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- mg33-1
Any of you familiar with the Lumen metabolism tracker?
I bought one a couple weeks ago and I'm in my second week of using it. For someone like me who has diligently tracked calories, macros, fitness goals, etc. for around six years, this product revolutionizes what I thought I knew about what my body needs on a daily basis. I always stuck to specific macros day-to-day regardless of whether it was a workout day or not.
Lumen plans your nutritional macros each morning when you first use it, and focuses on healthier fats over carbs. Not quite keto, but not the same breakdown each day.
It's hugely motivating and it's helped me drop my sugar consumption down to almost zero added sugar each day. It's helping my energy stay more consistent throughout the day as well.
Check it out if you're interested. I'm not using it for massive weight loss, but more to support my fitness goals and drop a bit of body fat, and mainly to support more consistent energy during the day.
- nb1
https://www.healthline.com/nutri…
I didn't know this had a name, but I did a very similar thing on my own and it worked for me. Lost like 13 lbs in two weeks. Unfortunately I gained the weight back very fast because true weight loss requires long-term behavior change.
There are no easy shortcuts but if you want to kick start your weight loss, you might try this.
Fair warning: I'm not a doctor and I suspect that a doctor would tell you it's a bad idea.
- mg3313
Going to bare my soul here in the hopes that it’s helpful to any adults I know, or parents with children of any age, who deal with acne. My biggest frustration in life is being a grown adult in my 40’s who still deals with this. It sucks, plain and simple.
Over the years I’ve learned that a few things are major causes of acne and have avoided them religiously: whey protein, and dairy. I still included dairy in occasional non-dairy ice cream, or cheese, but haven’t had regular milk in about 15 years. But still the problem persisted and came and went.
Yeah, I’ve seen dermatologists, and yes, they prescribe things that help. But modern dermatology has a major problem in how their goal is to help treat people from the outside in - topical creams, face-washing regimens, etc. It works for some people, but it doesn’t work for those who have deeper causes.
I got curious earlier this year about additional food sensitivities and started digging into gut health and microbiome factors. Took a food sensitivity test (note: not an allergy test, these exist too, but they’re meant for people with legitimate allergic reactions to foods, and regular breakouts aren’t exactly that) and the results were rather revealing. The conventional wisdom is that food sensitivities = inflammation = acne if you’re prone to those issues.
Besides the test confirming that whey protein and all forms of dairy were high sensitivity foods for me, the results also included these foods as high sensitivity:
- All forms of grains and bread (wheat, white bread) except oats, barely, and 100% rye bread
- Chickpeas, garbanzo flour (goodbye hummus)
- Brown and white rice (I ate brown rice regularly)
- All apples and apple juice, and apple cider vinegar
- Cider
- Hot chocolate
- Rice milk
- Black beans (I ate these with every other meal)
- Wheatgrass
- Dried beef (I regularly ate jerky)
- Milk chocolate
- Sesame seeds and sesame oil
- Cod liver oil
- Cod, shrimp
- All mushrooms
- Vegan foods: falafel, SeitanSurprisingly, caffeine and coffee had no sensitivity, but the impact of caffeine > cortisol > acne was something I was already familiar with, and have avoided regular coffee most of the time for that reason.
Since doing the test I’ve done an elimination diet and phased certain things in and out that were regularly consumed foods - namely wheat-related foods that were hard to avoid: hamburger buns, cookies, bakery products, cake at birthday parties, etc. By eliminating those foods and bringing them back in over the past five months, I’ve finally gotten a hold of wheat, black beans, rice and hummus as things I definitely need to avoid. They’re gone and I don’t miss them. Wheat will be the one hard thing to avoid - yes, there will be the occasional birthday party with cake that is unavoidable, because I’m still human and it’s pretty hard to turn down cake, right? Everything in moderation. I’m at a point now where I’ve 100% cut all the high-sensitivity foods, and what do you know... skin cleared up in a week.
So, if you deal with acne as an adult, or if your children deal with it and nothing seems to work, DO A FOOD SENSITIVITY TEST. I did one by submitting hair follicles to https://checkmybodyhealth.com and the report they provided revealed all the things in the list above. All this knowledge gained and if I continued to go the route of seeing a dermatologist, none of them would have suggested this or believed in it, which will always be bizarre to me. I can’t begin to imagine how great it would have been to have had this knowledge 10, 15, 20 years ago.
Some people have absolutely no issues with foods, and for that I envy them! But for others who deal with acne and continue to be prescribed topical medications and antibiotics, that stuff is only going to go so far. Get your gut health right, figure out what triggers inflammation, and get those foods out of your diet.
- interesting, thanks for sharingBennn
- You're welcome :)mg33
- uhm why is not public knowledge by now that acne is a gut problem not a dermatologic one?!grafician
- nice! just checked this out and they are having a sale right now. $59 for 2 tests. I also found 3 codes that saved another $28!capn_ron
- STRONGERTOGETHER
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GIVEME5capn_ron - I just sent my sample! Thanks mg33 and capn_ron!Bennn
- and they make analysis right here in MontrealBennn
- I'd die w/out my shroomies, chickpeas and rice :(
I need to get one of these tests going too... but I fear losing even MORE foods I love this year :(PonyBoy - Getcher FODMAPs in order son.
I dis one and was surprised to learn i am not allergic to oysters as I previously thought, but I am allergic to apples.cannonball1978 - This is a great post. I’m currently trying to deal with psoriasis and think there’s a strong link with my gut health too. Definitely going to look into a testIanbolton
- grafician-3
"Small targeted dietary changes can yield substantial gains for human health and the environment"
"Abstract
To identify environmentally sustainable foods that promote health, we combined nutritional health-based and 18 environmental indicators to evaluate, classify and prioritize individual foods. Specifically for nutrition, we developed the Health Nutritional Index to quantify marginal health effects in minutes of healthy life gained or lost of 5,853 foods in the US diet, ranging from 74 min lost to 80 min gained per serving.
