Look, there’s no such thing as foods that actually burn fat—it's total nonsense... but hey, you can find just about any kind of garbage written as gospel in those ridiculous self-help books for $43 😁
hmm, so what kind of sugar is actually in that Vindija Gatorade... or whatever the hell it's called again?
just saw a post from Nathan Collins2:
Nathan Collins2 said:I naturally have low blood pressure, and whenever I drink more than a liter of water, my pressure drops fast because I'm losing way too much potassium through urination.
Look, losing potassium when you pee isn't gonna drop your blood pressure—it’ll just make you feel like crap. Maybe you're actually losing too much sodium, which is what's actually tanking your pressure...
Look, I wasn't even trying to say you needed to hide who you are—and honestly, I don't think your intentions are bad at all. It’s just... the way things work in the biomedical field is pretty specific. You get these massive research breakthroughs published in major international journals, and then the big-name papers like the New York Times run stories saying, "Hey, this specific scientist just dropped a study in Nature that claims X, Y, and Z." When a researcher finishes a paper and sends it over to an editor, it doesn't just go live instantly. It goes through two or three rounds of peer review—sometimes more—where anonymous experts in that exact niche tear it apart or give it the thumbs up. If those reviews come back positive, the paper gets published, and then the whole scientific community gets their hands on it. Then other scientists start reading, poking holes, offering their own theories, or running follow-up studies that might totally debunk the original findings... and yeah, I could go on about the nitty-gritty details of the process if I wanted to be a total pedant here, but you get the gist.
Look, when you're dropping bombs this heavy, just saying some anonymous person on Reddit made a list—which then somehow ended up being quoted by some third party in a local daily paper—isn't cutting it. We’re all pretty much anonymous here, more or less 😁, but that doesn't mean we should just swallow whatever vague hearsay comes our way. So, Ashley Watson, if you're going to lay out specific details about these products, just be straight with us: who actually conducted the study, and where exactly was it published? Otherwise... I don't know, the whole thing just smells fishy
Look, let's just set one thing straight—keep the "I popped five Aspirin and now I'm feeling it" stories to yourself, okay? Not just here on this board, but everywhere... I really don't need the play-by-play of your little pharmacy sessions while you're sitting there typing...
*_Spike Lee said:so he actually suggested citric acid... since it’s got a lower pH and all that!!!
Anyway, my hands are all sticky from the lemon juice now, but I'm doing it!
man, honestly? you'd be way better off just puking naturally... once that stomach acid—you know, the HCl—absolutely wrecks you, you'll never forget what a low pH feels like again... seriously...
urbansailor68 said:😂 acetylsalicylic acid is basically just the main ingredient in stuff like Advil or Bayer Aspirin—way easier to just grab some at CVS than trying to go breaking into random labs 🙄
...anyway, totally unrelated to muscle fiber... 😁
man, Arthur Barnes is totally messing with you guys, he knows damn well that acetylsalicylic acid is just a fancy way of saying aspirin
honestly, the absolute best way to prevent muscle soreness is to just avoid moving entirely—you know, like staying in bed all day. maybe browse some forums while you're at it, though that might give you a bit of a headache...
like what Arthur Barnes said, you gotta study your chemistry if you want to pass those molecular biology entrance exams 😎
vividotter97 said:...into a microwave sitting right above my computer monitor. Talk about a light show! And now you guys are all acting like we should be worried about how that affects us, inside and out...
hm, okay then—why don't you just pour half a liter of water right onto that same monitor? You know, the same tap water you drink or splash on your face when you're washing up... man, you'd see a real light show... more like a freaking firework display 😁
so go ahead, tell me how that water affects you, inside and out...
Man, that sucks. You might be better off just sticking to the internet then
I mean, honestly, it’s all because in this country, it’s still such a stigma just being sick, let alone dealing with actual mental health issues😲
It's the same reason why even after four or five years, I still haven't figured out what my friend is actually struggling with... and every single time we hang out, I end up spiraling, wondering if I said something stupid or something that might trigger her... I constantly find myself questioning if there’s some better way to actually be there for her so our time together helps instead of hurts
Kenneth Hernandez67 said:He told her to just leave them right there by her side, because then he’ll just notice them later and go back to thinking someone swiped them...
This is actually the first time he's even brought up the idea that maybe—just maybe—he's imagining things being stolen...
