#calorie density

[cat-eye-nebula]

High Carb Low Fat recipes - High fibre and low-calorie-density. Cooked without oil.

• Crispy lentil taquitos & guacamole or vegan cheese sauce (lentils can be replaced with a cooked meat alternative)

• Easy Rainbow Veggie Sushi

• Asian Veggie & Noodle bowl

• Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce (prepare with oil-free baked fries, tomato sauce/ketchup, diced tomatoes, green onion, parsley)

Video: Calorie Density Explained (10 minutes) │Several charts on Calorie Density

#vegan #calorie density #low in calories #fibre rich #food #recipes #cooking #taquitos #guacamole #nacho cheese #sauce #sushi #vegan sushi #hclf #asian recipes #nacho cheese sauce #oil free #baked potato #french fries #tomatoes #meat alternative #healthy eating #healthy meals #low cal diet #oven baked #highcarbhannah #high carb hannah #colorful food #fruits #vegetables

[riverofrainbows]

TW: i will be talking about food and nutrition and disordered eating, please keep scrolling of you are not up for that right now.

I somehow landed on the "healthy eating nutritionist" side of insta, and omg what fucking problem do these people have with sugar. "Wah wah there is juice concentrate in my baby snack that's so evil" it's a sweet baby snack with fruit what the hell did you expect.

And a lot of the "nutritionist advice" is generally not bad advice and probably helpful while on the journey of recovering from an eating disorder, but it's always only half way there while still incorporating ed motivations around eating. "If you want to eat the cookies you can pair them with addition filling snacks". Like this is probably good advice for people recovering from binging and i am glad if it's helpful for that, but it's still kind of disordered eating. You can just eat the cookies if you want what's bad about that. "You might quickly be hungry again" well then i eat more because evidently i didn't eat enough today. "This food doesn't have many nutrients but it can still be a part of a healthy diet" well sure but why are you still treating the muffin like it's a criminal. It also implies that there is an evil amount of muffin we need to moderate to avoid. "Here is a healthy snack" shows a low carb high fiber lowish fat snack. Why would healthy always involve a low caloric food every single goddamn meal. Also how the fuck is anyone supposed to take in enough calories if every meal is lentils and salad. It's the same logic as in other common diet tipps that's so utterly baffling to me, when people try to replace higher calory food with low calory substitutes. Because then i will just have to eat more to get enough calories???? It just means i ate a meal almost for nothing. Why are you disrespecting all the work your ancestors did to provide you with food options that give you enough calories in one meal instead of 1½ meals and a snack of zucchini pasta??? I'd have to spend double the amount of time eating.

I would love some nutritionist reels on how to make sure you get all your nutrients and enough of them more easily, but that's never the point. I have such trouble getting enough food in me because i barely have access to convenient ready made food nor energy to make myself food, and here are these people jumping through hoops to make sure they make nourishing themselves harder than necessary while claiming not to promote disordered eating (even if they are a lot better that full blown eating disorder promotion).

#own post #cw ed #tw diet culture #istg if i hear one more person say that a cookie has 'no nutrients'. it is FULL of nutrients it has a high density of carbs and fats!! it #might not have fucking vitamins but you can get enough vitamins even if you don't eat 300% of the recommended daily income with every meal #the vitamins wont fuck you so stop praising them like the second coming of jesus and leave me the fuck ALONE with your stupid misnformation #do you know how much i wish i could just go to dunkin donuts and eat three donuts and have my caloric intake covered for that meal #instead i need to cook a high fat sauce (but not too high fat or i get git issues) and a very big portion of pasta and eat all that it #takes for fucking ever and i can't do it on the go #and i need to figure out how to put enough fiber and protein in my diet too because i can't eat most affordable protein around yet have the #required intake of a weight lifter it's so stupid #eating is so exhausting and i get so angry at all these people demonising carbohydrates aka the most accessible calory for your body #like yes make it even harder who needs energy anyway

[macncheesenibblers]

Another thing that annoys me: people love to blame individuals on their lack of willpower, laziness, determination, etc. if they’re fat. But the explosion in global obesity rates in the last few decades isn’t caused by people all of sudden becoming lazy and losing all their willpower. Our food environment has changed to highly processed food that causes a lot of people to gain weight, along with social forces that drive us to eat that food (like our culture of speed, or prices of food). People have always been people, but our food isn’t the same. The current problem with obesity is a population-level one, not an individual one, but people looove to blame individuals so they feel a sense of superiority. Blame food companies and capitalism if you actually care about health, you’ll get a lot more bang for your buck.

