Health & Nutrition Programs
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For protein completeness, do nuts and seeds complement legumes or do they complement grains. What ratios of grams of proteins should I have from these three groups? I currently eat a lot of chia seeds, oats, and lentils or peas. I also eat seven servings of fruits and vegetables a day. I only eat whole foods except my B vitamin supplement. What should my ratios be?
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Suppose I jog eight miles twice a week at 8 MPH. If I do that in a caloric deficit of 500-1000 Cal/day, will I waste muscle?
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This should worry us as to what may happen in the future. (here's some words transcribed from my video) (cue the music) "Seems like things are gettin' so bad That you can smell it Yeah, so open those eyes and get the real picture It's time to tell it I wanna talk, baby I wanna say something" (Music fades) Seems like a lot of people wanna say something. This attack on a vegan youtube channel happened in April. I just found out. Youtube suspended TannyRaw following complaints, apparently from "Moms against Eating Disorders". MAED wants youtubers to post a disclaimer that we are not health professionals. I AM. Her channel came back fast, meaning youtube …
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Perfect Workout Nutrition - https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/topic/9580-perfect-workout-nutrition-2013 Gymnastics is one of the toughest sports ever. Would like some help and examples of how to translate different meals & components to Veg.
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Hi everyone, first post (: I'm looking to get some sound advice on what kind of day to day meals I should be making that suit my goals. I'm a 26 year old male. 5"11. About 150 pounds. I've been working out probably 4-5 years, very happy with my progress as I have good definition. I'm looking to start adding some more muscle though. Currently I eat oats and fruit for breakfast. And the rest of the day my meals are lentils or quinoi mixed with frozen veggies and fresh cut salsa. Everything I've learned about fitness if thanks to scooby (scoobysworkshop.com if you're unfamiliar) and I was using his custom meal planner today trying to come up with a better meal plan sinc…
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So I'm sure most of you have seen that dietary nitrates (not the kind from processed meats) improve sports performance if taken before a workout. Arugula, kale, rhubarb and other leafy greens are high in nitrates, the problem is, if I wanted to consume enough nitrates from one of these, I'd have to eat a boat load of fiber before I workout. That is not ideal for me. So I thought, perhaps I will juice and consume the juice 30 min before my workout..... but juicing is so strenuous and requires so much clean up. Also, time wise, I can't always coordinate that. So my question is, does anyone know if I can get nitrates from powdered kale and arugula, like a green powder? Ha…
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Hi Guy's. First time posting here: I'm looking to lose muscle and really struggle to drop any mass. I've been vegan about 2 years now, i do martial arts, cycling and yoga and i never seem to be able to shift any mass. I don't do any weight training at all. My diets mainly raw fruit with lots of veg, nuts grains beans etc. My motivation is generally for speed as i feel better for the sports i do when i'm lighter. Any tips would be great, Cheers.
