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    #962
    Pembily
    Registered Users Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭Pembily


    metamorphosis wrote: »
    i ****ing loved it - expensive but niiice
    They are amazing. Haven't had one for a while.

    I've a raw brownie that's 200kcal for 50g.


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    #963
    Katgurl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭Katgurl


    she came back to me, the coconut slice is: Energy 2020kJ/ 486kcal, Protein 7.53g, Fat 32.5g

    I think next time I'll have to take it home divide into quarters and wrap in tinfoil so I don't ram huge portion of my daily cals down my throat on a whim.


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    #964
    rememberthis
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭rememberthis


    Can anyone tell me what the Quorn range is like? I am a BIG meat eater, love my meat, so changing to Quorn might be a shock for me. Does anyone recommend?


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    #965
    Orla K
    Registered Users Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    rememberthis wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me what the Quorn range is like? I am a BIG meat eater, love my meat, so changing to Quorn might be a shock for me. Does anyone recommend?

    Meat is healthy as long as it's not processed meat or covered in crap food.
    Wouldn't be bothered with quorn, I'm wary of it's supposed healthiness, it's pricy and tastes crap


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    #966
    saa
    Registered Users Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    rememberthis wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me what the Quorn range is like? I am a BIG meat eater, love my meat, so changing to Quorn might be a shock for me. Does anyone recommend?

    Don't give up your meat if you'll feel deprived, cut back if you think you're over doing it and add quorn into your diet if you wish I find it easier to use as I don't have to defrost it.

    Quorn is still quite processed though, I would be more worried about the hormones and antibiotics fed to animals for consuming than anything used in the process of making Quorn. I personally cut down on meat I eat it once a week or every ywo weeks because I don't need it everyday and I am wary of the health implications/ethics of how the industry operates. Quorn is cheaper than lean meat and it stops me eating high carb foods, I like the fact that I can microwave it in a few seconds and I don't have to worry about food poisoning or contamination/leaving it in my lunch box for too long. It's filling and doesn't have that iron/fleshy taste that some meat has but still tastes like meat.

    Now I'm not sure what benefits you think you'll get from the meat substitute, my main reasons for eating it is cost, concerns about risks of eating meat over ride my suspicions about how quorn is produced, less hassle..
    Lean meat is better for nutritional reasons but I can't afford enough quality meat to eat and don't really like meat that much but I use quorn to bulk up veg dishes or to have as a snack.


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    #967
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users Posts: 14,240 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    Is there a Frank's thread? there needs to be


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    #968
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    saa wrote: »
    Don't give up your meat if you'll feel deprived, cut back if you think you're over doing it and add quorn into your diet if you wish I find it easier to use as I don't have to defrost it.

    Quorn is still quite processed though, I would be more worried about the hormones and antibiotics fed to animals for consuming than anything used in the process of making Quorn. I personally cut down on meat I eat it once a week or every ywo weeks because I don't need it everyday and I am wary of the health implications/ethics of how the industry operates. Quorn is cheaper than lean meat and it stops me eating high carb foods, I like the fact that I can microwave it in a few seconds and I don't have to worry about food poisoning or contamination/leaving it in my lunch box for too long. It's filling and doesn't have that iron/fleshy taste that some meat has but still tastes like meat.

    Now I'm not sure what benefits you think you'll get from the meat substitute, my main reasons for eating it is cost, concerns about risks of eating meat over ride my suspicions about how quorn is produced, less hassle..
    Lean meat is better for nutritional reasons but I can't afford enough quality meat to eat and don't really like meat that much but I use quorn to bulk up veg dishes or to have as a snack.

    MOST meat here is superior in quality to that in the like of US, especially when it comes to beef so concerns about anti biotics and hormones aren't an issue like they would be for meat in the US


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    #969
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,079 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    There is, its under the name of Elephant and Castle wings or something similar


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    #970
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    metamorphosis wrote: »
    MOST meat here is superior in quality to that in the like of US, especially when it comes to beef so concerns about anti biotics and hormones aren't an issue like they would be for meat in the US

    Not only is the meat here crap and hormone filled, beef is TWICE the price.

