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Body fat % taping question

Wait, why avoid all the good shit??? I love my french fries

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Artificial colors and preservatives make you fat? The part of the Dorito that makes you fat is the empty carb-based calories, not the fact that it's fluorescent orange.
 
Brett327 said:
Artificial colors and preservatives make you fat? The part of the Dorito that makes you fat is the empty carb-based calories, not the fact that it's fluorescent orange.
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I don't disagree. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I'd caution that zero-calorie artificial food items can have a non-zero effect on metabolism and the gut biome. So it's not just carbs alone. I'd invite anyone to ask his/her most fit, lean, toned friends how often they drink diet sodas.
 
You're asking people to consider non-caloric ingredients in their weight loss food calculus? Tell me what, precisely, is the non-zero effect for yellow dye #5 on my metabolism? I'd invite you to cite your sources.
 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25831243/
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nature13793.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22176942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957945/pdf/ehp-118-a428.pdf

But here's the real logic: If you are trying to join the Navy but struggling to stay below your max weight, why risk drinking diet sodas and eating junk foods? What's your risk-reward? Even if the science seems inconclusive, why risk it?

There is zero risk to your (notional applicant's) Navy candidacy of drinking a water instead of a diet coke, or eating 2 apples instead of a bag of doritos. (Calories and carbs are equal for those substitution examples, by the way.)

If you are maxing out your PRT and performing at BUD/S level physically, by all means consume whatever you want. This is for those who struggle and don't know what criteria to apply to their diet choices. Cutting artificial ingredients is a quick, easy way to make incremental progress.
 
I'm not suggesting that people eat junk food, only that your focus on non-caloric "artificial ingredients" is misguided. People are fat because they eat too many of the wrong kind of calories and they don't exercise enough. Yellow dye #5 and MSG has exactly zero to do with any of that. The fact that those two ingredients are found in foods that are bad for you is completely incidental.
 
Brett327 said:
You're asking people to consider non-caloric ingredients in their weight loss food calculus? Tell me what, precisely, is the non-zero effect for yellow dye #5 on my metabolism? I'd invite you to cite your sources.
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I had always thought the same thing but began to wonder if the artificial sweeteners caused the body's insulin levels to react as if it was receiving sugar - and then the miscompare between what the body actually received and what the body thought it received disrupted internal body chemistry. I believe this is what Hair Warrior is alluding to.
 
Well, and it was the last bullet point out of 5 equally important bullet points. It's not the main factor, clearly.

Also, I said "may want to avoid" not "this will instantly kill you and your children's children." Try eliminating it for a couple weeks. See how you look, feel, perform. Add it back into your diet and see what happens. Adjust as you like. N=1 tinkering is useful.
 
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