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Comment #10203098
Which competition's tablets is the iPad playing catch-up to?
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Comment #9750774
A moderate caloric deficit is not starvation, however. So the experiment in question is completely unrelated to your claims. Science does not say that a caloric deficit automatical…
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Comment #9741230
That experiment does not support any of your claims.
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Comment #9741208
Not being able to understand the difference between excess muscle and fat is not semantics. BMI is a tool applied to populations, used on individuals it can be very inaccurate, whi…
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Comment #9733014
I understand that from the zoomed out perspective, when you learn about advancements in the field from newspapers, magazines or blogs, it looks that way. But this is mostly the fau…
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Comment #9732322
None of the claims you just made are correct. You did not link to scientific evidence, you linked to articles on the Internet.
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Comment #9731418
You are making the claim that a caloric deficit is detrimental to health (although you choose to call it "starving yourself" for unknown reasons, even though starvation is somethin…
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Comment #9731401
That has only been demonstrated in mice, however, and only with semi-unrealistically large dosages of sucralose, if memory serves me right. In humans, we have a lot of evidence tha…
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Comment #9728074
There is nothing detrimental about being on a caloric deficit diet if are overweight. It's not starving yourself, it's not bad for you, it's the ONLY way you can lose fat. Reducing…
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Comment #9728047
No, having muscle doesn't make you overweight, no matter how much of it you have. The word overweight means to have excess fat, specifically. Im not sure what you mean by under eat…
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Comment #9725847
No, I'm talking about actual scientific evidence published in peer reviewed scientific journals. There are mountains of it available. Being in a caloric deficit is not starving you…
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Comment #9725685
Being overweight is unhealthy, it can't be done in a healthy way; not in the long term. While it is possible for an overweight person to not have any of the common health problems …
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Comment #9725385
I never said anything to the contrary? I just said nutrient timing is not important; i.e. the exact moment when you eat things, or don't eat things, is not important, for most norm…
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Comment #9725350
None of what you just said is correct, not a syllable of it, really. You should read up on the available scientific evidence.
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Comment #9724580
Research has shown that, among dietary and health guidelines, switching soda for diet soda is the most effective guideline that exists. Eating better is obviously preferable, but t…
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Comment #9724558
You are confusing "calorie counting", which is a method of losing weight, with a "caloric deficit" being the number one factor for losing weight, which is a fact. It doesn't matter…
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Comment #9724518
Yes, it has been scientifically proven about a bajillion or so times that a caloric deficit causes weightloss, and a caloric surplus causes weight gain, irrespective of the source …
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Comment #9724503
The literature shows that a caloric deficit is what matters the most for weightloss, by an extremely large margin, so large that all other factors can safely be ignored for "normal…
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Comment #9724486
There is too much mysticism around nutrition and health; people think it's about the method when it's rather about finding a method that works for you the way you apply it. People …
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Comment #9691732
Another Swede, I agree with a lot of the points, especially how the current government can't help but make themselves look foolish. But, free health care, free education, almost no…
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Comment #7850600
Correct, the app is called Health.
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Comment #7332850
There is no auto manufacturer, or manufacturer of any kind, really, that is in a position to push Apple.
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Comment #6344422
The seasonal flu isn't like H1N1, the latter put some young healthy people under so bad that they had to be hospitalized for weeks and needed equipment to breathe. Those who suffer…
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Comment #6344278
How do you know that bird/pig flu wouldn't have had more severe impact if it wasn't for the vaccinations?
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Comment #6300758
Oh, so in your version of history, Apple had about as much success prior to 1981 as they did after? Interesting.