Questions tagged [fat]
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How much fat and protein are necessary in a balanced diet, and why has our protein intake increased over the past decades? [closed]
I’ve been researching the recommended daily intake of fats and proteins, and I’m a bit confused about the current dietary guidelines compared to those from the past. Specifically, I have a few ...
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How to lose weight?
Its been 4 years that i want to lose 6
10 kg... my height is 182 cm and my weight is 82 kg. I want, to start with, loose 5 kg... but i'm patient, i wait and years after years i lost 0.
It seems to be ...
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Family started teasing me recently… [closed]
As of recently my family have began teasing me telling me I’ve gained quite a bit of weight over the last two years. I hadn’t noticed up now that I might if gained a little weight. For reference I’ve ...
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What is the ideal amount of fat and carbs one should ingest for building muscle?
If one goes on the internet and searches about nutrition, usually the discussions are centered about calories and proteins. Less often, harmful fats are discussed (eg: transfats) and decreasing ...
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Why measure body fat as a percentage and not in kg?
When we measure body fat we usually measure a percentage of fat of the total bodyweight but to me this doesn't seem right and here's why.
Say my total bodyweight is 80kg and I measure my body fat ...
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Same waist size before and after doing crunches, but less fat than before
The day before yesterday (8/6), I did crunches for continuously 10 minutes, and the next day, which is yesterday (8/7) when I woke up, I found that a layer of my fat disappear. By "disappear"...
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Reducing calorie intake or doing more cardio exercise, which one is more effective for losing fat?
I am interested to know which approach is more effective if someone likes to hold his current muscle bulk but only lose fat?
Is it better to keep the previous diet but add more cardio exercises? Or ...
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Food fat content [closed]
While looking at 50g cashew fat content on Wolfram:
I see total fat = 35g and saturated fat = 6g, no transfat.
What else is counting as fat, I mean 35g - 6g = 29g, what's that 29g?
And an additional ...
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Effects of changes in VO2max on the fat oxidation/utlization heart rate zone
It's well known that the most optimal exercise for fat utilization/oxidation or simply "to burn fat" should be low intense aerobic exercise where HRavg should not exceed 65% HRmax. In ...
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Is there fat that once gained is permanently there (for example: chin)? [closed]
I gained lot of weight in less than 6 months (about 10kg) because I started taking medicine which as a side effect had higher desire to eat.
Now I am losing some weight and am getting closer to ...
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If doing aerobics after drinking, does it slow down fat sediment caused by drinking?
Alcohol tricks body to believe there is too much energy in blood, so body is enabled, or forced, to store fat.
So, if one does aerobics or endurance training to burn calories after drinking, does it ...
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Is sugar really the enemy? [closed]
I have been researching online a lot regarding the truth of sugar and there's so many mixed opinion. I was hoping for some objective opinion regarding the matter and hopefully backed with scientific ...
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Do strongman and powerlifters have more muscles than bodybuilders
Strongman and powerlifters are stronger than bodybuilders. And they are heavier. But the extra weight can't simply just be fat? If it were just fat, then they wouldn't be stronger than the bodybuilder....
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Why and how does fat also make you stronger?
If a 200 pounds man gains an additional 50 pounds of fat he will be stronger than before. Why is that? How does fat contribute to lifting stuff?
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What was the macronutrient ratio of early humans and primitive tribes? [closed]
I have lately been trying to get into a diet and there are so many confusing and contradicting information everywhere.
From Keto (90% fat) to Mediterranean (25% fat) to Low fat (< 10%) diet, all ...
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Regarding flabby skin and lower body fat
I am a female with age 23.
When I was a teenager, my weight increased to about 177 lbs. My fat is mostly deposited around my lower body and my arms are flabby. But, then I started going to the gym. ...
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Will fat help you gain muscle?
If you are heavier you will be stronger wether this is by fat or by muscle I think we can all agree on that. (I'm not talking about overly fat because at that point it would probably not hold true due ...