    It's killing me.

    Now I can get organic, grass fed beef around the corner but that is 4 times the price of beef in Ireland.

    I've been doing a lot of chicken and pork.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #971
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users Posts: 14,240 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    briankeating wrote: »
    Not only is the meat here crap and hormone filled, beef is TWICE the price.

    It's killing me.

    Now I can get organic, grass fed beef around the corner but that is 4 times the price of beef in Ireland.

    I've been doing a lot of chicken and pork.

    Where are you?


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    #972
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    briankeating wrote: »
    Not only is the meat here crap and hormone filled, beef is TWICE the price.

    It's killing me.

    Now I can get organic, grass fed beef around the corner but that is 4 times the price of beef in Ireland.

    I've been doing a lot of chicken and pork.

    Chicken and pork in the US are worse I thought? Unless you're talking bout organic?

    We are so lucky in this country, just polished off some lovely lamb shoulder chops..:D


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    #973
    Orla K
    Registered Users Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    On facebook the gym I go to posted something up about sugar in drinks, I mostly ignored it till I saw it had a few comments. One of the comments said something about needing sugar to live, I couldn't keep my silent I made sure I was nice about it and asked him wtf he was on about that he needed to explain that a bit more and said something about ketogentic diets and epileptic children (obvious example)

    The entire thing has been deleted obviously by the gym. Then I remembered one of the guys working in there going on about his 'detox' which just seemed to be strict paleo and I was curious about his carbs because he does alot in the gym I figured he could eat alot of carbs so I asked him about it being keto diet. He paused (he's one of these non stop talkers) I figured out his eye movements when he's trying to think/remember:D(always useful!) then he looked me in the eye and started telling me how bad keto diets were and the only thing I remember him saying is it doesn't drop fat but it does drop muscle.

    Now all I have to figure out is why is the place so dead set against ketogenic diets.

    I should add that there's only one gym in the town, there might be one at hotel but its a hotel gym and the hotel went bust.
    Anyone want to open a proper gym in a crap town?


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    #974
    eclectichoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    Today I discovered macademia nut butter.




    OMG

    Have to make this 170g jar last at least 2 weeks though - the calories obv and the price is like crazy!


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    #975
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    haagen dazs used to do macadamia nut brittle flavour. oh man.

    i better not go near that butter...


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    #976
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    bluewolf wrote: »
    haagen dazs used to do macadamia nut brittle flavour. oh man.

    i better not go near that butter...

    I hate you both.

    now I have a craving for the peanut butter ice cream I put back on the shelf in M&S :(


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    #977
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    IBS definitively linked to SIBO:

    http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-physicians-definitively-links-bowel-syndrome.html

    I've suspected this for a while, but it's interesting to see definitive evidence at last. Pity the specific methane test is so hard to get in this country.


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    #978
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    More and more I think Paleo has become a religion/cult


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    #979
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    More and more I think Paleo has become a religion/cult

    Any person who struggles with their weight for years and years and then finds something that works will be pretty darned excited about it.

    Far worse things to be over-zealous about so I say let them have at it.

    The community in paleo is also really strong, there's something definitely attractive about that. I make a point of reading lots of blogs that I disagree with to keep me honest!

    Haven't been reading much round here lately, did I miss something that prompted the thought?


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    #980
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    El_Dangeroso wrote: »
    Any person who struggles with their weight for years and years and then finds something that works will be pretty darned excited about it.

    Far worse things to be over-zealous about so I say let them have at it.

    The community in paleo is also really strong, there's something definitely attractive about that. I make a point of reading lots of blogs that I disagree with to keep me honest!

    Haven't been reading much round here lately, did I miss something that prompted the thought?