#tw food #also imo genetics doesn’t really affect your weight that much but instead I think it affects how your brain processes food #like I feel like there’s some wiring shit going on that makes some people more prone to putting on weight #like someone could eat a donut that’s 500 cals and register it as such but someone else’s brain might register it as only 250 #and like some people can forget to eat and not think about food that much and it’s kind of a chore but for other people #(like me) they’re hungry almost all the time and think about food and love eating food. like there’s gotta be some brain shit going on #there. like I ate every 30 mins as a baby and was a chubby kid but my brother and sister were scrawny kids #and I LOOVED sugar as a kid but they were normal about it #and with my aunts and uncles on both sides you get some that are skinny always have been and others that are chubby/fat #i feel like it’s gotta be like a hair color gene. different siblings have different hair colors but same genetics #so like we can have the same genetics but different brain wiring around food processing #and different brain food processing makes you more susceptible to weight gain especially in this day and age of hyper processed everything #whereas things that aren’t processed I feel like the different brain wiring systems process food more similarly #like even on this low processed low sugar diet I’m on I still think about food a lot and am hungry but I do believe I’m eating fewer #calories than before because I feel like Whole Foods allow my brain to more accurately process how many calories I’m eating and so it knows #it’s getting enough. this isn’t even about food bulk like I think even if the food isn’t as bulky it recognizes the calories better #like my brain knows the difference between me eating a shit ton of broccoli and getting 200 calories vs. me eating a smaller amount of #broccoli roasted with olive oil. like it knows it’s getting more calories in less density but it doesn’t recognize a 200 calorie granola #bar as such #calorie tw #ya know? ya know

[healingheartdogs]

IDK if it’s in response to being around a bitch in heat for the first time and the resulting hormonal shifts from that, or just context changing or what, but Hermes’ food avoidance seems to be somewhat fixed now? There was a bit there earlier this week and last week where all he would eat was canned food because he had no brain and wouldn’t even sniff at kibble or most treats, and I was dreading the idea of having to work him back onto his kibble after it was over because I thought there was no way he’d want to go back after like a week of canned food meals. Now that he’s got his brain back as Eevee’s heat begins to subside though he is very clearly requesting food in a way he never has before and eating everything we put down in front of him immediately each time we feed him despite being back to the same plain kibble he was kind of “meh” about before. Prior to this we had been struggling to get him to eat more than 2 cups of food a day, and it was hard enough to keep weight on him at that amount that we ended up switching from PPP to Inukshuk earlier this year for more caloric density. Now he’s quickly scarfing down at least 3 cups of his Inukshuk a day, and when he wants food he tosses or kicks his empty bowl around and barks at it.

#he's asking to be fed three time a day rn #and I'm pretty happy about it #do I think his reaction would be the same if I offered him purina..? proooobably not ngl #I think purina has been poisoned for him since he was on pain meds as a pup and they made him feel sick #which was another part of the reason we switched #cuz otherwise I always prefer to stick to purina #that's what the other two are eating #not sport though #puppy for eevee #and bright mind senior food for banana #hard to beat inukshuk's calorie density when you have an active dog who is a hard keeper and self limits his food intake though #if your dog can stomach the amount of protein/fat without problem #hermes is doing really well on it so far and did start to gain weight after the switch #hopefully he will continue to gain more now

[fitforestfairy]

When I find articles like this. I'm pretty pleased to see that this is the way I pretty much regularly eat!

Basically:

High protein

Low/moderate (complex) carbs

High satiety foods

High fiber

Low caloric density

Mostly whole foods

Lots of cooking at home

#fitforestfairy #fairy talks #way of living #way of eating #whole foods #natural foods #high protein #low carb #complex carbs #low calorie density #high satiety #fitblr #fitness journey #weight loss journey #wellness

[health78694]

The Role of Daily Salad Consumption in Weight Loss: Fact or Fiction?

Presentation:

Mixed greens are in many cases promoted as a solid choice for weight reduction because of their low-calorie content and supplement thickness. Notwithstanding, the viability of eating salad consistently as a weight reduction technique is a subject of discussion. In this article, we will look at the likely advantages and constraints of integrating servings of mixed greens into a day-to-day diet for weight reduction purposes. By understanding the elements engaged with fruitful weight reduction and taking into account the job of servings of mixed greens, you can settle on informed conclusions about their consideration in your weight-the-board venture.

The Dietary benefit of Servings of mixed greens:

Mixed greens, normally made with different vegetables, can give fundamental supplements, nutrients, minerals, and dietary fiber. They are by and large low in calories and high in water content, which can assist with expanding satiety and diminish general calorie admission. The supplement-rich nature of servings of mixed greens can uphold by and large well-being and prosperity.