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My name is Jeremy, I'm from LA. I went from veg to vegan in 2010 after being veg for much of my life. A vegetarian (and then vegan) diet got me from about 310lbs with Type II Diabetes, high choleterol, high blood pressure, feet turning purple...it was pretty awful to a new bod and life. With good diet and moderate exercise (weights, cardio, walking, hiking, body boarding), it was all reversed and I lost 115 pounds. Then...injured both my shoulders, a bad breakup, money problems and I gained 30lbs back. Before, I managed to get to 195lbs and had a way to go to get to where I wanted to be. I'm going to produce fast for a week (probably next week) to clean out my system a…
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I have some lower back problems that stop meanm performig a good suat (I tried at the multipower and also the free ones ). I'm really sad about it cause I really wanna build a nice and round butt and i know squats are pretty good at it ! My leg day is: Leg extension 3×15 Squat ( help ! ) 4×12 Walking lunges 4×10 Adductors 3×15 Leg curl 4×15 Sitting calf 3×15 My question is : "can someone help me finding a valid alternative to squats?" It needs to be an exercise that works primary on my gluteus and that gives good results Maybe the leg press? ( but how good does it work on gluteus? ) or maybe another version of lunges? I hope you will be able to help me ! Thank you s…
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Hello! This is my first post here on the forums. I recently decided to make the switch to being vegan and while so far I am thoroughly enjoying the lifestyle, I am completely lost with my macros. I am not new to bodybuilding I have been lifting for almost two years now and was in the middle of a cut when I switched over to a vegan diet. I was cutting on a standard 40/40/20 macro split, c/p/f respectively, eating the standard bodybuilding foods, brown rice chicken breast etc. I have been wanting to make the switch to a vegan diet for a while for the usual reasons, health reasons, disgusting meat and dairy industry, but I was always afraid I would lose my mass and would not…
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Hey all, I noticed that there was another SOY post but did not want to hi jack it because it's main topic was the keto diet. I'm currently drinking soy milk. I've read the pros and cons and the articles that say I'm going to turn into a female. That would be a change ha! Anyway I would love to get info from real world people who have been on soy diets for quite a while. Any changes, feeling different etc My main concern was calcium hence why I am drinking Soy milk. I have found it the easiest way to reach 1000mg daily. So I planned on drinking 250ml in the morning with my shake and same thing at the end the day. 500ml for the day. Currently cutting: Age:28, Heights:…
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I am really struggling for a long time. I did the Mcdougall diet for a while and lost 30 lbs. in the past( that was about 2 yrs. ago). Then I stopped losing weight , so I went a different direction and thought my body needed some more healthy fats and more protein rich foods. So I did my own thing for a while. I am a 46 yr. old female and weigh 164 lbs. I am trying to get down to 145 lbs. and get some nice lean muscle. I get confused if I should eat more protein type foods or go back to the Mcdougall type diet. I would love some help. I am so frustrated with not losing this weight. I have some good muscle, but it is not defined like I want and all my fat is around my s…
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Hi all I've started a keto diet lately to try and bring down my body fat from about 20% to early teens. I'm eating about 200-300g tofu a day. I'm also thinking of switching from a rice/pea protein blend to a soya/pea protein blend to bring down my carb intake further. What are your thoughts on this? too much soya? does too much soya carry health risks? Thanks!
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I am new to the whole macros thing. I just got the premium membership on fitness pal so I could log my macros. I used some calculations and logged in: 1800 calories 128 g protein 60 g fat 187 g carbs Today I have been just eating and logging to see where things are. Are there any other women that have any ideas on how to best plan out my food? This is a big adjustment for me. I have been logging food for me the past few days without doing the macros and just eating normally. I was shocked to see I was eating 2200-2300 calories a day. On leg day I ate 2500 calories. It is no wonder I wasn't losing any weight. So I really want to make a go at this and lose this weigh…
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My wife is a type 1 Diabetic. Insulin dependent. Only one shot a day. Her A1C is 5.5 so she's that of a non-diabetic person. Her sugars are tightly controlled with her average sugar reading over the last 3 months being 95. Thing is, next year we are wanting to expand our family. My wife is also a paraplegic. Yes, yes high risk all over the place. My question right now is, is there a way for her to stay vegetarian (she eats eggs and cheese) and keep her sugars under control throughout pregnancy? By the 2nd trimester the baby is going to be using up her insulin so her resistance will be higher, so she will need more if she's not on basically a keto diet. Otherwise, her endo…
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can anyone recommend an online whop in the UK I can get vegan BCAAs from? thanks
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Hey, do any of you guys track your calories on the app Myfitnesspal? What are your goals in terms of macronutrients? Do you log in every day?
