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Ivo Flipse

3:51 PM

huffingtonpost.com/ben-greenfield/…

I'd never thought I'd link to HuffPo, but there it is :P

Ivo Flipse

4:04 PM

Q: Should "general weight loss advice" be on-topic?

As a follow-up to What should our FAQ contain?, should "general weight loss advice" be included in the off-topic list? It seems to me that weight control is an essential part of fitness, and applicable to almost any sport. Because the application is so broad, it doesn't make sense to me to have t...

user11126

@IvoFlipse i was starting to write an answer to that last night, still fleshing it out

Ivo Flipse

I think that a question about weight loss that doesn't involve exercise can only mean it will only involve food, which was the main point of getting rid of them

user11126

okay, i wasn't sure what the context of that was, i couldn't remember what the details of it were

Ivo Flipse

Well I meant the whole FAQ change in general was aimed at keeping those questions out

I can imagine some 'general diet' questions, which have more to do with motivation, tracking progress, setting goals or whatnot

but how do I phrase it so that such questions would be allowed and a question like: "how much of X can I when I want to lose Y pounds?"

user11126

wait, is that get fit guy on huffington post?

Ivo Flipse

4:15 PM

Yup

He linked to it on Twitter

2 hours later…

user11126

6:00 PM

@IvoFlipse who decides graduation for the site?

Ivo Flipse

7:08 PM

@MattChan "The team"

user11126

@IvoFlipse ah, okay, "the powers that be"

Ivo Flipse

yeah

they're reviewing some of the newer sites though to see how its going

by simply picking some random questions

user11126

i was perusing the meta and also looking at some very old questions on our site

user11126

the type of questions back in the early days are waaaay different than now

Ivo Flipse

I don't think we're doing great on getting superb answers to most questions, but then again, some of these questions are hard

user11126

7:13 PM

true, and we don't have the experts, chicken+egg problem

user11126

long story short, i've been on a big train of thought today

Ivo Flipse

7:24 PM

Q: My Weight Loss Diet - Opinions?

I eat: At least 2 chicken breasts a day. Usually a pack of noodles and a flour wrap. 2-4 Chocolate wheetabix. Bear in mind that I used to eat over 3000 calories a day and do no exercise, whereas I exercise every day now. I'm 16. If I ever want a snack I'll eat some Snackajacks or...

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Q: Can vinegar cause fat loss?

I keep hearing about vinegar being used for weight loss. There is at least one study to back this up. Here's a link to the study: Vinegar Intake Reduces Body Weight, Body Fat Mass, and Serum Triglyceride Levels in Obese Japanese Subjects Has anyone tried this or heard of other studies?

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Q: Does lactose inhibit fat loss?

In Tim Ferriss' The Four Hour Body, the claim is made that lactose intake seems to inhibit fat loss. Note that it is not claimed that it causes fat gain. Like many claims in this book, it is (and the author is upfront about this) anecdotal and he does not provide an explanation for why it might b...

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Granted, some of these examples are very old

but then again I only searched for "Weight loss"

user11126

yeah i saw those too

Ivo Flipse

I guess the conclusion could go two ways: either we can drop it from the FAQ, because we won't encounter those questions frequently enough to care

or we keep it in there, because when we do encounter them, they're not what we're looking for

user11126

it doesn't seem like we have been getting these type of questions lately

Ivo Flipse

especially given that nearly every question we do get is related to exercise

user11126

does $BLAH <action_verb> $BLEH

Ivo Flipse

7:26 PM

Q: What's the healthiest nut?

Is there a "healthiest" nut? Or some that are more nutritious than others? I suppose it depends on the individual's end goal. I've heard cashews don't have as much nutritious value than regular peanuts (just hearsay, no source that I've seen). I'm mostly interested in a healthy nut that with enou...

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Q: High fiber but low carbs

I'm trying to put together a nutritional plan for myself for weight loss but am finding it difficult to incorporate fibre without overdoing the carbs. Which foods are high in fibre yet low in carbs?