Factors Influencing Weight Reduction:

Weight reduction is a mind-boggling process impacted by different elements, including calorie balance, macronutrient dispersion, segment control, generally speaking, dietary examples, active work, and individual contrasts. While plates of mixed greens can add to a calorie shortfall and give significant supplements, different elements assume urgent parts in effective weight reduction.

Salad Arrangement and Weight Reduction:

The synthesis of a plate of mixed greens, including the selection of fixings, dressings, and garnishes, can enormously influence its viability for weight reduction. Elements to consider incorporate the calorie thickness of fixings, segment sizes, kinds of fats utilized in dressings, and the general equilibrium of macronutrients. Also, it is fundamental to be aware of potential secret calorie sources and piece contortion that can impede weight reduction endeavors.

Integrating Plates of mixed greens into a Fair Eating Routine:

While servings of mixed greens can be a helpful part of a weight-reduction plan, taking into account their job inside a balanced and adjusted diet is significant. Consolidating lean proteins, sound fats, and entire grains close by plates of mixed greens can give a more exhaustive and fulfilling feast. Assortment, segment control and careful eating rehearse are critical to keeping up with long-haul adherence to a smart dieting plan.

Different Contemplations for Weight Reduction:

Weight reduction isn't exclusively subject to salad utilization. It is critical to address other way of life factors, like customary actual work, stress the board, rest quality, and in general dietary examples. An all-encompassing methodology that spotlights supportable propensities and conducts changes is bound to yield fruitful and enduring weight reduction results.

Individual Contrasts and Expert Direction:

Individual contrasts in digestion, hereditary qualities, ailments, and dietary inclinations can impact the adequacy of any weight reduction technique, including eating plates of mixed greens. Talking with an enlisted dietitian or medical services proficient can give customized direction and suggestions in light of individual necessities and objectives.

End Results:

While plates of mixed greens can be a nutritious and low-calorie expansion to a weight reduction plan, their viability in separation relies upon different variables. Consolidating plates of mixed greens as a component of a reasonable eating routine, taking into account segment estimates, and being aware of the general calorie balance are essential for effective weight the executives. It is vital to move toward weight reduction comprehensively, taking into account factors past serving of mixed greens utilization, like actual work, general dietary examples, and way of life propensities. By understanding the job of plates of mixed greens inside a complete weight reduction methodology and looking for proficient direction, people can pursue informed decisions and embrace reasonable practices to accomplish their weight reduction objectives.

Read More:

#Balanced diet #Nutrient density #Satiety #Dietary fiber #Low-calorie #Metabolism #Metabolic rate #Lifestyle changes #Behavior modification #Sustainable weight loss #Long-term weight management #Mindful eating #Portion sizes #Healthy habits #Weight management strategies #Weight loss journey

[seat-safety-switch]

You might not think that the dead of winter, on whatever day it is right now, is the best possible time to enjoy a pickle. That's ridiculous. It is always the best possible time to enjoy a pickle, but especially now. Brine-infused fermented vegetables are one of the greatest inventions of the human race.

Regardless of culture, pickled food is part of it. Ancient titans got, as the modern vernacular would put it, "mad snacky" all the time. Whether working for landlords in a fiefdom, or working for landlords in a modern market-based economy, pickles helped keep them going long enough to pop your ungrateful ass out.

Now, as you walk through the grocery store with an insanely high density of calories available to you, you pass up these pickles for "other food" that you "need." Not enjoying them is to spit in the face of your ancestors, who struggled to stretch their valuable produce in order to survive the winter.

So take it from me and not at all the Pickle Council of North America, whose innovative advertorial campaign is being run by an absolute but mysterious genius. Pick up some fermented fruit or vegetables today, share them with your family and friends, and then buy some more. Because if you stop buying this stuff, maybe civilization will end, and do you really want that on your conscience?

[unpretty]

from Karen from HR chapter 10:

""I did have an eating disorder for a while, but she didn't even notice that. I read somewhere that most eating disorders are actually about control."

"Mm," Bruce agreed.""

from Gotham High chapter 3:

"""You should eat more real food, too," she added.

"That wasn't real food."