    No not here tbh. But out on the wild internets there is some crazies. I don't know if its the diet or they just want to be apart of something and be special.

    I haven't decided which is worse, Bodybuilding Broscience or Paleo fanatics. Maybe reading Lyle McDonald and Alan Aragon a lot lately has me bitter.


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    #981
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    No not here tbh. But out on the wild internets there is some crazies. I don't know if its the diet or they just want to be apart of something and be special.

    I haven't decided which is worse, Bodybuilding Broscience or Paleo fanatics. Maybe reading Lyle McDonald and Alan Aragon a lot lately has me bitter.

    Don't go on too many other paleo forums, just seems to descend into extreme orthorexia and neurotism. Did venture into r/paleo. Once.:pac:

    I like both of their stuff but they don't have all the answers either, in fact Alan seems more adept at critiquing others attempts at answers (and in nutrition science they are all attempts) than providing viable ones of his own.


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    #982
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    This is priceless!

    Fecking hate Bill O'Reilly on general principle but check out this video:

    http://video.foxnews.com/v/1675363099001 (Skip to 1:48)


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    #983
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    El_Dangeroso wrote: »
    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    No not here tbh. But out on the wild internets there is some crazies. I don't know if its the diet or they just want to be apart of something and be special.

    I haven't decided which is worse, Bodybuilding Broscience or Paleo fanatics. Maybe reading Lyle McDonald and Alan Aragon a lot lately has me bitter.

    Don't go on too many other paleo forums, just seems to descend into extreme orthorexia and neurotism. Did venture into r/paleo. Once.:pac:

    I like both of their stuff but they don't have all the answers either, in fact Alan seems more adept at critiquing others attempts at answers (and in nutrition science they are all attempts) than providing viable ones of his own.

    True. Lyle is an awesome troll though.


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    #984
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    These are the nuts I was on about :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCAgRmgHK2s


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    #985
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    That's the media though, they'll always go for the most extreme angle.

    I can almost hear the producer say, 'Oh yeah, and if you could eat the steak raw in the park that would be great!'

    Melissa McEwen wrote an article about how the media treated her:

    http://huntgatherlove.com/content/invisible-woman


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    #986
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    El_Dangeroso wrote: »
    That's the media though, they'll always go for the most extreme angle.

    I can almost hear the producer say, 'Oh yeah, and if you could eat the steak raw in the park that would be great!'

    Melissa McEwen wrote an article about how the media treated her:

    http://huntgatherlove.com/content/invisible-woman

    It's funny as hell though. I was thinking he is complaining about antibiotics and hormones then eats a raw steak without knowing what could be on the surface.


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    #987
    El_Dangeroso
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    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    It's funny as hell though. I was thinking he is complaining about antibiotics and hormones then eats a raw steak without knowing what could be on the surface.

    Some people prefer acute to chronic risk though.:D


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    #988
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I see one of the irish homebrew shops has kombucha and yoghurt & cheese making stuff

    http://www.homebrewwest.ie/cheese-and-yoghurt-making-87-c.asp


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    #989
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Quest bars in Apple Pie flavour have to be the best protein bars around


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    #990
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    This was up on reddit:

    66BAg.jpg


    Right: Margarine. Left: Reduced fat margarine. Bottom: Butter.

    Even ants know.


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    #991
    rocky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭rocky


    Had a chat with a female friend yesterday and she mentioned a curious situation.

    She had a strep throat infection and during the antibiotics course of 7 days (claritromycin I think) she started getting better and better mentally. Nothing extraordinary, just from a state of continuous low mental stress (her words, she had this before the strep throat) to lots more energy and no perceived stress. 3 weeks after finishing A/B, the low stress reappeared.

    Presumably some bacterial overgrowth (in addition to the strep) was being killed off and came back after the A/B left the system? She was wondering what tests could she have the doctor perform to detect them? Or is there another explanation?


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