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Stench Blossoms · 06-02-2013 7:39pm

Coconut flour brownies are alright. They always go down well.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 06-02-2013 7:45pm

yeah I need to get a set of measauring cups before I try anything else with it. 99% of recipes for it seem to be from america with their awful non metric measurements

Stench Blossoms · 06-02-2013 7:47pm

I actually bought measuring cups today. 3.50 in my local homeware shop. A lot handier than always trying to convert measurements.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 06-02-2013 7:56pm

3.50? i assumed you'd only be able to find fancy pants expensive ones in store so i was waiting until there were enough things on amazon i wanted to get some

guess I'll have a tip into town on friday and see what I can see

El_Dangeroso · 06-02-2013 8:41pm

I got some in the €2 shop for..€2

They are great I use them all the time, so handy for cooking rice or adding a tablespoon of something, I have 20 different size tablespoons in my press so it's nice to be exact.

doctorwhogirl · 06-02-2013 9:12pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

3.50? i assumed you'd only be able to find fancy pants expensive ones in store so i was waiting until there were enough things on amazon i wanted to get some

guess I'll have a tip into town on friday and see what I can see

Homestore and More...

But when they're gone, they're gone...etc... etc...

connollys · 07-02-2013 10:48am

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I got some in the €2 shop for..€2

They are great I use them all the time, so handy for cooking rice or adding a tablespoon of something, I have 20 different size tablespoons in my press so it's nice to be exact.

Yea, they are in the Euro2 shops, plastic ones but do the job.

WesternZulu · 07-02-2013 1:45pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

http://junkscience.com/2013/02/05/oops-pufas-may-actually-increase-risk-of-death-in-patients-with-heart-disease/

Ten million internet points to anyone who can find me this paper, have scoured the BMJ website to no avail.

This is the first direct paper to examine that vegetable oil increases the risk of heart-disease. If it's a good paper, this is HUGE.

How big of an impact will a study like this have on 'cholesterol market'?
Will this possibly change medical recommendations that people should stop using butter and the likes, and switch to Flora and drink Benocol?

El_Dangeroso · 07-02-2013 4:01pm

WesternZulu wrote: »

How big of an impact will a study like this have on 'cholesterol market'?
Will this possibly change medical recommendations that people should stop using butter and the likes, and switch to Flora and drink Benocol?

It won't change much at all, the silence from the media outlets are deafening. This is 'missing' data from an older study.. so that raises huge questions to start with.

Read my sig for more details on why it takes a very long time for opinions to change..:)

parasite · 07-02-2013 4:23pm

saw it in the dailymail if that counts
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2274168/Swapping-butter-margarine-bad-health.html &
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2274747/At-truth-Butter-GOOD--margarine-chemical-gunk.html

El_Dangeroso · 07-02-2013 5:17pm

parasite wrote: »

saw it in the dailymail if that counts
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2274168/Swapping-butter-margarine-bad-health.html &
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2274747/At-truth-Butter-GOOD--margarine-chemical-gunk.html

Nah, not really, they'll be banging on about tomatoes giving you cancer next week, not exactly a paper known for it's scientific integrity!

Gummy Panda · 07-02-2013 5:31pm

My appetite is really suppressed today. I thought it was because I'm a bit sick but realised it was due to an ingredient in an over the counter medicine.

Now I know why some bodybuilders cutting decide to stack that ingredient. if tolerance doesn't come into play, could lead to dangerous under eating especially if not tracking intake.

[Note: I'm being vague about ingredient as I think people desperate for weight loss read this forum and might use it for crash dieting.]

banquet · 07-02-2013 5:40pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

My appetite is really suppressed today. I thought it was because I'm a bit sick but realised it was due to an ingredient in an over the counter medicine.

Now I know why some bodybuilders cutting decide to stack that ingredient. if tolerance doesn't come into play, could lead to dangerous under eating especially if not tracking intake.

[Note: I'm being vague about ingredient as I think people desperate for weight loss read this forum and might use it for crash dieting.]

Aspirin? What is this? Some secret adults conversation where the children have to be kept out of the loop cos they aren't as responsible as you?

Gummy Panda · 07-02-2013 6:14pm

banquet wrote: »

Aspirin? What is this? Some secret adults conversation where the children have to be kept out of the loop cos they aren't as responsible as you?

Yeah maybe I shouldn't have posted anything

Stench Blossoms · 07-02-2013 6:40pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Yeah maybe I shouldn't have posted anything

OMG TELL ME !!! I have a wedding to go to in a week and I desperately need to drop a dress size.

I joke.