"You know what I mean, though," she said. He didn't respond. "I'm pretty sure you have a disorder." She said it vague and off-hand, as if she didn't actually care; she wasn't sure if she did. He was rich, and he was eating. No one got to that size without eating. He was still better off in every way than most of the people she knew. She could not rationally explain why his careful lists of calories and vitamins felt so wrong to look at, seemed so inhuman.""

the fucking. DETAILS. the stupidly wonderful way you weave character details throughout your stories make me scream. it's so good

also I wonder if he still has that eating disorder??? or at least, disordered eating habit. like, he STILL doesn't like most "junky" foods (I'm specifically thinking of Tim suggesting he try Doritos from Anti-Social chapter 7, and Selina suggesting coney dogs from Stolen moments)

but SOME foods that can be kinda gross he IS okay with and sometimes even seems to prefer (like bad Chinese and hot dogs from Third Wheel chapter 3. I would include gyros from the same chapter and Anti-Social (again) chapter 6 on this list but that shit's tasty. can you tell I've read this collection of fics too many times)

but that doesn't necessarily mean he DOESN'T still have that eating disorder. it could just mean he's gotten very good at gestimating nutritional information and keeping mental track of stuff like that

anyways. I also feel the need to mention his "my father liked to cook" mini-monologue from HR chapter 7, but I don't know how to weave it into here. it just feels important somehow. have a lovely day, I love your writing i'm far too obsessed with it

you missed a couple! >;3

backup:

"I'm not apologizing for the fact that I wanted real food," Nightwing said. He turned around in his seat to look back at Harley. "Have you seen his little protein shake things? "They're his robo-fuel!" "You know he's not a robot." "Yeah, I know that." Harley and Nightwing both looked at Batman.

earlier in stolen moments:

Tim huffed. Then he knocked on the silver-domed lid resting at the desk, covering a dish that rested on a hotplate. "Alfred left a plate." Bruce only glanced at it. "Then eat fast." "It's for you." "I'm not hungry." Tim crossed his arms. "I'm not leaving until you eat." His chin tilted upward, attempting to look implacable. She came out from underneath the desk to circle his legs, and smelled the air. Salt and fat and starch. Bruce stood straighter to look at Tim. Tim immediately faltered. "You have school in six hours," Bruce said. "Go to bed." "... promise you'll eat?" She wound around his legs. "You're aware that I'm the adult here." "Are you going to eat?" "Yes. Bed. Now." Tim sighed. "Night, Bruce."

and there's chapter five of anti-social and probably some other bits in various places

i don't know if orthorexia is really the word for what i write bruce as having, because that's usually associated with Clean Eating and Health and No Processed Foods and that's not really what he does. what he's concerned with is Maximum Efficiency. if he were left to his own devices he would take a multivitamin and then eat mostly peanut butter out of the jar and possibly some kind of whey slurry (which is p much exactly what he's doing in chapter five). protein and calorie density are the priorities.

the foods he favors tend to be things that in his mind don't 'count', foods that made it onto his list early on and now he sticks with them. like cucumbers. or yogurt. a handful of plain kix. when you have an eating disorder and you're carefully tracking everything you develop certain habits and certain 'safe' foods, and even when you try to go back to eating intuitively you still have that list in your head. if he's going to eat Real Food he favors protein-heavy and cheap because it feels like less of a waste that way. he thinks high quality foodie stuff is a pearls before swine situation when he's the target audience for soylent.

he hasn't noticed that he thinks of cheap chinese food as special occasion food, but he does

#original #ficblogging #ednos #once he decided to Travel The World In Disguise keeping a food diary stopped being realistic #he's capable of eating normally the same way he's capable of smiling #he has practice

[sapphos-catpanions]

i’m sure teenage girls know that eating disorders are unhealthy, but i feel like they don’t really know why. it’s not their fault: they don’t know because they haven’t been taught. they haven’t been taught because we just found out, and we just found out because, honestly, research into women’s health has been extremely lacking, historically.. women are just small, weak men with breasts and uteruses, right? WRONG.

every system, every organ, every cell in a woman’s body moves to a complex symphony of hormonal signaling that is circadian (cycling once a day), mensual (once a month), and seasonal (once a year). this beautiful dance is directed by the endocrine system, which consists of glands. the high chieftesses of these glands are the incredibly sensitive gonads, the ovaries. 

these almond-sized glands are so delicate that they will go dormant at the first sign that the outside world may be a less than optimal environment in which to birth and raise a baby. and only now, in the last decade or so, are we finally starting to understand the devastation that is wrought on a developing girl’s health when this happens.

back in the 80’s, when endurance sports were starting to go mainstream, the saying among elite female endurance athletes was “if your period stops, you’re training enough.” those women are now at the tip of the spear of our emerging knowledge of the long term effects of the “female athlete triad”.

the female athlete triad consists of 1) not eating enough, 2) no menstrual cycle, and 3) low bone density. grouping them together like this is rather misleading, because it makes it sound like these symptoms can occur in any combination. the actual relationship is one of definitive and terrifying cause-and-effect.