Environmental impacts showed large variations and were found to be correlated with global warming, except those related to water use.
Our analysis also indicated that substituting only 10% of daily caloric intake from beef and processed meat for fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and selected seafood could offer substantial health improvements of 48 min gained per person per day and a 33% reduction in dietary carbon footprint."
- shapesalad2
- don't consume the additives.
inhale the additives!futurefood
- don't consume the additives.
- shapesalad0
Eating is dangerous.
- shapesalad1
As designers etc, vision is critical to our work, keep them healthy. Some great insights, science, and advice in Andrew's lecture.
- NBQ001
- Will be eating those low quality processed foods more once UK sells its soul to USA for a 'trade' deal.shapesalad
- https://www.qbn.com/…utopian
- https://www.qbn.com/…GuyFawkes
- GuyFawkes3
- you take the lid off and it's a fleshlightsarahfailin
- you take the lid off and it's a buttplugutopian
- you take the lid off, and inside is a nude photo of your mother.shapesalad
- LOLGuyFawkes
- drgs2
- shapesalad2
https://www.youtube.com/c/Andrew…
I recommend subscribing, and when you have a quiet couple hours to focus - listen in and get some amazing knowledge and insights. Eg:
- Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. - Neuroscience Professor & Lab Director at Stanford University School of Medicineshapesalad
- Amazing lectures... for free!shapesalad
- all cool but why is he advertising supplements and stuff every third sentence as far as i watched?renderedred
- mg33-1
Long reply, haven't posted here in a while.
Last month I signed up for www.joinzoe.com to do an at-home blood glucose test along with a blood test and stool sample during a two week period.
Don't know if anyone has seen Zoe - I found it in a Facebook ad - but their main value props are:
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- Powered by the world’s most in-depth nutrition study by scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital, Stanford & Harvard
- We take a holistic approach to understand how your body works.We use the most advanced tests and cutting-edge science available to help you understand how your body works so you can reduce dietary inflammation and improve your gut health naturally.
Based on the tests used in PREDICT, our at-home test kit can provide comprehensive insights into your biology, covering the gut microbiome and markers of dietary inflammation (including both blood sugar and fats).
----Before starting the Zoe program I also did a hair follicle food sensitivity test with https://www.checkmybodyhealth.co…... My skin had been breaking out way more than usual and I started to read more about inflammation and gut health and those impacts on acne and skin health.
The food sensitivity tests revealed high sensitivity to a lot of things I was eating regularly: black beans, bananas, anything dairy (which I've largely avoided anyways), cheese, whey protein (which I've always known was bad for me) as well as a lot of wheat-based things, and also apples and mushrooms. I started an elimination diet to avoid those things, skin started clearing up a bit.
The Zoe results take a while to get back, but when you get them, it's a ridiculously comprehensive breakdown of foods that impact blood sugar response, blood fat response, and gut health. You then get an app from them that includes your individual scores for those three aspects, and then the scores for meals and individual foods are calculated against those.
With the results, my blood sugar, blood fat, and gut health were all poor. The point of the program is to help you make better decisions about what truly effects each person; I've been tracking macros and calories for 6 years and this is the first time I've ever done anything this unique and specific to ME.
I've cross-referenced my favorite low-sensitivity foods with the high-ranking foods in Zoe, and have lately felt more energetic, less hungry, and best of all, I'm not even tracking calories anymore after six years of relentless dedication to that. Some days eating healthy I get close to 2,500 calories (way more than usual) and some days I'm lower, but I'm focusing more on how I feel, my mood, etc. Skin has completely cleared up. Stress is down a bit, and though a ton of stuff is off the list for me, the Zoe program doesn't aim to fully eliminate any particular food; it just helps you make better choices when combining foods to balance out the blood sugar, blood fat, and gut health response.
If any of you are interested in something that is incredibly unique to your body and metabolism, check out www.joinzoe.com. I was fascinated by their scientific approach - it's not BS. I wish health programs covered the cost of this because it would pave the way for proactive nutritional planning unlike anything else, just requires you to stick with it.
- DaveO3
I was feeling super flabby and sluggish last weekend, so have been eating a single egg for breakfast and then pure plant based salads for other means. No sugar, no bread, no grains, no booze.
After 5 days I feel fucking ace, and am considering this as a long term switch in my habits, and having a single (responsible) cheat day.
Anyone ever have success with this type of simple plan?
- Yes, whenever I get that brain-fog thing i just eliminate sugar, grains, and most carbs for a few daysGnash
- The only reason I don’t make it permanent is because I’m lazy afGnash
- the sugar and carbs is what will mess you up, not the meat & fatGuyFawkes
- I run every morning, surf on the weekends & eat what I want. got mad energy, its all about getting that heart rate up doing that cardio brother!GuyFawkes
- btw when i said "eat what I want" I still avoid sugar & carbs, that shit's the devilGuyFawkes
- @GuyFawkes – if you have time for that then amazing! I have two kids and a heavy heavy job so its really hard!DaveO
- I work 40/w and have a daughter, your health should be your #1GuyFawkes
- Cardio 20 minutes a day will change your life, your job and your kids will see the difGuyFawkes
- i'm on week 10 of the Auto Immune Protocol (basically only plants, a little fruit, and sardines for protein) ...dropped 10 kg and have been feeling ace!Krassy
- NBQ00-1
- There's nothing wrong with Fat. Fat = fuel. Eat carbs and sugars = you get fat, mostly as you are extra hungry, why cos you have no fat to burn. EAT LARD.shapesalad
- ^exactlyGuyFawkes
