Wondering everybody's take on this. It's intriguing how among nutrition and diet buffs, I notice two main factions: some people think it's solely about getting nutrients you need, whereas others seem to point to avoiding specific things (refined sugar, too many ingredients, sodium, deep frying). It makes me think of studies like the one where the nutrition professor ate essentially a dessert diet (w/ daily canned veggie for nourishment) yet lost nearly 30 lbs. and improved cholesterol. Some other experiments seem to indicate that exercising strenuously can help cancel some injurious effects processed food (and even booze) would otherwise have. Is processed junk strictly bad because of the weight gain it tends to elicit?

Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? A process called biofortification puts nutrients directly into seeds and could reduce global hunger, but it’s not a magic bullet Miranda Lipton Thu 28 Mar 2024 11.13 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/vegetables-losing-nutrients-biofortification

Hi, I was wondering how complete a protein source Quorn is? I know it's made from mycoprotein, does this mean it has a complete amino acid profile with similar ratios to meat sources? And what does the bioavailability of said protein look like? Is it closer to plants or animals in that regard?

I keep seeing information about eating fiber to help reduce glucose spikes. Never any information about how much you actually need for an effective dose. Do I need an entire salad before a dessert or would a couple carrots have a noticeable helping effect?

I know these sodas have prebiotics (which boils down to it having fiber) but if i'm getting my fiber in my regular diet is there any other benefit to replacing diet soda with these? (i.e. cleaner ingredients or gut health any other way)

I feel as though I’m making the right food choices, just tend to overeat. Anyone who weights there food find it helps to limit overeating/binging? Also recs on which scales are good and cheap?

Half an egg shell provides around 100% of the RDA for calcium in the form of calcium carbonate (and apparently you can increase the bioavailability with lemon/lime juice to form calcium citrate).

Of course nutrients from foods are generally considered superior to those from supplements, especially in the case of calcium, but since eggshell calcium is in the form of carbonate, is this considered food or a supplement?

My guess would be food since the shell contains other naturally-occurring, complementary nutrients, but I can't recall ever seeing food with nutrients listed as a carbonate/malate/glycinate/etc, I've only seen that with supplements.

Hi all, I’m trying to eat healthier overall and follow and 80/20 lifestyle with healthy foods 80% of the time and not so healthy foods 20% of the time.

I’m getting really hung up on how to measure the 80%. 80% of meals? Calories? Foods?

There’s some things I know are automatically in the 20% (wine, pizza, ice cream) but some things that I don’t know if I should consider them to be in the 80% healthy or not (cheese, honey, frozen chicken nuggets)

Can you all give me insight to these meals and if you would consider them to fall into the 80% healthy category:

1. Ramen (no seasoning packet) with an egg and frozen veggie medley
2. Chipotle cheddar salad in a low carb tortilla with a homemade Greek yogurt based dressing
3. Kielbasa, frozen pierogis, bell peppers, and onions
4. Orzo with chicken sausage, broccoli, kale, and cheese
5. Turkey Caesar sandwich on a whole wheat everything bagel
6. Chipotle cheddar salad with chopped up chicken nuggets and homemade Greek yogurt based dressing

So I'm looking at this can of tuna, and it says that for every 100 g of tuna, there is 0.5 g of fat, 0 g of carbs, 26 g of protein, 1 g of salt. That's a total of 27.5 g of "stuff/matter".

But what is the other 72.5 g then??

Let's say we eat a hard to digest food such as corn. If it's expelled almost whole I highly doubt our metabolism would manage to get all the nutrients out of it. I tried searching this on google with no results. Would it even be ok for our body to have a non complete digestion?

My question is basically this

Has anyone ever tried the welle co products ? Any thoughts on quality?

Someone I know drinks alcohol daily, usually around 4-6 glasses of wine and occasional cocktails per night, and has for years. Not alcoholic behaviors really, maybe occasional surliness. Even good at exercising and healthful eating otherwise. Fully functional really. Grew up with parents that did this and siblings now do it. They think it’s normal. I think many people quietly do this actually. Anyway, what are the consequences of doing this? I personally drink alcohol rarely, as of a couple years and have felt so much better. I’ve never drank a lot. Just don’t enjoy it that much. I have a history of dangerous alcoholism in my family of origin and a prior spouse, so I know I’m hypersensitive but still, I can’t believe this is okay for health.

when bell pepper is cut and stored in the fridge?