when a teenage girl stops eating enough to fill her calorie needs, or deliberately exercises beyond her caloric intake, her ovaries receive signals that there’s a famine afoot, that the outside environment is a hostile place, and they shut down. they fucking shut down! can you imagine a male marathon runner saying “fellas, if your testicles still work, you’re not running enough”?

the ovaries are responsible for releasing estrogen, which most teenage girls probably know is responsible for menstruation, breast development and female fat distribution in puberty. what they probably don’t know, because nobody tells them, is that estrogen is also an incredibly powerful steroid that is the primary hormone, in both sexes, that is responsible for mineralizing growing bones. bones are rapidly expanding in volume during puberty, and if a girl’s estrogen is depleted because her ovaries are on strike, she won’t even be able to maintain the bone density she enjoyed in childhood (and her bones are supposed to be getting significantly denser as she grows!).

if she is ignorant of this, a talented and driven teenage female athlete will write off an estrogen crash with “well i didn’t really want periods, tits and hips anyway, they’d just slow me down”, not realizing that she is inducing permanent osteopenia in herself... because she can’t just remineralize her bones after she’s done growing. once she attains her full adult height and her growth plates fuse, that’s it! 

the same women who, in the 80s/90s/00s, were saying “if your period stops, you’re training enough” now suffer from brittle bones. they get multiple compound fractures, shattered bones, just from tripping and falling on a hike. i know many such women. and this is irreversible.

we didn’t, and still don’t, know everything that the ovaries do. how irresponsible we were, to think we could just kneecap our most important glands, with no consequences.

i know some teenage girls follow me, and i want to say this: research nutritional requirements for girls your age, be vigilant about eating enough, and eating a variety of things. take responsibility for your health now: you will thank yourself in 10 years, when you can still stand up straight, when you can fall on a wet floor at work and just laugh it off and move on. you are the only one who has to live with yourself 24 hours a day, and you’ve got to keep yourself safe. you’ve got to.

#eating disorder

[transmutationisms]

i have a handful of anonymous asks in my inbox right now asking about harm reduction as applied to eating disorders that their loved ones are experiencing. i'm not answering these individually, both because it would get repetitive and because i don't know your loved ones and can't give them personal advice, but i did want to say a few general things on this topic.

the basic principles of harm reduction are the same in regards to EDs as anything else. the point here is not to force a person to stop doing something dangerous (this is impossible) or even to pressure them to stop (this also doesn't work, and will often have the effect of making you into a person they don't feel safe around and can't turn to for help, thus actually decreasing their access to support and resources). instead, the goal of harm reduction generally is to give people the knowledge and resources they need to engage in risky behaviours as safely as possible. the reasons people do things that are physically or socially harmful to them vary, obviously, but in general these behaviours are serving some purpose in the person's life, like providing emotional 'blunting' they need to deal with otherwise intolerable circumstances, or meeting a physical need for specific substances. harm reduction meets people where they are, beginning with the premise that they deserve basic respect, dignity, and self-determination, whether or not they continue to engage in behaviours that may be endangering them.

some baseline harm reduction strategies for EDs could include:

take necessary safety precautions if (over)exercise is a feature of the disorder, or if you are at risk for fainting; ideally, have someone around (or reachable by phone) who can help in case of injury

do your best to compensate for any micronutrient deficiencies resulting from food restriction; dietary supplementation may be necessary

know if any substances/pharmaceuticals you may use (recreationally or not) can affect you more strongly, faster, or more dangerously on an empty stomach; here, harm reduction for EDs will overlap with harm reduction for drug use

know the signs of electrolyte imbalance and resultant cardiac events, particularly in EDs involving purging by laxative use or self-induced vomiting; keep a stockpile of items like sports drinks/gels that can rapidly replenish electrolytes; know where to seek emergency medical treatment and how to recognise when it may be vitally necessary

monitor long-term health risks, like bone density loss, tooth enamel damage, hyperglycaemia (in cases of diabulimia), &c. note that both this step and the above require finding medical practitioners who will treat patients non-judgmentally and without threat of institutionalisation

....and so forth.