👋 This is actually kind of amazing, honestly. It means he's somewhat aware of what's going on with him (little rascal 😁 )
Whenever I'm talking to a friend of mine who struggles with mental health issues—she's on medication and everything—sometimes it feels like she just lacks that sense of self-criticism, you know? And those are the moments that really get to me. I mean, don't get me wrong, I lose my grip on reality plenty of times myself 😁 , so it doesn't necessarily mean a relapse is happening, but every time someone starts acting like it's everyone else's fault instead of their own, I feel a little bit better knowing I'm not alone
Kenneth Hernandez67, look, I know every patient is a whole different universe, but maybe it might help if you started swapping stories with other people who are looking after someone dealing with mental illness—if you aren't already doing that
So, I’m knocking back like half a liter of yogurt every single day—and honestly, it’s not even because I’m obsessed with it or anything, it’s just part of this diet I’m doing (not one of those restrictive ones that makes you want to scream)
Cheese is a whole different story, though... I pretty much treat it as my meat substitute (you know, whenever I’m skipping the steak, fish, or eggs), but I don't go at it every day, just whenever the mood strikes me
Look, I’m pretty sure that if you just shovel food into your face without any limits, you're gonna pack on the pounds—and let's be real, that's not just about looking different in jeans, it's about the actual health risks involved...
Everything I’ve been saying ties back to those standard nutritionist recommendations about what they call a "balanced diet." Like, they'll suggest having maybe a couple of cups of milk or yogurt as part of a daily intake sitting somewhere around 1,700 to 2,300 calories. That amount of dairy usually clocks in at about 250 to 300 calories, depending on how much fat is in there—you know how it goes. But the rest of your daily calorie budget needs to be spread out over other foods... not because milk is some kind of poison, obviously, but because you actually need to get all those other essential nutrients in somehow.
driftinggull13 said:I don't know what math you're doing over there, but cream is basically just pure dairy fat—it's way more concentrated than cheese, too. There’s way more fat in a small container of cream than you'd find in half a gallon of milk. Besides, what's the big deal about animal fat intake?
Yeah, exactly—like I laid out in my long-winded post earlier, cream falls right into the "fats and oils" category, while cheeses are grouped under "meat and substitutes." And as for how much fat is in cheese... well, that depends entirely on what kind of cheese you're eating, and obviously, it's higher than what's in plain milk.
Look, I've got some health stuff going on—nothing I want to get into here, honestly—so I have to be super precise about what I'm eating, both in terms of quality and actual numbers. I have to be really careful about how much animal fat I'm putting in my body (but seriously, I'm not going down that rabbit hole right now)... Anyway, milk (or yogurt), cheese, and cream aren't mutually exclusive or anything, they can all exist together.
Honestly, yogurt is basically the exact same thing from a nutrition standpoint—you just don't have to deal with the whole lactase deficiency headache
I’m not even lactose intolerant or anything, but I can't remember the last time I actually touched a carton of chocolate milk... I just stick to yogurt because, honestly, it tastes way better.
So, looking at what shadowfalcon33 was saying—yeah, it’s totally replaceable if you’re just hunting for calcium
Personally, though? I wouldn't touch more than half a liter of the stuff... just feels like way too much animal fat hitting my system all at once
And don't even get me started on cheese and cream—that's a whole different beast. In my book, I basically count those as my meat or fat intake for the day
So, I was wondering—how much milk and dairy stuff does the average American actually drink these days versus how much they were knocking back back in the day?
I mean, half a liter... even if you count ice cream... doesn't really seem like a massive amount to me
Betty Bennett10 mentioned earlier that cow's milk isn't exactly recommended for kids—apparently, there’s this theory that those foreign proteins in milk can trigger an autoimmune response in the body. Not that it makes milk "bad" for adults or anything, though...
If you’re trying to eat somewhat healthy, you’re looking at roughly two servings of dairy—think maybe half a liter of milk, yogurt, Kefir, or Acidophile—assuming your daily calorie intake is sitting somewhere in that 1800 to 2300 range. Honestly, if you start guzzling way more than that, you’re just flooding your system with animal fats... which isn't exactly the goal.
For those people out there who can't handle plain milk because they're lactose intolerant, yogurt is usually a safe bet.
I was watching this documentary the other day—it was pretty wild—that argued how Chinese people, who mostly don't touch milk in their adult diets, actually get enough calcium by eating these specially prepared pork hocks instead. Seems crazy, right?
Just a heads up though: don't go thinking cheese or sour cream counts as a milk substitute. They aren't even in the same league. In the food pyramid sense, cheese falls under "meat and alternatives," and sour cream is just straight-up "fats."
Ugh, no, I honestly think some people here are taking my little reality check way too personally... I’ve already said this once before: please, for the love of god, use your heads when you start playing these kinds of experiments with your own bodies... there are actual professionals out there who can help you tackle weight loss for good—which is a much smarter, way less sketchy solution.
