What you eat, when and why.
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How to properly use Guideline Daily Amounts for determining my calorie consumption?
I'm 5 feet 11 and I weight 189 pounds, I'm trying to lose some weight to reach 176 pounds but I'm failing to lose weight using the Fat Secret weight diary.
(I use the metric system and my weight is 86 ...
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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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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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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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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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Getting my younger brother to eat healthier
I have a younger brother (I'm 17, he's 13) and for a while I had no idea just how unhealthy he eats.
Before addressing the question I should probably tell you more about his health condition. He's ...
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How should I change my diet when switching between exercises?
I have been a runner/cyclist for the past six years. To help fuel my body I've been maintaining a high protein, high carb diet, gotten almost entirely from fruits, vegetables, and seafood.
Due to ...
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Which diet helps you best during marathon preparations? [closed]
I am preparing for marathon and I feel the need to change my diet to prepare better for this event. What is your experience? Which changes did in your diet helped you most? What was hardest to give ...
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Should a post-workout protein shake count in my macros?
I'm in the process of creating a new diet plan with http://www.eatthismuch.com/ however I'm unsure with workout days if I should be intentionally eating less calories to account for the ones I'm ...
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Is there any practical difference between “calories” and “calories from fat”? [closed]
I was eating a frozen yogurt earlier and noticed the nutrition label said:
Calories 200
Fat Cal. 70
I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm guessing 200 is the total calories, 70 of which comes from ...
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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 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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Exercise & diet logbook or tracker software [closed]
I am looking for a tool that could help me log and later review exercises and diet. Chart generation or at least spreadsheet data export would be great.
Things I would like to track:
Various ...
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Any recommended absolute minimum diets? [closed]
I am going to be homeless soon and every penny is going to count (literally). So I want to be able to get the most out of my money and eat food that is going to give me the best possible coverage of ...
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Is it ok to mix nutritional bars while taking meal replacement shakes? [closed]
So I usually take a Luna Bar as part of a snack for lunch and I usually take a meal supplement shake an hour before I work out. I was wondering if its ok to be eating a nutritional bar and taking a ...
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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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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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Best nutrition-rich supplement for daily living [closed]
I don't have a very good diet due to my work schedule, but I would like to eat something everyday that is as good for me as possible to hopefully offset some of the negatives of my normal diet.
What ...
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How to make a well balanced diet?
There is so much bogus information on "how" to eat that its overwhelming. So i have a couple questions. What would the perfect diet look like (not carrying about actual type of food just its make up)? ...
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I need some tips in increasing my weight and body sturcture
i am here to ask how can i increase my weight, and shape up my body.
I eat following stuff daily:
Morning Breakfast at 6:00 am - Milk, Mix fruit Museli, tea
Morning Breakfast at 10:00 am - fried ...
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Can drinking a glass of hot water prevent caloric expenditure due to heat gain?
According to this article, drinking a glass of cold (0°C) water can burn around 17.5 calories due to heat loss.
Can drinking a glass of hot water prevent caloric loss due to heat gain?
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What's my GDA to lose weight?
I'm 5 feet 11 and I weight 189 pounds, I'm trying to lose some weight to reach 176 pounds. My calculated GDA (with online tools) should be 2800 Kcal/per day. My question is: if I lower this value to ...
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Is there any info available on how to measure daily eating calories perfectly? [closed]
I am trying the measuring calorie eating for reducing fat but couldn't find a way to measure the calories i am eating ..Is there any ways to do this perfectly ?
thanks
Shihab
