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It might just be me, but my first thought on the 100 calorie snacks is that there is still nothing to keep people from eating two or three of those tasty carb, salt and fat combinations - especially those with a cheese or bacon flavor added. Little packages as an obesity solution are wet dream that doesn't take into account human urges, desires and needs. The little package doesn't give you the willpower and motivation not to eat...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wyvrn If you consider high intensity training to be "truly exceptional". I find it to be a lot more convenient and sustainable than other popular types of training that take much more time, more hassle factor and have greater potential for injury. I work out for about 12 minutes a week. Actually, HIT requires a lot of glucose in a very short amount of time, more than can be supplied through the...

Quote: Besides burning it for fuel, our bodies ARE able to dispose of some carbohydrate harmlessly by storing it as glycogen, about 300-400 grams worth. If glycogen stores are depleted, any excess glucose whether of dietary or physiological origin will be stored as glycogen rather than as fat. Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles, but more in the muscles. The only way to deplete glycogen stores in the muscles is exercise. By far the...

Frederick, it's really harder than it looks! But there is no "competition" in it: at least, in my view, there shouldn't be any. You work at your own pace, and it is not goal-oriented. I always felt great doing yoga - except the one time I tried too hard, and ignored my body's signals, trying to impress someone who was watching, and pulled a muscle. How's that for an example of ego getting in the way? If...

Quote: Originally Posted by costello22 My sister used to do some kind of weight loss program that required drinking quite a bit of ice cold water daily on the theory you'd burn calories warming it up. Cold Water Diet You can easily lose a little weight by simply drinking cold water. Your body must burn a few calories to heat the water up to body temperature. It burns a few more calories to temporarily carry the weight of the water....

Quote: Originally Posted by amandawood Basically, yes!!! Good luck with your experiments!!! And make sure you take your magnesium, preferably chelated, OK? amanda Thank you! Now that the Thanksgiving stuff is out of the house I am starting today. I will keep everyone posted. Thank you everyone so much for all your kind advice!

Quote: Originally Posted by Hutchinson ... and consuming too much of the unhealthy omega 6 variety is driving the pro-inflammatory disease process. Re inflammation - and not to change the subject of this thread - what do you think of this question, Hutchinson? An omega-3 to omega-6 imbalance maybe? http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=404417 I almost suggested it to the poster but decided I might be getting myself out on a limb that...

When You Eat Just As Vital As What You Eat ? Again, I think the question should be re-worded: "How often you eat is just as vital as what you eat?"

I like your reasoning, Martin, but the calculation's a bit more complicated than that. I think the feed conversion rate for meat is about 10% - you lose 90% of the calories from the food that your meat eats. This is offset by the fact that meat animals can eat foods you can't eat, growing in places where food you can eat won't grow, but I'd be hard pressed to give you a figure on that.

While I tolerated statin drugs for years, just a few months after a new doc doubled my dose (I foolishly went along with it, I partially blame myself), I was hit with an extensive polyneuropathy and fatigue. The neuropathy was mostly in my hands. I researched and stopped statins, added CoQ10. It took a year and a half for the symptoms to go away. Neither Internist responsible nor neurologist will willing to consider statins as a likely cause....