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Apparently I'm going to be blessed with some adalimumab, with a bio similar which the nurse I spoke to has comfortingly mentioned they're looking to replace because they've had so many reports from patients about how painful it is to inject. So looking forward to that. Other than that I've also...

I'm surrounded by London Planes here which are only a bit dead inside and so are doing better than the rest of the city.

Redwoods look great on the outside but they're dead inside.

Social media used to be much better at connecting you with randos. It's not really true any more. I think they would rather you pay them to get eyeballs if you don't already have an active following.

Yeah I've seen it. Issue is it's quite an individualised disease and dietary changes often can alleviate symptoms but in general are not thought to change the underlying inflammatory process. I've seen enough war stories of people "thinking" they've treated their IBD through diet alone only for...

It seems like this preliminary study is talking about a possibility that in some patients with constipation caused by bulky stools, stool bulking (presumably) insoluble fibre may actually exacerbate their issue. I think this is an interesting finding but the way you presented it originally seems...

Oh yeah, and to be clear I'm not trying to frame that as a contradiction or anything. But yeah when it comes to fibre I have *thoughts* which are mostly specific to me. Thanks for the well wishing.

Hey I've not heard of him, where was his research published?

That's cheaper than the £100 the dentist would want for the same job at least.

Since I've been diagnosed with IBD fibre has gone from "that's a thing you should eat!" to "here be dragons". It's not good enough to avoid it, and you certainly can't eat a lot of insoluble fibre specifically, in my case at least there seems to be some Goldilocks amount of insoluble to soluble...

Yeah but I think there was also some assumption about men tending to be in more active jobs which has become less true over time.

Personally when I'm feeling good but otherwise want to lose weight my preference is just calorie controlled normal meals/snacks with a bias towards extra protein. Nobody's getting fat off of reasonable portions of plain boiled rice with a bit of seasoning, and it can be delicious and filling...

I think generally often do meet the definition but not all "ultra processed" foods are made equal. The term really paints in broad strokes imo.

I can't say anything about you, maybe for some it's fine, but others who I knew tried it out were just permanently ****** off and fragile while doing it.

If you're deciding between the Atkins diet or obesity, please just pick obesity. Being carb deficient just makes people the worst.

Age as well. I was properly skinny in my early 20s but it wasn't because I was calorie counting. Fast forward to my 30s and while I'm not obese I'm safely in the overweight BMI range with some occasional fluctuations into "healthy". Medication also can affect things, e.g. for SSRIs weight gain...

I think the other thing is, BMR is hugely important. We burn most calories either at rest or while doing day to day non-strenuous activities. You can do 30 minutes on the elliptical and be lucky to do much more than 200 calories. BMR is variable, so some people really do have it easier than...

I kind of agree. I mean we can't, because prohibition doesn't work and alcohol is just too easy to produce. But I do think this whole culture of "you must accept a drink unless you're willing to divulge your medical history/religious beliefs to get you somehow socially exempted" thing some...

Just like the same group of roid guys using the weights area as their chill out zone for 8 hours a day.

It's interesting. Ultra processed foods are one thing but I wonder if other things which are designed to "hack" our reward systems feed into it as well e.g. social media. Like potentially non-processed food doesn't give some people the sense of reward that it should partly because their dopamine...