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Jan 26	comment	Small woman and want to get bigger My mistake. Sorry.
Jan 26	comment	Small woman and want to get bigger Yes it would. That was my point. But also, it is very very hard for a female to gain 20 pounds of muscle.
Sep 3	comment	Is it a good idea to only do cardio? The fact is that the average guy has way too much fat, and too small muscles which he does not realize, because the fat is giving him the impression he has more. In my experience people trying to lose all fat, up to 6-pack, realize they become too thin, just because they thought they have more muscles underneath.
Sep 3	comment	Is it a good idea to only do cardio? Quite the opposite. May be you are referring to the look of professional body-builders in their competitive period? Why would an extreme athlete in their peak form be the example that you think I had in mind?
Jul 25	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? 'that isn't going to work at all'... how did you come to that conclusion? Low-carb diets are the most effective for weight loss, according to lots of research (already gave a link to one). Also this very same diet is what I used to both gain muscle and get abs to show for the first time in my life.
Jul 24	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? I wouldn't call it necessarily 'high protein'. In this case the % are high because the total calorie intake is low. So a 2.2g * X kg = high percentage, but the total amount is consistent with what athletes take when building muscle.
Jul 24	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? siouxfan45, actually Atkin's diet is the oldest, still very popular diet (originally introduced in the 70s).
Jul 24	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? Why would they fatigue quicker? Carbs get converted to ATP much faster than proteins and fats, but once in the blood, the energy from all the sources works the same way.
Jul 24	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? @RobinAshe provide sources for your claims? Because diets like Atkins, Paleo etc. based on low-carb are overwhelmingly beating all the others. If you want a reference, a Stanford study here youtube.com/watch?v=eREuZEdMAVo
Jul 23	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? Good catch, fixed :)
Jul 23	comment	Suggested Protein/Fat/Carb Ratio? -1 for totally ignorant and misleading advice. 1:1:1 is not how people naturally eat, is not consistent with any good diet, is not the way athletes eat. Having enough of the essential nutrients in your diet is what a 'balanced diet' means.
Jul 17	comment	Muscle gain: six-meals-a-day-diet foods? Yeah probably, but you should not do it on purpose. The more you put on, the more you will need to get off later (thus losing more muscle in the process too).
Jul 16	comment	How many calories would a programmer (or somebody who is mostly at a desk) burn on a daily basis? You can lose weight without exercise, just by dieting. You may have hard time losing any weight by just doing exercise (your food intake naturally increase with exercise, if not controlled).
Jul 16	comment	How many calories would a programmer (or somebody who is mostly at a desk) burn on a daily basis? Of course, I am not claiming exercise is irrelevant for health. The topic though is weight loss. Diet is way more effective for that. The problem is people trying to ignore diet.
Jul 15	comment	How many calories would a programmer (or somebody who is mostly at a desk) burn on a daily basis? Quite enough, actually, if they restrict what they eat. You can out-eat any amount of exercise.
Jul 5	comment	What is a reasonable rate of weight loss to work towards? The book 'Body By Science' is one source. Another one is ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8210578 (talks about athletes).
Jul 5	comment	What is a reasonable rate of weight loss to work towards? @IvoFlipse I have read it in numerous places (science based) that intensive jogging (or similar exercises) performed for a prolonged time (like 10 years) lead to joint wear and other problems.
Jul 5	comment	Trying to lose weight, two questions 'Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It' mentions often when and why the official advice differs from the scientific findings.
Jul 5	comment	Trying to lose weight, two questions That is why I recommend a really good book, based on science. You should not follow a random guy's advice on the internet ;)
Jul 3	comment	What is a reasonable rate of weight loss to work towards? -1. While doing sports for the health benefits is a good idea, doing them for losing weight is seriously sub-optimal solution. Running every other day: wastes lots of time; and makes you hungrier, diminishing the benefits; doing it regularly whole life puts too much strain on joints.