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  1. Aye; I am aware of that, but thanks for the heads-up anyhow. And yes... food allergies / intolerances suck... :/
  2. I've been thinking about that, but I'd like to try to do it naturally... but here's an interesting thing to think about: I just tried black lentils... and nothing happened. I was completely fine. So what the heck is the difference between normal lentils and black ones? Also, it seems that I can easily digest pears, but not apples or bananas. Again, why? Thanks
  3. Hi. I really want to eat apples, bananas and all different types of legumes + dark rice. However, my stomach goes ABSOLUTELY BANAANZ if I eat them. The apples and bananas cause considerable bloating, but no pain. The legumes cause considerable bloating AND lots of pain for a long period of time. The rice does much the same as the apples. I'm trying to lessen my meat consumption and get my protein this way (and lower my kcal), but I really can't seem to do it... soaking and mashing (for the legumes) doesn't help either. So, any other way?
  4. Sorry for taking so long, Dylan! I've had 3 weeks of mashed veggie soup + meats (no bloating at all). Then I slowly added an item here and there for about 2-3 days. If all was fine, I kept it. now, I've found about 8 things that I can't eat... which sucks.. Still continuing, but I need to keep a small break from introducing foods, as I am bloated from the last one.
  5. Try swapping out the high-glycemic foods for low-glycemic foods. Have you tried sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes? Sweet potatoes are a good idea, which I will definitely have to give a go after my elimination diet.
  6. a) is correct, but you can deffinetly get certified non GMO soy. b) is incorrect. That's completely false, phytoestrogens don't disturb in any way our testosterone levels. Even in large amounts. There's a guy in other internet forum that got tested before and after taking large amounts of soy derived products and even after years consuming these products his testosterone levels are normal. So, if you keep distance from GMO Soy you don't need to worry =) From Precisionnutrition.com "extremely high levels of PEs have an unfavorable influence on hormone levels for both men and women, and may inhibit muscle gain and fat loss to some degree." However, "A traditional daily intake of soy for someone may include 6 ounces of tofu, a half-cup or soy milk, and a ½ cup of edamame. That would provide roughly 75 mg of PEs. This is well below the amount necessary for having an unfavorable influence on hormone levels." Still, that's only about 20g of protein. Not much to talk about, really. Albeit, it all helps, of course.
  7. Soy isn't good for men, especially in higher quantaties, as it is a) mostly GMO (thus not good for anyone) b) a product that has large amounts of plant estrogens that disturb testosterone amounts in the body, amongst other things.
  8. P.S. I also know that currently as I am trying to lose fat, I don't need 1 g / 1 pound of protein, so I'll be ok with around 100-120g of protein + BCAA. Still, when trying to get mass, I'd probably get a helluva lot of fat as well if I go with that aforementioned way. Maybe I should then use hemp protein powder?
  9. Hi there! I'm 23 years old and I've practised gong-fu for 5 years, done lots of cycling (up to 90km trips), walking (up to 40km trips) and gone to the gym now and again. Mostly I do HIIT and circuits. I'm 184cm tall, weigh 88kg and am probably around 16% fat. My goal is to get to 8% BF, which would mean dropping around 15kg. Currently I am doing: CIRCUIT 1 Close-grip push-ups x 12 reps (0kg) Inverted rows x 12 (0kg) Kettlebell swings x 25 (12kg) Rest 1 minute Repeat 5 CIRCUIT 2 Close-grip push-ups x 10 (0kg) Russian Twists x 10 (12kg) Air squats with hands behind head x 20 (0kg) Rest 1 minute Repeat 3 times + (10-10-14) + (10-8-13) SPRINTS (2 times a week) 10x 13km/h 20 sec + 12% incline with 10 sec break ---> Last 6 holding frontal bar So, now my diet consists of lots of veg (in the form of vegetable puree-soups), meats, eggs and some seeds + nuts, albeit not many. My problem is manyfold... I'd like to do eat only 100g salmon a day for my b12 vitamin and 2 eggs daily. Other than that, I'd eat plant sources. However, seeing as my stomach cannot take pulses or grains (I seem to be sensitive to starches, especially resistant ones), my kcal amounts would go to about 3000 a day inorder to get 160g (about) protein. That's from eating veggies, seeds, nuts, berries etc in forms of shakes and pureed veg-soups and and just as is. So, as you can see, 3000-3500 kcal /day is quite a helluva lot and will land me in blubber-land again. I know I have some time to think about this still, as I will be starting a full-blown elimination diet in about a month's time, which will last for up to two or three months (including re-introductions), during which I will really find out what I can and cannot eat. I also believe that I cannot handle whey, which will make the protein stuff even harder. Furthermore, I KNOW that I am carbohydrate-sensitive (High insulin production). How do I know that? If I add potato or any other high-carb source to my diet, my weightloss stalls and even begins to go backwards very quickly. So, what do I do? Thank you very much.
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