harm reduction plans are highly individualised: they depend on the person's own goals and desires. a harm reduction plan might include strategies for engaging in ED behaviours less frequently or intensely, and may even include a long-term goal of recovery. however, harm reduction has not 'failed' if the person doesn't want to, or can't, reduce frequency or severity of behaviours right now or ever. ED harm reduction that does include goals for reducing behaviours, without necessarily trying to eliminate them entirely, might include strategies like:

purge less frequently; avoid or reduce flushing and chew/spit

reduce food restriction by raising calorie limits, not counting calories at all, eating certain 'fear foods', &c

identify triggers for restriction, binging/purging, &c; try to avoid those triggers (& possibly enlist assistance doing this)

ask someone trusted to eat with you if this would help you, for example, become more comfortable with eating non-restrictively, and turn eating into a social connection rather than a stressful event

consume a sufficient amount of food regularly and consistently <- this is the bedrock of all recovery work

again, though, the particular strategies in a person's harm reduction plan will depend on what they want to implement and are capable of doing right now. a person who's not ready for any step that asks them to engage in fewer behaviours, or to engage in behaviours less frequently, can still benefit from a harm reduction approach if they're interested. this is a conversation that should always be approached non-judgmentally and with the understanding that any harm reduction plan depends on the person's own capacities and goals. harm reduction is not about telling someone else what would be 'best' for them in an 'ideal' world. it's about meeting them where they are right now.

something important to note about EDs is that efforts to restrict food and food groups and to shrink body size are considered extremely common and 'normal' in much of the contemporary popular culture, and are frequently encouraged and prescribed by medical practitioners. this means that even when you are worried about someone with a self-endangering ED, there is often a considerable risk that, in trying to help them, you might still be promoting or acceding to the same fatphobic logic that can fuel the ED. if you, for instance, think that pursuing intentional weight loss is generally benign or healthy; if you have ideas about what size a person's body 'should' be based on things like actuarial charts; if you think that some foods are universally 'bad' and need to be restricted or eliminated; if you think that food should be 'earned' or compensated for by physical activity—stop, do not pass go, and do not try to dispense any kind of advice, harm reduction or otherwise, to someone struggling with an ED. you are not capable of being a resource here unless and until you are committed to a politics of fat liberation, disability rights, mad liberation, and anti-racism. you are not reducing harm if you are contributing to further entrenching the cultural beliefs and economic mechanisms of fatphobia and body fascism that the ED itself thrives on.

(**i am not saying that all EDs start or end with the desire to be thin as articulated through white supremacist body ideals, but it is a very common feature at this moment in history, and having these ideas reinforced, including through the lens of medical fatphobia, can certainly contribute to or worsen already-present behaviours and thought patterns where EDs are concerned.)

harm reduction also means giving a person the knowledge they need to evaluate their own goals and needs. in regards to EDs specifically, lots of public health communication is confounded by industry-funded diet and 'obesity' research that prescribes food restriction, compensatory exercise, and other recognisably 'eating disordered' behaviours, especially to fat people. many people with EDs, and their loved ones, may not even realise how many misconceptions they have learned about body size, nutrition, and the health risks of EDs. some basic places to start learning about these things from a weight-neutral / fat-liberationist angle that i would suggest include: christy harrison's podcast 'food psych' (her book is also decent but treads a lot of the same ground); gwyneth olwyn's work; lindo bacon and lucy aphramor's papers on 'health at every size'; jennifer gaudiani's book 'sick enough', which is a good starter resource on the medical effects of EDs. note that none of these resources are working within an explicitly harm reductionist framework, and imo make some missteps in this arena! but they still contain insights and information that can be useful to those who are interested in harm reduction, and to those with EDs generally.

harm reduction can be a tool to recovery, or a step on that road; it can also be an alternative for people who are not ready to seek recovery, and who may never be ready. the reality is that you cannot force someone to stop engaging in behaviours they rely on to live, whether drug use, EDs, or anything else. harm reduction proceeds from this place and from a fundamental commitment to respect for people who are generally already suffering. when approaching a loved one, you may or may not be able to initiate a conversation in which you express, eg, that you are worried about them hurting themselves, and would like to offer whatever emotional or material resources you can to help. but you have to go into any such interaction understanding that they may very well already know all of the risks of what they're doing, and may have other reasons they can't or don't want to stop. if you're trying to impose your will on them---by force, pressure, or coercion---you're not doing harm reduction, and you're most likely alienating them and turning yourself into a person they don't feel safe around where these behaviours are concerned.

#harm reduction #eating disorders

[malegains]

What if you could do ten years of bulking in ten days? That's what our new product allows. Every surplus calorie you eat is converted by nanobots into a high density gel which is stored in the abdominal cavity. Skin elasticity is also enhanced by the nanobots, so the only limit is how much food you can stuff down in those ten days. Then, at the end of the period, the bots will use the stored fuel to kick off the mother of all muscle growth spurts. Our head of graphic design, Tom here, has been gorging himself for the last ten days, and if we've timed it right, he ought to be undergoing his muscle growth metamorphosis for all of us, right here on stage. We're predicting about a 275 lbs muscle gain, but who knows? It could be more, the tech is still new and so far it underpromises and overdelivers. How you feeling over there, Tom?