Gummy Panda · 07-02-2013 6:48pm

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

OMG TELL ME !!! I have a wedding to go to in a week and I desperately need to drop a dress size.

[COLOR="White"]I joke. [/COLOR]

I've been told on Twitter there is a magical gym that can do that :pac:

Stench Blossoms · 07-02-2013 6:59pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I've been told on Twitter there is a magical gym that can do that :pac:

I tweeted her and the gym '23.6-18.4%=5.2%' and she replied saying 'really?'

Like I was playing some sort of mathematical trick on her.

El_Dangeroso · 07-02-2013 8:27pm

Gummy Panda wrote: »

My appetite is really suppressed today. I thought it was because I'm a bit sick but realised it was due to an ingredient in an over the counter medicine.

Now I know why some bodybuilders cutting decide to stack that ingredient. if tolerance doesn't come into play, could lead to dangerous under eating especially if not tracking intake.

[Note: I'm being vague about ingredient as I think people desperate for weight loss read this forum and might use it for crash dieting.]

I know what you mean, I also know that abuse of same substance has lead to multiple organ failure when marketed as part of a weight loss drug in the US and that lead to a class action lawsuit. Nasty stuff when used habitually.

Gummy Panda · 07-02-2013 10:44pm

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

I tweeted her and the gym '23.6-18.4%=5.2%' and she replied saying 'really?'

Like I was playing some sort of mathematical trick on her.

I did feel sorry for hanleys lads because it made their progress seem mediocre to Joe soap

Zombienosh · 08-02-2013 9:35am

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I know what you mean, I also know that abuse of same substance has lead to multiple organ failure when marketed as part of a weight loss drug in the US and that lead to a class action lawsuit. Nasty stuff when used habitually.

This kinda talk just makes me curious.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 08-02-2013 10:08am

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Blood sugar issues are really tied to panic attacks. Not saying that's what caused it in you, there are many causes, but just that you instantly self-medicate with high calorie, high carb food might be something to explore.

BTW, the glycerine trick seemed to work for me when I used to get horrendous hypoglycaemic panic attacks when doing daily fasts.

you might actually have been right here. had a horrible attack in bed last night, spent 2 hours trying breathing exercises and farting about with weights/pushups to work the adrenaline out of my system but did nothing. Had a grapefruit, kiwi fruit and an apple around half 2 and by 3 o clock the symptoms had all pretty much gone away.

might have been all in my head but even if the glycerine only works for me as a linus blanket I'm definitely grabbing a bottle today. I've never had 5 days of consecutive attacks before and I can tell now that today isn't going to be any better.

El_Dangeroso · 08-02-2013 6:12pm

Try it man, you have nothing to lose!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 08-02-2013 7:12pm

I did, had a glass around 11am. it's weird. I've felt the panic attacks starting... but they go nowhere. I feel a little anxious for a minute or two.. and it just goes away. it's incredible.

11-02-2013 10:08am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21388605

He looks incredibly unhealthy to me.

Zombienosh · 11-02-2013 12:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21388605

He looks incredibly unhealthy to me.

yeah does not look well.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 15-02-2013 2:04pm

been awake now for about 4-5 hours, haven't eaten and I don't feel panicky or unwell in the slightest

I think i'm finally back to normal after the last couple of weeks. I wonder if my sudden binge of unhealthy/sugary food caused kind of a yo yo effect in my blood sugar and it just took this long for me to stabilise it with healthy eating.

El_Dangeroso · 15-02-2013 3:51pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

been awake now for about 4-5 hours, haven't eaten and I don't feel panicky or unwell in the slightest

I think i'm finally back to normal after the last couple of weeks. I wonder if my sudden binge of unhealthy/sugary food caused kind of a yo yo effect in my blood sugar and it just took this long for me to stabilise it with healthy eating.

I'm the opposite today.. not panic-y but had a few glasses of wine last night which always screws with my blood sugar the next day. I'm on the lucozade rollercoaster.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 15-02-2013 4:04pm

****ing... lucozade

that never even occured to me

hope you feel better anyway, after the past fortnight I wouldn't wish that **** on my worst enemy

well maybe one or two of them...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 17-02-2013 6:52pm

http://imgur.com/a/w9nHF

shamelessly stolen from reddit

what 200 calories of various foods look like

typical that after looking through them all I'm craving doritos and gummi bears

doctorwhogirl · 17-02-2013 7:45pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

http://imgur.com/a/w9nHF

shamelessly stolen from reddit

what 200 calories of various foods look like

typical that after looking through them all I'm craving doritos and gummi bears

Good way to beat the cravings! Great find Digby!

Look at all the celery I can have!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:P

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