Sugar has replaced Yersinia Pestis as the plague in the modern world. We seem to know so much about its deleterious effects and the more we learn about long term abuse co-morbidities the harsher it gets.

Hahaha, as do I my east coast raconteur

Isn't correct anyway, hahahhahaha, on some stuff thats true, the more I learn the more I think there will never be enough time to learn all I want. Drugs and knowledge are the real slippery slopes in life.

Firstly, I need to correct the author on TAG. One person's jaunt into a 30% caloric deficit for 10 weeks while still eating veggies, protein shakes, and multivitamins. The gist is, eating too much healthy food is not necessarily healthy and eating crap, just a lot less, can improve health parameters but the longterm is iffy. I posit that most Americans should lose 10% bodweight ASAP to improve health parameters and I fully agree with Shizzo that discipline, willpower, whatever you want to call it is at the heart of the matter. How is that taught or expanded or gifted or bequeathed? As to the study, it raises great questions and I would if liked to see a quality of life pre/post test questionnaire performed by the professor. Also, if he used TA's stuff in the class then that is cool.

I just wrote a whole bunch (on my phone) and it went dead. Just plugged it back in. Let me rewrite it.

Let me read this and get right back. BTW, triglycerides or triacylglycerol (TAG) is not a form of fat but the storage configuration of fatty acids found in nature and our bodies (about 95% of fatty acids are found in this energy saving configuration instead of free form). It is usually a pitch fork configuration wherein 3 fatty acids are attached to a glycerol backbone.

Yes, we do have daily nutrient needs that different body types can arrive at differently. I do want to make a clear point. Recommendations for optimal eating will be generalized when speaking to groups and specific when speaking to an individual, so its important to realize that specificity is almost impossible when speaking to disparate persons. So, the rules that govern the dynamics of our metabolism have different parameters in different bodytypes but are inherent in all and must be taken into account when suggesting macronutrients that deliver micronutrients.

Yes you can lose weight eating McDonalds (food is nasty tasting BTW) but its hard to fathom the counterintuitive nature of some of these posts and posts from other threads. Saying a calorie is a calorie outside the body is fine but once inside a closed system that functions on the premise of enthalpy, entropy, and (supply and demand) an ever evolving dynamic, e.g. retraining taste buds, creating more adipocytes, losing mitochondria, glucose insensitivity et al is ludicrous. Perform an experiment. Eat the exact same amount of each food source for the exact same time frame whilst  performing the same activities. The source of calories will influence their measurability in a closed system as will other internal factors and any aberrated external factors.

Sorry, your premise is flawed because healthier denotes different. Is it possible to eat anything and lose weight if a caloric deficit is produced through consumption reduction, drug use, or physical activity? Yes, of course! But there is a healthier (you admitted) way yo do it.

Mow how (gas or push) define small and then consider me aware. Also, I tried to (tongue in cheek) qualify the statement by saying physical activity would be a factor, the meth was a poor attempt at humor.

A calorie is not a calorie from all different sources because it is an imperfect measurement. It is unlike an inch or pound or liter. In our bodies (closed system) there are many factors that influence how we derive energy from a calorie 'source'. I will look for the articles you mention but if you have a quick reference, please post it. A calorie as defined by the energy required to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree celsius has many factors that influence it. In a lab at atmospheric pressure one can predictably measure a calorie as a calorie but not in our bodies. Just look at a salad with tomatoes, hearts of palm, onions, maybe some red beans and feta cheese and tell me that eating 600 calories of that salad is the same as eating 600 calories of chili cheese fries. Its counterintuitive and feels thusly for a reson.

Food making skin blotchy? Don't know about that but all food is acidic, its full of amino acids and fatty acids and of course sugars have a ton of hydrogen molecules on them (pH). Its when we digest the foods and release minerals that we are presented with alkalizing (base) elements. As far as eating all the crap that TA or whomever uses his account says they eat and have abs year round is inane. Unless they are putting meth in every recipe and running to the store seven miles away barefoot, there is no way someone will maintain abs on 3000 calories a day. Doesn't happen. Why would anyone second guess their intuition that clean foods (clean defined as minimally processed, low simple sugar, low sat fat) would be equal to less health fare. Makes no sense

Eating a variety of plants will help compliment proteins into adequate levels. Even a tomato has a gram of protein (mostly glutamic acid but that converts to glutamine pretty easily). The trick is consistent emphasis on staples like beans, rice, grains, and variety. Try new combinations of legumes, peas, and exotic grains as well as myco (fungi)-proteins such as the brand Quorn. Easy to gain or maintain muscle with variety and consistency.

Have to eat separately. Must...compartmentalize. ....food (robot voice)!

BALL ME BLAZER! Hahaha
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Godfather I &II
3. 7 Brides for 7 Brothers (Hey, take off the white wig)
4. Top Gun
5. Avengers
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Exorcist (still sleep with the lights on)
8. Braveheart
9. Starwars (all of em)
10. LOTR

The "exposure" of Arnold means nothing. Scoundrel is as society allows. Worth 100s of millions means a hardened heart. Sorry Wiggs, Mike took the easy way out.

Wolf's and Dexter's calves are going in reverse, what is the name of this phenomenon?

Even english sounds like arabic when u pose ACH!  Shoookran jazeeelan!

Whats up Vince, any more stories?

No lie, whilst looking at that chart my knees started twitching. Ouch

Saw it, very entertaining except for the comedy relief like in the 4th one, that was missing. The movie relied on Bruce to give it the funny and he just repeated "I'm on vacation" like 4 times. Where is the black dude giving head to those Twinkies? He was good for some chuckles

Whats wrong with McDonald's?
1. Sodium- (as in most fast food joints) is usually to the power of 10 in their prepared foods. The high sodium effect is usually felt more accutely as one ages.
2. Preservatives and natural (read artificial) flavorings- Hepatotoxic to say the least (co-morbidity but alas, a contributor)
3. Sugar-High Fructose Corn Syrup (knowing the physiokinetics of this ratio of fructose in the liver should be enough for any GetBigger to moderate it, which is impossible to do if one eats at Micky D's.
4. Lack of substantively nutrient dense veggies
5. Impossibility to recognize a food as fresh
6. Taste, I believe someone said goat's ass, that about sums it up.
Some of these are just how a public health professional views the fast food scene and apply to most if not all of those places.
As far as studies go on sodium and sugar, all studies have an external validity that is applicable in the case of fast food, so pick yer study and remember: experience is as valid as experiment- never discount how you react personally to things found in the laboratory we call life.

Burning cabin, redolent of WACO

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Gimme 10 names!