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Lumen Integration
I would love it if Cronitor could integrate with the Lumen metabolism device: https://www.lumen.me/
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Re: Should I listen to my trainer?
Track your saturated fats to be 13g a day and walk everywhere.
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Re: Imperial vs Metric
This doesn’t help. Mine is set for Calories but I still have everything coming up in grams instead of ounces. Is there a way to change to ounces instead of grams?
Re: So should I get more aggressive in calorie counting.
Everybody's metabolism is different. Those estimations are a good place to start, but if you're wanting to see weight loss, you might want to try backing down by 100 calories at at time until you find the tipping point.
Quality of nutrition is really important, though - maybe even more than calorie consumption. For example, I track my salt & sugar (as well as other micronutrients) and find that when I stick to my limits/goals there, I naturally consume fewer calories. At first, I lost a bunch of weight, but now my body's found equilibrium. If I want to keep loosing, despite the calorie recommendation from Chronometer, I have to adjust my calorie target. Still, at the end of the day, the size my body wants to be vs. the size my brain wants it to be seem to be two very different things. 😂
So should I get more aggressive in calorie counting.
My BMI calc is 2900 based on height/weight. I have been counting for 3 weeks and keeping consumption to 2000. But I'm not seeing results. What should my target be?
Re: Choline challenge
1) Cronometer needs to set the AI to more internationally-recognized standards for choline (and calcium, etc.) rather than the american levels that default to mimimicking the unhealthy american meat/dairy diet. I custom set mine to 400 per other countries' level.
2) Choline is one reason the american meat diet results in disease and short life span, so we don't want to have a large quantity of choline (plenty of nutritionfacts.org videos on this).
3) By eating navy beans, cauliflower, brocolli, flax seeds, etc. I can meet the internationally-recognized choline level of 400.
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Re: Is there anything unsafe about calorie restriction?
It can be safe (many people have safely practiced CRON diet for a years at a time), but of course it always depends on the specifics of the restriction, the diet, and your personal conditions.
The CR society (http://www.crsociety.org/) is a good resource.
Paging @michael who is one of the foremost experts on Calorie Restriction (w/ Optimal Nutrition) may also want to chime in.
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Re: Is there anything unsafe about calorie restriction?
In that case, there is nothing inherently unsafe about restricting calories, as @Aaron mentioned; in fact, there may be possible health benefits associated with such dietary practices.
Just be sure to meet your nutrient needs and follow-up with your MD to ensure you stay healthy and strong.
Re: protein requirements
You are right that seniors may have higher protein needs; however, 1 g of protein per kg would likely be excessive and more than the kidneys can handle. I'd aim for 1 g per kg of healthy body weight as a minimum.
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Re: Do chicken thighs include the bone?
Hi Karen.... I'm confused now.
If you had just said "The nutrition values for foods are given for the edible portion only." I would have understood. Sam should subtract the weight of the bones (just the edible parts weight counts).
But then you said "With bone-in meats, you can use the weight for the whole piece." This would seem to indicate that meats (like Sam's chicken thighs) should count the total weight of the chicken thigh ( meat or edible parts plus the bone).
Sometimes I'll eat something like a chicken wing that half the weight seems to be the bone.
So if a piece of meat has a bone in it, do or don't we count the bone?
(So if a chicken thigh for example weighs 10 ounces (say 7 ounces of edible part and 3 ounces of bone) would I count the whole 10 ounces or just the 7 ounces?
Thanks for any clarification.... I try to be very accurate with my diet...
Matthew
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