Posts by northernskipper41

dustypilot2 said:Dr. Davorin Herceg actually mentioned that there’s nutritional liquid supplements covered by Medicare—you just need a referral from your primary care doctor.
(Honestly, if you end up under Herceg, just switch to another oncologist. That’s the advice we got from the rest of the staff at the oncology ward, and we actually know some of them personally.)

I found out they have that American canned liquid food available later on too, but my grandpa obviously didn't fit their treatment protocol. (Not sure if the doctors are to blame here; the system is just total crap. I feel like we're even getting treated better than we can actually afford.)

And those chemo drugs? Most of them don't actually cure anything (they don't kill the cancer); they just stretch out your life. It’s basically an endless battle against cancer until the end.

dustypilot2 said:Yeah, liquid nutrition—Medicare actually covers Ensure.
200ml = 300kcal

They’ve got different flavors, they taste pretty good, kind of like a shake... anyway, I sent you a DM.

There's this total liquid meal replacement stuff at the pharmacy near $4.25. I used it to feed my grandpa when he was 84, right after a car accident (got hit while he was on his bike)
(Basically, after he went five days without eating anything, he caught pneumonia. The surgeon told me things weren't looking great, so I decided to give him a little boost. I thought about grabbing some high-end American food I'd seen brochures for—it was actually cat food, just judging by the flavor profile—but my grandpa got lucky because the pharmacy had this stuff instead. It's a bit lower quality, but it did the job.)

dustycanyon6 said:Maybe MDMA actually slows down cancer cell growth—whereas we already know for a fact that sugar feeds them! Honestly, I think it’d be way smarter if people fighting cancer just cut out the sugar and junk instead of swallowing "little pills." 😉 It feels like people will pop any pill under the sun if they think it’ll help their health, but it never even crosses their minds to just quit their bad habits.

Not everything runs on glucose, though. Then again, all red blood cells do.

So, Americans just crunched the numbers, and apparently, if we could somehow fix our bloated, overactive consciousness and get it back to a normal baseline, we’d tack on another 4 years to our lives.

And get this—if we actually managed to wipe out all cancer, we'd probably squeeze out an extra 2 years too.😉

Indigo Girls said:Look, just drink Diet Coke😉

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There are amino acid combos out there that hit up to 200 times sweeter than actual sugar. Calories are basically zero.

Diet Coke is better, but honestly? Just stick to water.👍

Ennio said:Guys, are you seriously still counting calories??????😕

If you want to be precise, measure in Joules or kJ instead.

Counting isn't strictly necessary if you aren't storing excess, but honestly, not understanding what's actually inside your food—the building blocks, the catalysts for organic processes, the stuff used to generate energy (ATP) to keep your body running—is just basic self-awareness. What kind of junk are you even shoving into your bag?

That extra energy gets stored as fat. So, go ahead, carry around an extra 90 lbs of ballast every single day to work, to the bathroom, up the stairs... Your body just stockpiles it as insurance. In case a massive asteroid hits Earth and wipes out all plants and animals, you'll have enough fuel to keep your systems going. Don't sweat it. Your heart will probably give out long before that happens.

Maybe you're one of those people living by the motto "I eat to live." Pure hedonism.

George Washington said:Look, people... you can't just compare calories from water to calories from a
sandwich. A sandwich is packed with fats, proteins, carbs... things water doesn't have!
So... just chill out. 😁

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A calorie is a unit of heat energy.
One calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1g of water from 14.5 C to 15.5 C.

I don't see how you'd get any heat by "burning" water in a calorimeter.

Getting energy from water is nuclear physics territory, not something our bodies handle.

mistybear4 said:it’s like I ate some greasy sandwich or something
What about the fat from the bologna in the sandwich? That's gotta count for something.

Whether it's "the same" or not depends on whether your brain is actually functioning or if you're just operating on outdated info.

Let's break down the bologna. Take a standard deli slice, for example.
It's about 35% fat.
And 55% water.

Fat packs 2.25x more energy than sugar.

The bottom line? The meat industry wants to sell you water—which they can pump into the product using phosphates, salts, and other junk—plus all the leftover fat they don't want (trimmings, skin, tallow). Then they dye the whole mess pink to look like actual meat, toss in some flavorings, wrap it in plastic with a flashy label, and spend millions on commercials featuring supermodels to brainwash you. You end up associating sausages with hot bodies while your common sense shuts down because all your blood flow is diverted to your stomach. And we all know the brain needs 20% of your oxygen to work properly.