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Gaining Fat, Losing Muscle?
So I am working out for around 1 and a half years now, about 1 year ago I started tracking my body fat and my muscle percentage. It both was stable at 14% fat and 44.5% muscle. Last two weeks I ...
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Should you eat sugar before a muscle building workout?
Is eating sugar before a muscle building workout a good idea?
Eating sugar could boost your energy levels and make you perform better. However, excess sugar turns into fat and if you don't exercise ...
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Why is it impossible or nearly impossible to burn high levels of fat near VO2 max intensity?
Around moderate exercise intensity, we tend to burn fat at the highest rate. When we exercise near or above VO2 max, we burn almost no fat.
Why can't we achieve high levels of fat oxidation near but ...
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What's the necessity of cardio for fat burning?
I hear all rumors about that only with cardio you will burn fat properly. But why should I do cardio, instead of weightlifting? isn't it all about the caloric deficit? I don't see why I should replace ...
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Is it correct that walking is better than jogging to reduce thighs and inner thighs fats?
I've been doing sport, particularly, walking, for around 1 year. Each day, 7 days per week.
I didn't use a specific diet, but I cut eating any sort of sugars during the week, except for weekends, ...
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Protein Intake did not work
Past month , I increased my protein intake to 165 grams (I weigh 81 kgs , Male) ,I workout with weights and cardio at the end , and abs every alternate day , but today when I had my body measurements ,...
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Does biking really reduce fats from thighs?
Is biking really reduce fat from thighs and make them not touch ? Or it transform fats from thigh to muscles and so they will stay at the same size ?
From this link, it seems that biking is useless:
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Diet/exercise plan for lean bulking
I'm currently skinny fat, currently lean-bulking. My age is 16, and I weigh 62kg with 180cm (136.4 lbs, 5'9")
Normally, my diet is as follows:
On days I workout or if I'm active during the day, I ...
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Assuming a three day fast, what is the percentage of protein burned in the fourth day? [closed]
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100kg male
fast with only water (and salts) and/or coffee allowed
low activity (computer desk job)
I'd like to keep the muscle loss to a minimum by adding only protein to the 7 ...
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I have about 18.5% body fat. Am I too fat? [closed]
I'm a man, 25 years old. My electronic scale tells me 69 kg and 18.5% body fat, and my fitness seems to be bad when compared to my friends at similar age:
I run very slow. Most of my friends run 5 km ...
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Do obese and unfit people tend to be stronger than slender people who train?
Yes I know the question in the title seems weird... As weird as what I recently read:
I used to weigh more than 300 pounds. I smoked like a house on fire, I
drank like a blues guitarist, I ate ...
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Combining HIIT and weights
Hi I am currently doing 4 training sessions per week.
Monday: Boxing classes (HIIT) training
Tuesday: Weights
Wednesday: Weights
Thursday: Boxing classes (HIIT) training
My body fat percentage is ...
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How to burn fat and build muscle at the same time? [duplicate]
My cousin, whom is a professional bodybuilder suggested I start a diet plan.
I am 5' 8" tall and weigh 69 kilograms.
I want to build muscle and lose belly fat at the same time and was skeptical as to ...
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Numb Tingeling in Big Toes [closed]
Me: Overweight 30 year old male.
This year has been a particularly inactive year* leading me to grow increasingly interested in getting into shape. Because of this, and other reasons, this lead me to ...
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Weight has gone down several pounds, but not trying to lose weight and feel fatter. Why?
I have been working out intensely as usual, but notice that my weight has begun to average around 3-5 lbs. lower than what it mostly would sit at. I feel like I've been getting fatter, but at the same ...
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How to reduce belly and face fat [duplicate]
I am 26 years old, M, 5'7 height. I have been doing exercise running- 30 mins daily and cycling - 20 mins. I do crunches also in my daily activities. I drink lot of watter like hell, not taking ...