#musclegrowth #muscle in public #muscle growth story #ai belly #hyper belly #muscle belly #belly growth #belly expansion #male bellies

[riverofrainbows]

Told my pt that one of my issues is eating enough, and she started suggesting different grains (bulgur, rice, couscous) and when i said you can't just eat grains she said with some vegetables. And i said that vegetables are quite low in calories unless you take sth like avocado. And she mentioned vitamins. Always the fucking vitamins.

I then told her that vitamins wont give my brain energy and that while i do eat vegetables i am currently working on macro nutrients. I think she kind of got it but jesus christ. Diet culture and orthorexia healthy eating culture really stops people from logical thought.

I told her i am having issues filling a heightened calory need. And she suggested me vegetables. Some light meals without protein or fat. Incredible that they even contained carbohydrates but of course it was the less calory dense and more exhausting to chew ones. She probably eats brown rice too. Tipp of the day folks: '1500% of your daily need in vitamins fills all your caloric and other nourishment needs' (hyperbolic phrasing out of annoyment of seeing this shit fucking everywhere)

#own post #i am not saying anything about her competency at her actual field she is truly gifted at that and incredibly kind #just. frustrated from the fucking brain poisoning that everyone seems to have #gnawing at the shins of everyone who says shit like “this recipe is healthy because it has a low calory density” #gross as shit and go fuck yourself #at this point I don't give a shit about vitamins and skincare anymore out of sheer annoyance #thats not true i am scared of actual vitamin deficiencies #but thats reallynot what's going on with these people #also before anyone says anything YES I KNOW SUNSCREEN IS ALOS FOR AVOIDING SKIN CANCER #if you imply I don't on this post i am going to BLOCK YOU

[abby-howard]

Hi! I've been following your comics for a long time and just saw that you squatted over 200 lbs! Congratulations!!

I want to ask this with the best of intentions and good faith. Would you still consider yourself fat? I recently started weightlift training myself and there's this annoying fatphobic part of my brain that is always present whenever i start any type of exercise that says "oh, will this be the thing that makes me loss my belly?" And it usually gets drowned out by the learned body positivity telling me not to make that a goal and there's nothing wrong with my fat.

Tysm! And that is a very good question, thank you for reaching out.

I would definitely still consider myself fat-- I work out 3-5 times a week and have for years, and my legs are pretty muscular, which is nice! But I am a chunky person, and it's pretty clear to me at this point that even if I drown in anxiety every time I eat a piece of bread, that's not going to change XD

That acceptance has definitely shifted the way I think about the gym/working out for the better. My goals are no longer focused on maximizing calorie output, setting the gym up as a punishment for having the body I have, which would always send me into anxiety spirals about going. Instead, I wanted to make the gym a regular (non-stressful) part of my life, because I realized maintaining a baseline of fitness-- at whatever size I am-- is important to helping me remain independent and able to do the work I'm passionate about as I age.

I feel like this change in my relationship with the gym has been one of the more important changes in my life-- treating working out as something more like doing the dishes than some kind of major shift into a new, thinner chapter of my life. I figure that I probably have many years ahead of me, and with how much I value my independence, I want to make sure I can stay mobile and pain-free for as long as I can (so I can keep making comics).

That of course doesn't mean I'll never get sick, or that ppl who do get sick just didn't do enough squats or deserve to be stigmatized for it! But osteoporosis has cropped up in my family before, and lifting helps increase bone density, as well as building a good foundation of stabilizing muscles if anything ever goes wrong. It's helped get rid of back pain and improve my posture, and while I'm sure there's a technique component at play, I feel like I have lifting to thank for my wrist strength-- drawing all those tiny lines somehow hasn't destroyed my wrist, and is always easier when I'm consistently deadlifting!

And, of course, there's the confidence that comes with picking up a big heavy thing and putting it back down. I feel proud that I have a body that can do that, which is something I have never felt before, even with everything I know about body positivity. When I first started lifting I also had those little thoughts about how it might impact my waistline-- I think it's something that's so deeply ingrained in fat people to prioritize that it's really hard to shut off. But it eventually did stop, replaced with an honest desire to explore my body's ability to pick up heavy thing off ground. An exploration of my body's strengths instead of a punishment for its perceived faults.

