Exercise Alters Our Microbiome

Post by drdrey » Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 5:19 PM UTC

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I have now been seeing from numerous sources that in order to lose weight, diet dominates exercise. One of the reasons is that exercise is associated with compensatory behaviors (such as increased hunger). So exercise for the health benefits, but alter your diet to lose weight. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-exercise-para...

I don't know why people give a damn about loosing weight. You want to be healthy, which means having muscle that weighs more than fat. Never seen a thin guy and thought I would like to look like him. I weigh 215lbs, 71" and I am 32 years old. I eat bread (which my wife makes from scratch), and other whole natural foods, vegetables, fruits, bacon, ribs, steak, fried chicken (made from scratch) etc... All my meat comes…

If you're an endurance athlete, weight is a pretty critical aspect of your performance. For the general population, most people really want to reduce body fat when they say "weight". Whether you want to "look like" someone is a different story

Post by wutbrodo » Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

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> Dropping sugar from your diet definitely is beneficial, however it's easier said than done. There's sugar in almost any food. After all, the fructose in apples and bananas is sugar as well, just not processed sugar. People are generally referring to dropping _added_ sugar when they talk about dropping sugar. Pretty much every model of nutrition thinks that whole fruit is good for you (in general, and of course excl…

It isn't really unhealthy as a part of your overall diet, but that peanut butter is tricky. Peanut butter lends itself to overeating - a serving size is only 2 tablespoons. About the size of a ping-pong ball. This isn't consistent with the ways most of us eat the stuff. Not to mention that it is just packed with calories. The combination makes it really easy to overeat. Peanuts are a slightly easier option to control…

Thanks for the response. I don't really like peanut butter all that much, but my approach to food is to just generally eat high-satiety foods and not worry about counting the exact quantity. I've found that it ends up netting out to eating the right amount anyway, without much effort. Calorie density by volume doesn't really figure into the way I eat.

It was along those lines that I figured that something that consists largely of healthy fats wouldn't pose a health concern. But I guess I wasn't thinking about other approaches to nutrition: it's entirely possible that a different approach would lead to overeating peanut butter, I guess.

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