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The truth about calories from alcohol
For the past few weeks, I have been carefully recording my food and drink intake, together with my exercise. I would say that my net calorie intake is accurate to within 100 calories either way. I ...
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Why does sugar get such a bad rap for being empty calories while other carbs don't? [closed]
What does sugar and alcohol have in common? They are empty calories; offer no nutritional value, so avoid them whenever you can.
Why haven't I heard anyone ever make the same argument about other ...
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Can you aggressively lose fat and maintain muscle?
I heard of an old buddy that claimed he could aggressively lower bodyfat if needed (say he was feeling a teeny-bit chubby and wanted to get as "firm and lean" as quickly as possible, say for beach day)...
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I am overweight and I want to lose weight but I don't know how! [duplicate]
About me , I am 25 year old male , with 100+ kilo weight, a pot belly that is lots of disappointment when I am in any trial room while shopping clothes .
I am currently aiming to get fit and have ...
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Am I eating too much fat? How healthy fat help to lose weight? [closed]
I am now following a healthy eating cookbook by a body coach.
I am doing an HIIT training routine he has suggested for 20 minutes, 4 times a week.
The confusion I have is the amount of fat I am ...
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Does the body store fat in a (First in Last out)FILO order?
I have read in an article that the body stores fat in a FILO format, which means it stores fat in this order: belly, chest, thighs, then arms.
When we workout, the fat gets burned in the FILO format, ...
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Carbohydrate intake query [closed]
I am trying to reduce my body fat percentage. I tried the low carb high protein routine but that made me very dizzy and I wasn't able to concentrate at all. I figured that my body doesn't respond well ...
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Walking my way to FATness?
I started walking 3 miles per day around October of 2015, before 2015 I did swimmimg , biking, treadmill, crosstraining and adding weights to my ankles and all sorts of things to shift weight.
I am ...
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A 2900-3200 Calories/Day Plan for Weight Loss?
I'm currently 172 lbs, 5'8", ~32" waist, and am trying to lose weight via losing fat, and have been trying to figure out a good amount to eat per day. My exercise per day is... hard to say exactly. I'...
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Preservatives in food = preservatives in my fat cells? [closed]
Is it logical to believe that if I eat foods with preservatives, the resulting fats within that food may also store within my fat cells with preservatives and thus make it more difficult to rid my ...
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Is it normal to have a belly when I relax?
This is what I look like if I flex:
But if I relax, my belly actually sticks out quite a bit:
Is this normal? Should I try to lose some fat?
EDIT: admittedly in the second picture I was purposely ...
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Cannot lose weight
for the last 2 months, I've been cycling for about 2 times a week and eating a little bit less. Last month I've been exercising(read cycling, jogging or hiking) for about 3 - 4 times a week and for ...
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Android app for fat people [closed]
I'm fat.
I want to do exercises & look like Zyzz but I get bored fast. It would help me if I could set a goal. Let's say 30 minutes per day. So I'm looking for an app where I can set a daily ...
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I am bulky although my diet is healthy(at least i think it is healthy) [closed]
I am 30 and my height is 5'5. I try to eat healthy and I have following meal-schedule
Breakfast:
At 8am on working days
At 11am on weekend
consists of coffee and boiled egg.
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At 2/3pm on ...
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burning legs fat and avoiding Slouch
I am 22 , my weight is 77 KG and I am 170 cm Long.
Through the last two years I have been [Running] around 4 days weekly. I lost around 21 KG from 92 to 71 in the last year as I was doing diet. This ...
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What is an ideal visceral fat percentage?
I had a review at my gym yesterday, and the trainer measured my body fat percentage, weight, height etc and exclaimed that, my body fat percentage needs improving (it is right now at 8%), he had never ...
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Is it theoretically possible to burn fat without any training only based on diet?
Suppose a person(who doesn't do any sports) changes a diet, so that it has a "right" ratio of protein, carbs and fats, and a small carbs deficit. What will happen next? will he lose fat or muscle or ...
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