I hope this was helpful and didn't just sound like an ad for powerlifting XD

#fatphobia #fitness #powerlifting #this also is not meant to serve as a guideline for life #the last thing i want is for people to feel like i look down on them for not doing the things i do #and as i said of course i don't think powerlifting will make me immortal #i could blow out a knee just as easy as anyone else #but! it's fun to be able to pick up my spouse and dance around with him on my back

[foone]

Random physics pet peeve: when people make jokes about splitting an atom and there being a big explosion. NO! Angry science ranting under the readmore

so the energy you get from splitting a uranium atom is something like 32 trillionths of a joule. For comparison, eating one calorie provides your body with about 4 joules of energy. A tennis ball served at you by a professional has 70 joules of energy.

An atom of uranium is basically NOTHING when split.

So the reason why nuclear weapons work is that uranium (and other radioactive materials) are constantly decaying all the time, emitting alpha, beta, and gamma particles/rays. These particles contain energy, and they hit things, warming them up. This is how radioisotope thermal generators work: you basically have some radioactive materially that constantly produces heat. They're very handy for deep space missions where you're not close enough to the sun to use solar panels, and it's a real pain to refuel probes once they're out flying past neptune.

But here's the trick: if you have a U235 uranium atom and it gets hit by a neutron, it'll absorb it, becoming the less stable U236. U236 will rapidly decay, emitting gamma rays. And when other uranium atoms get hit with a bunch of gamma rays, they undergo induced fission, emitting more gamma rays and neutrons.

So think of it like this: each uranium atom has a tiny bit of energy in it, but will give it up if triggered. And when triggered, the energy released is partially in the same form needed to trigger additional uranium atoms.

So it's an amplification process. Each decay or fission event can cause more fission events to happen. If your uranium is distributed far apart, or it's mixed with some other atoms that absorb the energy without continuing the process, you get a little heat and that's all.

But there's a critical mass: once you have enough uranium (or other nuclear material) together in sufficient density, the chain reaction becomes self-sustaining. If you are careful with how fast you let this happen, you get a source of a lot of heat that you can control by moving around your fuel and your neutron-absorbing material. Congrats, you have a nuclear power plant.

And if you want it to happen as fast as possible, you compress your sub-critical mass of uranium so that it becomes supercritical. Every decay or fission event causes ten more to happen. Those ten cause a hundred to happen, those hundred cause a thousand to happen. Nanoseconds later, much of your uranium mass has turned to angry gamma rays and heat shooting out in every direction, because that is an atom bomb.

And that's the thing you need to understand: it's not that splitting an atom releases a ton of energy. It's that you can set up certain materials (made of septillions of atoms) such that they cause an avalanche effect where each energy release event causes more events to happen, and it rapidly accelerates until you run out of atoms (or more realistically, your uranium mass is no longer close together enough to continue the reaction, because it's just been blown across many square kilometers of blasted landscape)

Tl;dr: Here's a fun visual demonstration of this effect, explained using mousetraps and ping-pong balls.

[some1s-sista]

It’s hump day already??? This week is flying by.

Had an appointment with my radiation oncologist yesterday. I don’t need to see him again until January and then we’ll move to a yearly check in. So that I’ll be seeing him in Jan and the surgical oncologist every June and between the two it would be very hard for someone to miss a reoccurrence.

He was very happy with my recovery and very happy with my weight loss. “Tell me what you’re doing!” I think he thought I was going to say Ozempic or Wegovy, but no. I have a huge rack of meds I take everyday as it is. No more meds for me! I told him I’m walking 30 mins every day and keeping my calories below 1200 a day (and admitted I’m not perfect and have cheat days on occasion). But he was super happy with the 31 pounds and said “most women on hormone therapy do not lose weight, they gain.” So I told him it’s definitely coming off slowly cuz the Arimadex wants me to gain, menopause wants me to gain, and building muscles again wants me to gain. And I remind myself of that every time I get discouraged. So he asked what has made me successful this time and I said “Reduce the chance of reoccurrence…maintain a healthy weight. Reduce the chance of problems with lymphedema…maintain a healthy weight. Reduce my blood pressure…maintain a healthy weight. Everything points to that, so that was enough impetus for me.”

Next up, I see my medical oncologist in September. Probably check on my heart and bone density again, and hopefully can finally have my chemo port removed! We’ll see.

#cancer #cancer recovery #cancer free

[cannibalcaprine]

Had the thought "how many calories is a human being" on a different post and had to come here to tell you about it

. . .one moment

so, assuming umain has a calorie density of, say, 250 calories per 100 grams, similar to pork

the bigger issue is figuring out how MUCH of a human body is actual useable meat, and how much is just bone, organs, blood, waste like that

47.2% of a human body is fat and muscle by composition

average human weighs, like, 68 kilograms

so an entire human being is, like, 80,240 calories? i think? still recommend just making a cut of a thigh, that should be enough of a meal

#cannibalism