What you eat, when and why.
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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?
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Fine tuning meal and exercise plan to improve muscle growth and fat loss
I have been weight lifting for almost 12 years already I was very fit and very lean but with loads of muscles.
But with time I started getting lazy, around 3 years ago, and not care about my eating ...
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I'm kind of new to this creatine protein stuff, and need help
My schedule consists of me working out in the morning, around 7 am, eating 2 eggs before that cooked. after my workout I take my protein/creatine in the same bottle. Should I take it around supper ...
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Does daily crossfit excercise and a paleo diet reduce heart disease? [closed]
Does doing daily crossfit excercises and eating a paleo diet consisting of lean meat, vegetables, etc. reduce heart disease?
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Do you miss significant nutrients when juicing?
When juicing fruits and vegies a lot of "solid" pulp are left over. I was wondering if they contain significant nutrients that might be better eaten instead of drinking pure juice?
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Are you losing fat or fluids if you diet and drink alot?
A friend is on an extreme diet that includes acupuncture (amongst other) - his diet is that 2 days he isn't eating anything (literally) and the rest he eats very little - up to twice a day, 1 portion ...
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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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What is the difference between the diet and workout regimes of lingerie/underwear models and fitness enthusiasts/marathon runners?
I was curious as to what the difference was regarding the diet and workout regimes of underwear models compared to say marathon runners and fitness enthusiasts.
Surely they both monitor nutrition to ...
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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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How healthy is my diet? For maintaining health, and become more fit
I've recently began to watch closely what I eat. I follow the following guidelines:
-no refined carbs, eat whole grain organic carbs. I eat brown rice and whole wheat pasta.
-lots of vegetables. I'm ...
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How to grow muscle while burning fat?
I am not obese, nor overweight but I still have fat accumulated around the waistline(giving me those ugly love handles). Other than that, I don't have much fat on me. I have tried long cardio ...
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Getting enough calories with a suppressed appetite
I never thought I'd be saying this...but I need to be eating more. I recently switched to a new medication which has been suppressing my appetite to the point that I can go all day without eating. I ...
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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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Which foods increase the insulin production in body ? [closed]
I am doing weight loss of a patient with PCOS. After 3 Kg reduction also (around 5%) she is not getting her periods (menstrual cycle) naturally and so loosing weight very slowly. I got the information ...
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Training load on a diet (am I doing too much?)
I'm 6"1 (187cm) at 194 pounds (88kg) targeting 187 pounds (85kg) and currently eating between 1800 kcal and 2200 kcal daily, with 50 % protein and fat & carbs more or less balanced. I've been ...
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It is Possible To Be A Long Distance Runner and have a Six Pack? How?
General Background
I've been long distance running for one+ year and have a marathon under my belt (in addition to dragon boating for three years) and being a college student, my meals usually ...
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Insanity workout - first day failed diet - should I restart or not?
Today I am going to start my insanity workout program but I kinda screwed up my diet on the first day, and the workout is the fit test.
Insanity Workout is the famous workout by beachbody.com. It is ...
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Does it matter when during the day carb intake occurs?
I have heard from multiple sources that "no carbs in the evening" is supposed to be a good way of decreasing the fat buildup and facilitating weight loss. Now while I am aware that none of these ...
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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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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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Good fitness strategies for an ectomorph
I've recently joined a local gym to try and supplement my martial arts training, and as a result I have been getting a lot more exercise recently (I'm still in the over-enthusiastic early phase where ...
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At what time are oats effective?
Am trying to reduce my weight. People suggested me to take oats instead of rice. Which is the right time to take oats for a good effect. Breakfast or lunch or dinner?
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What books or online resources are available for someone wanting to move to a vegan diet? [closed]
I just finished reading The China Study, which piqued my interest in veganism for the first time, after years of thinking vegetarians were usually a little silly, and vegans were especially silly.
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Tracking my diet without insane detail
I'd like to start tracking my diet, with a goal of understanding if I'm eating enough, getting close enough to the right amount of protein, fat, carbs, etc. But, I don't want to spend 10 minutes ...