Look, I'm not a vegetarian, I'm not part of any cult or activist group, and I'm not here to lecture anyone.

Enjoy your meal.👍 👍

northernskipper41 said:so I don't get it—if I drink 2oz of Coke, is that really the same thing as eating some greasy sandwich?
Doesn't the fat from the deli meat in the sandwich actually matter here?

A single can of Coke has about 35 sugar cubes in it.

All that extra sugar just turns straight into body fat.

Rachel Walker56 said:Checking out this forum and all the diet threads, plus those various women's magazines, I've noticed that 99.9% of people try to fix the consequences rather than the actual causes of weight gain. Everyone’s just running in circles—the yo-yo dieting proves it, and most of us have been there if we aren't happy with our weight.
So, here’s a bit of skin-in-the-game experience mixed with some theory, and at the end, I want your take. I'm really curious what you guys think about this.
Basically, I’ve spent my whole life working hard to maintain a steady weight—around 135-137 lbs at 5'7", maybe hitting 145 during my heavier phases. Then I switch jobs, working 12-14 hour days, often on weekends too. It’s a high-responsibility, heavy-duty job that I actually love, regardless of the grind. But after a few months of that intense rhythm—boom, I’m 22 pounds heavier! It was awful. Of course, I tried to stop it, but I couldn't make it to the gym, and my Zone diet would last maybe two or three days before I went back to my old ways—eating whenever I could get to it, skipping breakfast, and then slamming carbs in the evening. And the worst part? Constant hunger!
Then comes the turning point—about two months ago, I decided I had to end this! I hit the gym again three times a week, cut my meals down to the bare Zone minimum, started eating breakfast in the morning, blah blah blah... fast forward two months—I lost exactly two pounds. 😂 🙂—I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry!
And then I stumble upon an article about stress and weight gain, and boom—it was like seeing the light. Everything clicked, and I realized where I was going wrong, so I wanted to share it with you all.
See, whenever a person is stressed, hormones leak out of the adrenal glands, and the worst one for this topic is cortisol. It works in several ways that all mess with your weight—it stimulates insulin release, which causes blood glucose to drop, resulting in an uncontrollable appetite. It travels to your fat cells and, along with insulin, tells them to store fat while preventing those cells from converting fat into energy (which is glucagon's job, the opposite of insulin). Also, dieting itself is a stressor on the body; cortisol levels rise, making losing weight feel like a suicide mission because of that delicate hormonal dance. Even super intense workouts count as stress...
Once I figured that out, I knew what to do—reduce stress by any means that brings pleasure and triggers endorphins, which are basically cortisol's only natural enemy. Since then, I’ve been training at a moderate pace and trying to enjoy every second. When I start feeling crazy, I just go out into the sun and soak up some light, or blast some good music at home, or spend more time with people I actually like... Honestly, I think I'm starting to actually like myself and my life...😉
After just one week of thinking this way and changing my lifestyle, the weight is just dropping off—I swear! Now I eat breakfast (all Zone compliant), pack something for work, eat when I get home, and have a little something in the evening. I’m not even hungry, and I’m losing weight!
Anyway, that’s what I wanted to tell you. If it's too long—sorry, I just wanted to share my experience; maybe it helps someone else the way it helped me!
Cheers
👋

You finally figured it out 👏 👋👍

mistybear4 said:Man, I feel you, but the real question is whether you're actually allergic to soy protein specifically, or if there's something else about the soy plant itself that's messing with you... 😕
(Hit me up in a DM, I’m genuinely curious) .. 😉

Look, some people are just hypersensitive (allergic) to soy protein.☕
My aunt is one of them. It’s a proven thing.🙂

Luckily, I'm not. Soy actually packs a high-quality protein punch—around 40% for dry isolates and 60% for others. Compare that to meat, which sits around 20% (plus all that extra fat). Its biological value is decent too—maybe around 65, which isn't far off from meat. Most importantly, it isn't lacking in lysine, tryptophan, or methionine, which are those amino acids usually missing in grain proteins. Plus, zero cholesterol, no saturated fats, and it has stuff that's been shown to lower cancer risks.
It's missing Vit. B-12 (cyanocobalamin), though, so you definitely need to supplement with a B-complex or take some spirulina.
As for getting enough Calcium and Phosphorus? I'm a bit skeptical since there are so many different types of algae out there.

I'm not a vegetarian, but using soy is definitely a smart move if you aren't allergic.👍