), shame ...
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Cyclical Ketogenic Diet : type of fats + how many grams of carbs per day
I am going to shift to a new diet : The Cyclical Ketogenic Diet.
I read and understood in general what is it about but i have two questions:
When they say High fat intake, is it a specific type of ...
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Calculating sweetness in diet [closed]
Is it possible to calculate the amount of sugar given that theres, sucrose 12g and lactose 14g in 200g meal? What I was thinking 12+14 = 26g, so does it mean that there's a possibility of 26g sugar in ...
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Do different workouts require different diets?
Would you recommended a different post-workout diet depending on the type of exercise - yoga class, lifting weights, long distance running, swimming?
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Best way of eating after exercise for reducing belly fat
I have much large belly fat as compared to upper body. Daily i do weight training (45min to 1 hr) + cardiovascular (45 min). I want to make upper body muscles , simultaneoulsy want to reduce my large ...
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Difference between cutting calories and cardio (with regard to fat loss)?
Whenever someone says they are looking to lose weight or burn fat, the universal answer seems to be diet+cardio. I myself am guilty of always recommending people get on a cardio program in addition to ...
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Get calories from nutritional information [closed]
I'm eating a pack of biscuits and on the label the following information is given:
Nutritional information per 100g of product
Carbohydrates - 75g
Proteins - 6g
Fat - ...
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Why aren't fruits allowed on a slow carb diet?
I'm doing a slow carb diet and it says you should avoid fruit (unless its your offday). I'm curious as to why exactly this is the case?
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Duration between workout and dinner
I am undergoing with weight training and cardiovascular exercises these days majorly for reducing belly fat and for strengthening muscles as well . After workout i feel hungry so i immediately takes ...
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Strength training: what to do when it becomes kind of easy, in order to keep improving
I've been training for several years, stopped for a while then started back but kept working out regularly (4-6 days a week) for the past 2 years.
I lift heavy weight, do bodyweight training, skip ...
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How to lose waist fat?
I have been working out for 3 years and am in a good shape. My only problem is that I have extraordinary huge love handles and some belly fat that I can't seem to lose!
I workout in the morning 3-5 ...
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What should I do to remove my belly fat?
I saw this question and it is exactly what I am asking. However, there is one issue with me I want to explain.
I am only 137 pound. Kind of skinny for a 24 years old guy. But, its been 4-5 years ...
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What is empirically considered “dangerous low caloric intake” these days?
I've lost a fair amount of weight over the past few years. During this experience, I've always kept anorexia/bulimia in the back of my mind to avoid falling into any dangerous habits.
That being ...
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How Antioxidants affects Metabolism? [closed]
I'd like to know how antioxidants affects the metabolism and which ones are essential for metabolism processes.
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How do I start a diet?
I want to lose weight. I have noticed that I gained more than 20 kilos in the last 2 years. I want really to lose these as soon as possible. What is your advice?
Please note I don't like running and ...
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I need an advice about a training
I'm new here.
I'm 67kg and I'm fine with my body, it's pretty normal, but I don't like 2 things. The problem is that I have a hard belly and my bum looks big from a side.
What should I eat or do? Any ...
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Is my calorie restriction diet having an adverse effect on my weight loss?
After my first question about losing weight and my training, I was told that my diet should be the next step in burning fat.
I started to watch out for what I am eating and how much. I used to drink ...
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Does high intake of protein while in catabolic mode prevent muscle loss?
This might seem like an obvious question, but I'm currently exercising a lot and losing a lot of weight (through diet), and I'm afraid that shedding this much weight that I'm putting myself in a ...
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Is a drastic calorie reduction harmful?
For a long time I was consuming 4000 calories a day. This was between soda and various "junk foods". I was surprised to find my protein, carb and fat levels were pretty close to what they should have ...
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Will a brief break from my exercise have a negative effect?
I am on a low calorie diet while doing strength building exercises every 2 days. I have been doing this for a few weeks, and in about 2 weeks will go on a vacation for a week.
While on vacation I ...
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Is Paleo A good marathon training diet?
I've been doing strength and conditioning training for the last 4 months whilst adopting the Paleo diet from the outset, this has yielded positive results and I'm very happy with how things have gone.
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800-Calorie Diet
I am looking for an 800-calorie diet which is suitable for somebody who is allergic to eggs and milk. I am able to consume soya drink (or "soya milk", as some people refer to it), but am unable to ...
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Can re-introducing meat cause stomach pain? [closed]
I've been on a meat sabbatical recently over lent and I've gone forty days without meat. Before my break I was a pretty keen carnivore, and now that I've started eating meat again I've been having ...
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Obtaining protein from alternative non-meat sources for bodybuilding
I have allergies towards egg whites and meat. I cannot eat chicken, beef, or pork. Others meats though like quail, fish are fine.
What products can I substitute for eggs and meat? I would like to get ...
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Is this “Cardiac diet” a healthy way to lose weight?
I read that this diet is potentially dangerous and I wanted some feedback before I continue. I read that it is dangerous due to the super low calorie intake and the types of foods involved; basically ...
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Does a calorie deficit affect how my body fights a cold?
I've been maintaining a 500-1000 calorie deficit for a while but I've recently caught a cold. I naturally feel like crap and want to recover ASAP. I'm wondering if suspending the diet will help me ...
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I want to lose weight, what now?
Someone has made the decision to start losing weight today. The person should choose a diet program and a sport maybe.
How to choose the best diet program for ourselves?
Are there other things one ...
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Is eating rice everyday healthy? [closed]
I am trying to lose lbs and I was told that if I eat rice I will feel fuller faster. So is this true? Is it healthy to eat rice everyday? Are some kinds or rice really better than others? Are there a ...
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Does fat make you fat?
I understand that there are good and bad fats. I'm talking about the good ones, the fat that comes from avocado, flax seed oil, etc.
I am obese at the moment and wish to lose body fat quickly. I am ...
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What role does sugar and blood sugar levels play on diet?
My understanding on diet and what foods I should be eating to maintain a low body fat percentage is very amateur. All this time I have just been looking at the calories in the nutritional facts label ...
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Is something with 100 calories but 24g of sugar okay to eat when on a diet?
I bought these watermelon flavored ices from the supermarket because they have 100 calories per cup and 0g of fat and saturated fat. But they do have 24g of sugar.
Will eating these be against my ...
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Get thinner thighs
I want to lose weight from my thighs and legs, but i have no time at all for exercising.
How can I achieve that using nutrition only? is it possible?
I read this article, is this diet efficient, or ...
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How can you recover from a very terrible metabolism damage from the past?
I'll start this question with a small story so you all know how to answer this question right.
When I was a kid I was extremely picky, I refused to eat alot of things for very vague reasons, such as ...
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What's the “optimal” macronutrient split and daily caloric intake to increase lean body weight while reducing fat?
In the past few months, I've managed to trim down to about 11% bodyfat but unfortunately not without sacrificing a several pounds of muscle in the process. I'd like to regain and build beyond that ...
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Want to try keto diet but have no money
I'm wondering if it's at all possible to try a keto diet with not too much money. For various reasons, I don't have the money to keep to a good diet. Usually, my diet consists of pasta, rice, and ...
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When should I drink protein powder, in the morning or at night, before meal or after meal?
How can I maximize its utility? When should I drink protein powder, in the morning or at night, before meal or after meal?