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Intermittent fasting [closed]
In intermittent fasting does the fasting period start immediately after your last meal Or only after your body digested the food? I can never figure this out.
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Carb Backloading
A friend of mine has sent me a book by John Kiefer on Carb Backloading that seems to be an interesting premise.
Basically - it looks like it's the foundation of ketosis but you’re allowed to eat ...
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How can one determine their body's Omega Fatty Acid balance?
I just read a great article on internal inflammation and Omega-3/Omega-6 levels. It states they should be closer to 1-to-1 than the typical 15-1 ratio of modern diets.
I'm willing to supplement ...
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So am I at a calorie deficit now?
I am 21, 6'4 and 19 stone (266 pounds) and my estimated BMR is 2545.58
Last night I did 90 minutes walking at a slow pace. This estimates I burned between 319-440 calories. ...
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What constitutes a low carb diet?
What constitutes a low carb diet?
I've been trying to limit daily intake of of carbohydrates in my diet to under 100g. Would limiting it even lower improve results in terms of weight loss?
Also, ...
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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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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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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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Hay diet's effectiveness
Does the Hay diet (essentially not mixing protein based food with carbohydrate based foods in the same meal) actually produce good results? Are such restrictions unhealthy or excessive?
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Should i go to gym i'm 15 [duplicate]
I'm 15 soon turning 16 and i have started going to gym about a week ago and i am regular but the question is should i continue? if yes, then what would be most appropriate for me to do in gym like ...
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According to whom breakfast is healthy? [closed]
I've certainly been taught breakfast is the most important meal of the day because while you sleep it's the longest period of time the body goes without food. Someone told me today that there is no ...
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Want to lose weight from 90 kg to 75 kg
I am Zia from UAE, I want to lose weight. Currently my weight is 90 kg. According to my height 5'11" (1.80 m), I should be on 75 kg which I was 2 years before when i came to UAE from Pakistan. I have ...
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Out of shape and in need of help [duplicate]
I am a gamer, and I used to be 150lb's and my weight has increased to about 215lb's. What sort of exercise routine and diet should I try to set up to lose weight and become a bit more healthy? keep in ...
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diet for six pack for vegiterian [closed]
this question is a extension of my pervious question Shape up body with heavy weights or light weights
I have google about the diet to have the six pack and I have learned that I need to break up my ...
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I'm very thin and I want some muscles [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I am underweight. How do I gain weight and muscle?
As the title says, I'm just thin at 5'8" and 130lbs. I'm just 19 years old. Despite eating a lot, I'm still very ...
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What can a vegetarian eat on a low carb diet? [closed]
I'm a vegetarian and would like to go on a low carb (preferably no carb) diet. Currently I am getting about 200grams of protein from protein shakes and eggs. Until now I have been eating rice, ...
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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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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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Started weight training, but cannot see progress
I am 23 years old, my height is 5'8" and weight is 56kg. I have been going to the gym for the last two months. my target is to gain muscle and weight.
After doing some initial routine (without ...
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Will calories from drinking spirits effect my diet [closed]
How do alcohol calories work. I'm not talking beer, but straight gin or vodka. I've heard it's about 100 calories per ounce, and it's not digested by your normal digestion system, but your liver. ...
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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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Ice in protein shake
I recently over heard a discussion about how mixing ice in your protein shake will make it much harder to burn off the fat in your body. Something about the fact that ice freezes the fat.
Is this ...
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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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How to increase muscle mass?
I am 49 year old. I have reduced 6 Kgs and maintaining it for last 2 years nicely. Due to busy shedule I don't get time to exercise regularly. But I walk for half hour daily. My diet includes 0.8 ...
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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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What amount of excess calories, and in what proportion of macro-nutrients, is most effective to bulk up while doing Starting Strength?
My ultimate goal, as detailed in this question, is to "build sufficient strength to do standard powerlifts (squats/presses/deadlifts) in multiples of bodyweight - e.g DL 3x my body weight, Squat 2x my ...
