Getting the right substances into your body and to your cells to support life.
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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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Beating hunger and managing calories
After I work out (6-7pm), I eat a post workout meal which will largely consist of low GI carbs (like wholewheat pasta or sweet potato), veg (onions, peppers, tomatoes and spinach usually) and a ...
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Are there any nutrients that I should supplement as a pescitarian? [closed]
I have decided to become a pescitarian, and I'm wondering if by only eating fish I will need to supplement any nutrients that might be missing from my diet without the other types of meat.
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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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What are the pros and cons of eating 1-3 grapefruits every day? [closed]
I love grapefruit and have eaten it on and off for several years depending on seasons.
Recently I have come across several different claims that grapefruit help you burn fat and things like "If you ...
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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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Foods with optimal amino acid profile? [closed]
The Wikipedia article for complete protein has the following table that lists the optimal profile of the essential amino acids:
Essential Amino Acid | mg/g of Protein
Tryptophan | 7
Threonine | 27
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How often should one eat to stay physically fit?
I've heard people claim that one should eat small meals every 4 hours (some people even go as far as waking up in the middle of the night to do this), While others advocate a daily fast of 16 hours ...
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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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National Nutrition Database [closed]
Does anyone know if there is a comprehensive, public and up-to-date database containing nutritional information for food products (both general and brand-specific)?
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What is excreted in diarrhea?
When you have diarrhea, what portions of the food is excreted? Does only the poisoned portions become excreted or do the whole stomach contents get excreted?
Here is a practical example: For your ...
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Impact of irregular eating schedule on running training
I'm planning to train for longer distance races (first a 10k, then a half-marathon), and I was wondering about the detrimental effects of eating at irregular intervals during the day.
Having just ...
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What is the best way to break down a 60 minute gym workout?
I am just about to start a fitness/nutrition regimen but I am not sure exactly where to start. I will be able to do 5 days a week but thought it might be best to start with 3 days a week (Tuesday, ...
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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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Nutrition plan for weight gain
I have been training for nearly 2 years now. I started first at age 15 in gym for about one month but stopped because I didn't know how to train back then.
When I turned 16 I got dumbbells and only ...
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How early should I eat before Hockey training
I have just started playing hockey, and it is in the evening. So it is after work (about 02:30 hours). I usually get cramps when doing training, so:
How long before training should you eat?
What is ...
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Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio?
I'm 5'9", 158. Plan on shedding 10 pounds of fat and gaining muscle. I hope to get into amazing shape. (I'm already in shape, but I'm aiming for getting cut!)
I'm curious what I should aim for in ...
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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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Should I eat before a workout or just during the day
I've heard several theories regarding when you should eat, especially protein.
Eat carbs before a workout and protein in a "window" of 30mins after a workout.
Eat through the day. so that in the end ...
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Does uncooked oatmeal get less absorbed by the body? [closed]
When I properly prepare my oatmeal, that is by boiling and cooking it for roughly a minute, it really burdens my body to consume it. I feel fatigued an hour after eating it and my stomach feels heavy.
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Abs are built in the kitchen, but what about obliques and lower abs?
I've made some major changes as to what I cook within the kitchen, such as using Coconut Oil, substituting in sweet potatoes, etc.
But I've, as of so far, haven't seen much improvement/visibility in ...
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Nutritional Label dont reach 100% total when adding all component? [closed]
When i read a lean Ham nutrion fact label (In france) i see (roughly):
For a 100grams:
Protein 21g
Glucide 0.4g
Lipides 1g
This doesn t add up to 100grams.. So what is the rest ? (Almost all label ...
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Eating fruit before, during and after meals [closed]
I've read a lot of opinions stating that fruit should be eaten well before a meal, and not during or after the meal. There are variations saying to eat fruit on an empty stomach, only in the morning, ...
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Understanding Fat Content on Nutrition Labels [closed]
For most foods that contain fat you'll see Total Fat content and Saturated, Trans Fat, Polyunsaturated, and Monounsaturated fats listed below that. Sometimes the amounts don't always add up. Total ...
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What can I eat the night before to help me get up in the morning? [closed]
What can I eat the night before I go to bed to help me get up in the morning?
My issue is not waking up, or being lazy, nor is it my body being sore. But there are times when my body will refuse to ...
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nutritional value of Common Sea-buckthorn
Where can I find more scientific information about the nutritional value of Common Sea-buckthorn ?
I once observed that its juice cured my muscle-soredness quickly, or at least helped in increasing ...
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I thought saturated fat was bad, workoutmaster.com says otherwise?
In one of there podcasts they said to stay away from olive oil which has a lot of poly and mono saturates and have saturated fats in its place? Please can someone explain because it's gone against ...
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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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Is it ok to mix a protein powder shake many hours before consuming it?
As the questions says, I was wondering as I want to prepare a whey shake (with milk) and take it with me to drink later. Does it lose effectiveness and it is important to drink it right after mixing ...
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Calorie calculations for weight reduction
When trying to calculate how much I should eat for weight reduction what should the base calories be based on? My current weight or my goal weight? I'm 5'8" at 240lbs wanting to drop to 180lbs or ...
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What are the Basic Steps to Improve Health and Fitness ?
Hello I m 26 years Old Software Engineer.
I want to know the Some Basic steps to Improve my fitness and health because after doing my 9 hrs job i am getting very tired. So i want to improve my health ...
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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 ...
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Shelf life of whey protein?
I am looking to purchase some of this whey protein.
My diet is fairly high protein anyway, and I plan to consume two portions of the powder on lifting days, which are roughly every other day (with ...
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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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Does weight lifting burn calories?
I've started following this weight lifting routine and have adjusted my intake of protein to suit. Should I also be eating more calories in general or do I only need to think about cardio for this?
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What should I eat before/after a workout?
I go to gym almost all days. For every workout I use to weight train one muscular zone and run about 50 minutes (at low rates, about 130/140 bpm). My target is to burn as most fat as I can (I'm male, ...
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What should your calendar be AFTER you get done with Rushfit?
We made it all the way through Rushfit advanced calendar. Now where do we go?
We would like to stay with the same workouts that are on the calendar.
Should we start over at the last 2 months, 1 ...
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Do you have a post training window with regard to eating any foods? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it true that you can eat anything you want within 15 minutes of working out without putting on weight?
My friend and I were having an argument where he was saying ...
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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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DHEA pills, are they safe? [closed]
I was talking to my friend about this pills and he recommended to take 100mg DHEA pills, 2 per day before working out. He claims they will give me lots of extra energy and that I will see results way ...
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high protein for post gastric bypass [closed]
I had the gastric bypass surgery about 2 1/2 months ago. The doctor told me to eat 3 times a day. I am looking for good foods in small amounts and ideas for supplemental protein as well.
The ...
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Is cow-milk good for humans? [closed]
I've heard that cow-milk is not good for people, even those that are not lactose-intolerant. Is this true? What is the evidence for and against?
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How much water do you need to drink to balance consumption of salt? [closed]
Suppose person A and B eat the same thing but person B eats 1 extra gram of salt. How much more water would person B tend to drink to excrete the salt?
Since salt water dehydrates you, you need to ...
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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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What is the differences between DotFit bars and PowerBars?
I am wondering if anyone can tell me the difference between DotFit bars and PowerBars?
The gym I go to sell these bars but in supermarkets I see powerbars and not sure if they have different purposes ...