You mentioned "normal food," which basically puts veggies and everything else in this diet on the opposite side of the fence from what you consider standard—which is just nonsense. This soup isn't flooding your system with massive amounts of indigestible fiber instead of "normal food," as you put it. To me, "normal food" means fruits and veggies, maybe one meat meal a week, and at least two fish dinners. My body handles that perfectly. When I eat too much meat, I feel like garbage. And look, even though I can Google stuff and find the same data points you’re throwing out😉, to me, all of that is total bull😁 because I listen to my body and eat exactly what my body craves😉, not whatever some expert recommends with their food pyramids😉. For example, I haven't been able to handle milk since I was a baby—it makes me vomit—but I absolutely love every other dairy product.
I'm actually glad I nudged you toward this. Regardless of what you think, this soup definitely introduces a huge amount of cellulose compared to a standard diet. If we're looking at the healthy eating pyramid, it's made up of six main groups: 1. Grains and substitutes (think pasta, starchy veggies, rice) 2. Meat and substitutes (cheese, eggs, fish) 3. Dairy and substitutes (yogurt, buttermilk) 4. Fats (oil, butter, mayo, cream, lard, margarine) 5. Leafy greens (this is a bit broad, as digestible carb content can vary a lot) 6. Fruit
Most people eat such that they hit most of these groups daily, which is qualitatively fine—the issue is just the portions. But if someone switches to this magic soup (by drastically cutting or totally ditching foods from the other groups), it's a different story than a regular diet. It puts the body into a state of relative starvation, which leads to that famous fat-burning phase (aka melting away the belly fat).
Nathan Collins2 said:Well, I did a little Googling myself😁 and found out that leafy greens contain fiber with high levels of galactose—a sugar that prevents lectin proteins from binding to the intestinal wall, which helps prevent colon cancer by a huge margin. Others say they're loaded with lutein, which is amazing for your cardiovascular system. Leafy greens are top-tier on the diet lists suggested for pregnant women... and so on and so forth... I honestly have no clue where you got the idea that leafy greens are full of cellulose that we can't digest and that it's somehow disastrous for digestion?! I am finding the exact opposite regarding how good leafy greens are for your gut...
All I want to know is where you read that I said leafy greens were catastrophically bad for digestion? It's quite the opposite—they're great and healthy (aside from the certain amount of methane gas they produce—so maybe don't ride the subway right after eating them 😁), but that doesn't mean living solely on them is a good idea, even temporarily. Sure, they contain cellulose, but I don't see why that's a dealbreaker... however, we can't use cellulose for energy, so we have to burn our own fat, which means we lose weight.
Nathan Collins2 said:And then there's the whole "light" products thing... honestly, the cynicism is just as unnecessary for me as being a literalist is for you. You know perfectly well I wasn't talking about Diet Coke or whatever other junk—I was talking about foods labeled as "light," you know, low-calorie stuff. Which is exactly what I wrote.
I have no idea which foods you're even talking about, so maybe walk me through it.
Nathan Collins2 said:Anyway, back to the actual point. If you had actually read this thread with the intent to understand it—instead of just hunting for loopholes to nitpick in your replies—you’d see that you can follow a specific week-long diet using this chicken noodle soup recipe alongside certain approved foods. They complement the soup perfectly and don't, for lack of a better term, leave your cells starving or mess up your internal systems. Also, you could've read that some people just add this soup to their regular meals; it makes them feel better, kicks their digestion into gear, and cleans out the system.
Personally, it helps me a ton because I deal with major water retention due to some old hormonal issues from way back. And you gotta flush that out. This soup works wonders for that.
Look, I'm no genius, but I listen to my body and try to give it what it needs, so I started this thread just to share what worked for me. I am always, *always* down for good advice or a smart tip from someone who actually knows their stuff. But the moralizing, the lecturing, the condescending attitude, and just general "know-it-all" energy that has nothing to do with the topic? I take that as an insult. So, if you don't have anything constructive to say about your own experience with this magic soup, then just stop. You've made your point, we got it, and I'd really like to move on.
I still think those personal jabs were totally uncalled for... seriously, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? I wasn't trying to lecture anyone, I was just stating what I know about the subject. I didn't realize you were so determined to find counterarguments just to throw them in my face. As for me, I don't really have an "experience" with this chicken noodle soup recipe because I eat a healthy, balanced diet—which I have to, given a chronic condition I've had since I was a kid—so I don't have extra weight to lose. Even if I did need to slim down and was perfectly healthy, I'd be checking in with a doctor at the Mayo Clinic before attempting a diet this extreme.