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Hello all, Have mercy because I am NEW to this. Also wasn't sure if I should post in the BB section or here. Can anyone recommend a 'TOP 5' books to read on vegetarian bodybuilding? To be clear, as I understand it, I want to go lacto-ovo vegetarian, that is, a vegetarian who eats both eggs and dairy products, and is the most common kind of vegetarian. (I will most likely be keeping some chicken and fish in my diet - at least until I do a full transition, but this is besides the point.) There are tons of books on V eating and dieting but wanted ones focused on bodybuilding/builders. Looking to try something different. Decided to use myself as a test subject and a…
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Hi guys, I'm after buying creatine, and then started researching. . and found that this dehydroepiandrosterone can be in it, and is not good for reproductive health, how can i find out if my creatine contains it. or if there any other chemicals that art so good. any help would be great.
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just started my new ismeantto loose a little fat but im really confused ! This is what I should eat in my day ( im not vegan yet :'() : BREAKFAST 0% fat yogurt + 30/40g cereals or some friut SNACK Fruit and 30g of proteins LUNCH 50/70g of rice/pasta or 100/120g of bread or Quinoa + protein food (30g of proteins) + some veggies SNACK O% fats yogurt POST WORKOUT 30g of proteins and 1/2 banana or an apple DINNER protein food + veggies Protein foods (reach 25/30g of proteins) Lentils/Tofu/seitan/tempeh/eggs/soy wurstels/low fats cheese/beans/soy salame 4.7 ft/ 57Kg 3/4 workouts a week Is thi diet gonna helo me loose some fat? Do I eat too many fats? Please suggested…
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These two items are a staple in my diet but I often get bored with them due to my lack of creativity in making them more delectable. At the moment the most I do to make them more palatable is to make a vegan gravy but while it's tasty it doesn't store well in the fridge as it solidifies and is very thick when re heating. What kind of simple recipes can one do to make brown rice and beans more enjoyable?
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I'm looking to start consuming a minimum of 3,000 calories a day to gain weight but wouldn't mind going higher than that. My problem is that I'm on a budget and often buy foods that require considerable preparation such as dried rices, beans, tvp, vital wheat gluten flour (for seitan) and end up not cooking them ahead of time, such as when I get myself to meal prep, so I end up eating out or eating a more quickly prepared meal that doesn't meet my high calorie requirements. What are some foods that you eat which you find can easily meet your high calorie requirements while also being budget friendly?
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hey guys! i would really appreciate some help here! until now, i have been supplementing my meals with protein shakes to get about 25-30g total of protein per meal. i dont enjoy chugging down those shakes multiple times a day and im looking to replace that protein with food. i know there are a lot of bullshit claims on soy and gluten but it's enough to make me not want to consume 70-90g of protein of either of them every day. both gluten and the hormones in soy are supposedly harmless, but i still feel a little uneasy eating exorbitant amounts of these foods regularly. it doesn't help that there's agendas, studies contradicting others and fad-diet gurus polluting the disc…
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Im 36, 5'9 sitting at 90kg looking to bulk up. I've been lifting for around 10years (on and off) and am keen to hit the weights hard the next few years and get more focused on my lifting. Over the years I've had no problems eating meats/chicken fish etc..however recently I have been thinking seriously about giving up meat - just my personal view but having watched how animals are slaughtered I feel a bit guilty playing a part in that process for my own vanity..again just my view... My question is it possible to bulk up on a vegan diet? Whats the core foods to achieve this? rice and lentils and tofu? Are the gains experienced comparable to eating a meat diet? Any dan…
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So I logged my info in on iifym.com and it says to cut weight my calorie intake should be at 2179 a day. Okay, no problem. Then I broke down the macros: Carbs= 204 Protein= 160 Fat=80 Fiber= 40-50 My question is how am I supposed to hit these macros, with just 2179 calories to go on? I get that I plugged it in for losing weight but everyone I see who gets in that much protein, is on 3000+ calories a day. My stocky meso-endo body type would thrive on the lower 204g carb but 160g of protein on 2179? As a Vegan? How am I supposed to do this naturally? I don't really want to get into protein powders.
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