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Monday, 10 August 2015

Can I determine the 'true' number of calories in sugar substitutes?

I've mostly switched to pure erythritol, so calorie calculation is often not a factor. However, erythritol can get expensive to use in the quantity needed to make desserts and the like.

I have some Monk Fruit in the Raw, but like many products it turns out that I can't trust the label. The #1 ingredient is maltodextrin which has basically the same number of calories as pure sugar - yet the product is marketed as zero calorie.

I contacted the company about calories per cup of Monk Fruit in the Raw and they refused to answer the question.

What sweetener can I use with near zero calories that is affordable if using a good bit of it? One of the nice things about erythritol is that it can be used at a bit over 1:1 ratio and it will match the sweetness of sugar. Pure monk fruit is available, but it is so sweet a tiny amount goes a long way and I have found no good resources for finding a good ratio for dessert recipes where I want to cut out the sugar calories but put back the sweetness.

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Best Diet Plan

I'm a 21 year old male weighing in at around 180 LBs (Down from 215 about a year ago, >250 3 years ago), 5'10", somewhat lean but built, Size 34-32 Waist, American Medium for top, and I haven't gotten a body fat % reading in awhile, but that can be done soon and updated. I still have some fat around my waist and under my chest that I'm trying to get rid of.

My current schedule is as follows;

-6:30 wake up, breakfast, work by 8

-8-12:45: work

-10 AM: snack

-12:45-1:45 Lunch break

-1:45-5: work

-4:30 PM: Snack

note:I work in an office.

Afterwards, I do a cycle of Back & Triceps, Chest & Biceps, Shoulders & Traps, and Legs & Lower Back(every other leg day, I do heated yoga for athletes since I have horrendous flexibility and already got injured once) I also already have very built legs.

Each non-yoga day is 2.5 hours of gym;

I alternate between treadmill and abs. for treadmill days I do two 5 minute cardio sessions with a 11.5 minute mile/cooldown on an incline at the end. *For ab days, I start off with a 5 minute half mile, then 30 minutes of abs at the end of my workout. *I then go home, cook, do whatever and sleep.

My current diet is as follows;

Breakfast (around 7 AM): 3 eggs, either a piece of whole wheat toast or whole wheat tortilla with healthy choice butter. A smoothie with almond Milk or 2% milk, ON Gold Standard Whey Protein (1 scoop), blueberries, and cinnamon.

Morning Snack: HEB Brand flavored Greek Yogurt (any suggestions since I won’t be able to buy this for long, and if I can get away with a flavored one, please)

Afternoon Snack: Either a Stabilyze or Zone Perfect Protein Bar

Post workout: 2 scoops of aforementioned protein with cinnamon in water

My lunches and dinners are based off of a rotation of the following proteins I buy in bulk at Costco (I’ll even put them in the order of which I eat them)

  • Tuna Salad: 2 cans of tuna, 2 tablespoons of mayo w/ olive oil, garlic sriracha, capers, 3-4 pickle chips, and maybe some garlic olive oil

    • NOTE:I will never have this for dinner. any time I eat tuna salad, it’s for lunch. I rotate all the other meats around this.
  • Costco Turkey or Salmon Burgers: 35g of Protein per patty (2 patties if Lunch, 1 if Dinner)

  • Wild Alaskan Salmon: 35g of protein per piece (2 if Lunch, 1 if Dinner)

  • Costco boneless & Skinless Chicken Thighs: 20g of Protein per piece (2 pieces per meal)

  • Costco Tuna Steaks (trying to find an alternative, the ones at Costco are nasty): 35g of protein per piece (2 if Lunch, 1 If Dinner)

For cooking, I always use a grill (where applicable) For seasoning and flavor, I have a bunch of different combinations and never go heavy on the condiments:

  • I will usually marinate in a blend of hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder. I’ll SOMETIMES put a blend of baby rays BBq sauce and chili garlic sriracha as a condiment.

  • Mix of teriyaki and chili-garlic sriracha (I usually use this on the fish)

  • Blend of different olive oils and pesto

  • Just olive oils, sauerkraut, lemon, a special seasoning (will find ingredients), and chilis

This has, seemingly, been working for me all summer, as I’ve been told that I look leaner. I don’t have any quantitative data to support the claim though.

Unfortunately, I will probably have to cut my work outs by an hour once school begins. I am trying to shed that little bit of stubborn fat on me. Any comments on what I should be having for snacks? Cost-efficient and edible nutrition bars I should be having instead? Please feel free to comment where I should probably make adjustments.