(Some jar of german sauerkraut)

With those Ingredients: Beef, Seasoning (Sugar, Salt, Yeast Extract, Garli,c Powder, Onion Powder, Flavourings), Soy Sauce (S,oy Bean), Soy Protein, Natural Flavours

Hi everybody! I’ve recently been focusing a lot on what I put in my body. I’m very fascinated with our health and diet.

I love my Oreos, particularly mint Oreos 😭. Obv toxic af , and even some alternative I found at Lidls it was full of toxic oils and other crap, yet, it’s branded as “healthy”. Haaaa.

Has any of you guys found a yummy alternative that’s healthy?

I am specifically wondering for its use as a sweetener. A basic google search turns up various things and loads of information. So I’m really just looking to find out, is it healthier for you than any artificial sweeteners out there. Because artificial sweeteners are definitely bad. Agave nectar is natural so is it a good alternative? I’m asking this because Liquid Death, they makes canned water, started making flavored teas and sparking water that’s sweetened with agave. So is it just as bad as artificial sweeteners?

Forgive my absence of patience to conduct my own research as prior attempts have been met with conflicting information.

How would the physiological impact differ between whole and processed foods if the macronutrients and caloric intake remain the same?

Are some individuals more vulnerable than others to the negative effects of processed food?

im confused some places i see 7 g other places 22 g

Especially if protein is being extracted from other sources, I am trying to figure out what exists out there that is low in protein but still able to bulk up the body in calories. I haven't been able to find much out there that specifically fits these criteria. Any ideas about what qualifies?

Do you think that this carnivore diet is going to fade and/or get debunked anytime soon?

There seems to be so many different opinions on the diet that it really makes the whole subject of the diet very confusing.

Some say it only works because you eliminate potential allergens, some say it works because it heals your gut lining, some say it works because it puts your body/brain into ketosis, the list goes on.

Do you think that carnivore is just another fad diet or is it here to stay/evolve?

Based on various rankings of nutrient density, it seems as if leafy green vegetables like spinach, chard, and watercress have the highest densities of nutrients relative to all other vegetables.

Why is that? What is it about green leaves that they would contain so many nutrients?

Secondly, why do the green vegetables in the brassica family not seem to share the same nutrient density? They're also green.

Example study: https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0390.htm

I like to enjoy some fresh cut veggies with a little spicy ranch dip and i have been using nonfat plain yogurt with ranch dressing mix and hot sauce to make it. What is the difference nutrition-wise between using nonfat plain yogurt vs fat free sour cream for this dip? I currently mix protein powder into my drinks throughout the day when i am aiming for lo-cal days so im not necessarily worried about the protein difference between the two, just curious about the feeling from the community? Thank you.

I have a bunch of sugar cane to use up.

I wanted it to make juice. But I can’t really justify spending $180 on a hand crank right now.

I was thinking of cutting it up into the pieces and heat it up in water how they make sugarcane syrup/sugar, just on a super diluted scale.

But I didn’t want to lose any benefits from boiling it.

It’s always being talked about when it comes to hunger, health etc etc

Any and all knowledge surrounding “glucose” and why it’s important/ what we need to be thinking about when it comes to our diet would be great.

I know that recommended dose of pqq should be 5-10 mg

Hope someone can help understand how much is the maximum dose that is safe to take according to this: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5058 and according to this

I am a little confused about the whole calorie deficit thing. From my knowledge, it is simply eating less calories than you consume in means to burn more than you consume. It sounds pretty simple yet I can't help but feel that with this logic, you can pretty much eat anything you want as long as you are within a calorie deficit. With this, I am confused as to what is the purpose of eating correctly to lose weight. Or feel bad if you eat a snack as long as it's within your deficit. For instance, the other night having come off of work I took it upon myself to grab a cheese burger and fry from Wendy's, something I hadn't had in a long time. Having calculated the calories on my phone, I concluded that since I am within a deficit, that I should be completely fine. Same with a can of soda. People say that soda is bad for you, but is it really that bad for you if you are within your calorie deficit? Please share your thoughts. Thanks

Vinyl chloride is a super cancerous material and that was a ridicules mushroom cloud. Is there any cause to worry about food grown from that area?

For every person who knows soy does not increase estrogen or affect thyroid or contains harmful anti nutrients, there is another person who thinks that soy is bad for the very same reasons.

There are some influencers who genuinely say soy is bad even though their other suggestions are correct.

Why does this myth refuse to budge? Why do people still believe this?