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What are your go to nutrition websites?

I'm looking to dive deeper than portion sizes. I really want to know what I'm eating is doing for my body and how to improve my health through food and exercise.

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I eat well and I feel well. How do I know I won't feel well if I don't eat well?

To give some background, I'm 24 years old and when I was 20 I decided to go vegan. I have always been skinny all my life and not much of a shitty food eater. So I never really felt bad for eating bad. But now that I eat very clean, and have been eating clean for over three years, I can't tell if I feel the way I do because of what/how I eat or anything else.

I mean I'm sure I would, but how do I know I feel better than the average who simply doesn't care what/how they eat? Not talking about animal products strictly, bet just shitty foods in general. Please excuse shitty writing skills or anything like that. I'll be happy to clear things up if anything unclear. Answer questions, more specifics/details, etc. Thanks!

edit: Okay, I've got it. My question is I don't know not feeling well. I also make an effort to stay in shape. So maybe what I'm getting at is that I haven't (or don't remember) not feeling well/feeling shitty so I how am I to be convinced that it is a result of my clean eating and exercise habits? Yes, that is my question and thought. Thanks in advance!

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What's the least unhealthy kind of chip to eat?

Popped a bag of multigrain corn chips for lunch today and was struck by how good they are. I guess I just want to bee able to justify eating chips while still not eating something ridiculously unhealthy.

Suggesions?

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Which yields more sulphoraphane - broccoli leaf or broccoli florets?

Which yields more sulphoraphane - broccoli leaf or broccoli florets?

Asking for a friend who is still skeptical of reddit.

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Beta-Carotene and Lung Cancer

Dear Healthy Redditors. I am sure many nutrionists are aware of the evidence/study which claims as a conclusion

"Beta-carotene supplementation has not been shown to have any beneficial effect on cancer prevention. Conversely, it was associated with increased risk not only of lung cancer but also of gastric cancer at doses of 20-30 mg day(-1), in smokers and asbestos workers"

http://ift.tt/19RNXHx

I am quite scientifically illiterate (working on getting better) but do not posses the ability to determine what a study means, whether it was conducted properly, what the implications are etc.

I've been told by Doctors, Nutrionists, Physical Therapists to be very weary of medical Journalism and even of study results as replication etc is needed to confirm results and people whose studies get headlines are more likely to get future funding.

I am a smoker (about 3 cigarettes a day) and that is a very terrible habit, this much atleast I know. However I am wondering if anyone would be helpful enough to let me know if I should stop taking my multi-vitamins which have (I have no idea what this means) - Vitamin A (29% from Beta Carotene) 3500 IU

I can't even do the math to convert IU's into Mg so that should give you an idea of how out of my depth I am in this field.

Please help if you can, I would truly appreciate your input . I know the solution is to quit smoking and I will but should I cease using Beta-Carotene in the meantime? Do you guys and girls put a lot of weight on this study? Is there any consensus on this?

Thank you for reading this post.

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What makes packaged/processed food "bad" for you?

Okay I'm sure this post is going to make me look like a dumbass, so bear with me.

The other day I started making soup to bring to work. the boyfriend said that he'd been eating a package of ramen noodles and a package of instant Kraft mac and cheese mixed together for lunch. I mentioned maybe he could take some soup and have a healthy lunch.

that triggered the "How is Ramen bad for me? It's noodles and spices" - this guy, if he could, would eat nothing but box mac and cheese, fish sticks, ramen, snacky things like chips or little debby and other freezer-to-microwave packaged things like that forever. I said that they are not very healthy things to eat and he should try making more fresh stuff, or if he NEEDS to eat fish sticks we could make some of our own, or even make our own ramen flavor powder. (of course according to him that's not as good!)

He said "How is it bad for me? It's fish, fish is good for you. None of the daily values (i.e. the percent recommended for fat, sodium, etc) on the back go above the recommended daily percent. If I don't go over I don't see how it can be unhealthy."

And I have no answer to that other than "It's processed and artificial," which prompts the "why is that bad" and I find I have no answer to that either.

So, what is is about overprocessed packaged foods like that that make them bad? I'd like to have a discussion about it, as he's not opposed to changing his mind. Am I the one who is wrong? I mean, a person could eat McDonalds all day every day and not go over their daily values if they're careful, but that doesn't make it healthy - and I am having trouble understanding why - and it's making me second guess my stance on it in the first place.

So, can you help me out here? :/

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