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do you work out?
Zero999:
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--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on June 15, 2020, 03:29:08 am ---
Tofu is one good source but make sure you get organic and/or Non-GMO - the regular stuff is likely to contain GMOs tainted with harmful pesticides.
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Pesticides are not GMOs. Further, every agricultural product harvested for consumption is genetically modified either by direct DNA manipulation or selective breading. GMO is not a chemical, it's a condition.
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GMO can be goo or bad for pesticides. If a crop is genetically engineered to be resistance to a certain disease or pest, then fewer pesticides are used. On the other hand, if it's generically engineered to be resistant to a weedkiller, such as glyphosate, more pesticides will be used.
In any case, I'm not sold on the idea of non-GMO/organic always being better/more healthy. Levels of potentially dangerous chemicals in food are very tightly regulated and most people will be exposed to some level of pesticide, just by breathing. The only reason is because it's better for the environment, but even that isn't clear cut, if a non-GMO/organic food requires more space, water and has a higher carbon foot print, than a conventional alternative, it's not good. Lots of the organic food market seems to be more about making money, than the environment or health.
If you're really worried about toxins, then campaign for reductions in air pollution. You inhale fare more dangerous shit just by walking down the street, than you consume in food. Oh and don't burn wood, it produces far more nasty carcinogens such as benzene than diesel and yet BBQs also produce lots of carcinogens, so don't have one too often.
Whilst we're on the subject of health and nutrition. Ignore all those dumb videos/articles listing foods not to eat. If you listen to all of them, you'd quickly starve to death. The ketotards say avoid carbs which gets rid of most food, the veganknobs avoid anything which has touched an animal and even green vegetables are unhealthy because they contain small amounts of toxins and anti-nutrients. Then there are the other clueless nutjobs such as those advocating paleo or raw foods, of which neither are practical or that healthy: the actual palaeolithic diet varied depending on the location and season, humans only prospered when we invented agriculture and we evolved to eat cooked food! If I see any such shit in the title of a YouTube video, it gets an automatic dislike from me and I don't bother to watch it. There are no good/bad foods: everything in moderation.
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It has been an eye opener for me, here in the slower covid-19 times, to start tracking a little more closely the sum total calories distributed over fats vs. carbohydrates vs. proteins during a day. I realized I was not really eating in a balanced way at all. Obviously if you're not looking, it isn't easy to steer...
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What is a balanced way?
There are many theories about what a balanced diet is, but it really isn't that critical. Look around the world and through human history and you'll find people who mostly eat sugars in the form of fruits and cane, to those who subsist almost entirely off animal products. People bitch about processed foods, but people have eaten a lot of that too, without any ill-effects. The most important nutrients in your diet are energy (whether it be from mostly fat or carbohydrates doesn't matter) and protein. Micronutrients are important, but you can survive for longer without them, than you can without the macros.
Being aware of what you're eating is a good thing, but there's no point in obsessing about it too much, just eat everything in moderation and do plenty of exercise and make sure you ger your heat rate up: short high intensity, seems to be more beneficial, than doing huge distances, slowly.
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 15, 2020, 11:11:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on June 15, 2020, 10:38:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 15, 2020, 10:32:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ground_Loop on June 15, 2020, 06:11:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on June 15, 2020, 03:29:08 am ---
Tofu is one good source but make sure you get organic and/or Non-GMO - the regular stuff is likely to contain GMOs tainted with harmful pesticides.
--- End quote ---
Pesticides are not GMOs. Further, every agricultural product harvested for consumption is genetically modified either by direct DNA manipulation or selective breading. GMO is not a chemical, it's a condition.
--- End quote ---
GMO can be goo or bad for pesticides. If a crop is genetically engineered to be resistance to a certain disease or pest, then fewer pesticides are used. On the other hand, if it's generically engineered to be resistant to a weedkiller, such as glyphosate, more pesticides will be used.
In any case, I'm not sold on the idea of non-GMO/organic always being better/more healthy. Levels of potentially dangerous chemicals in food are very tightly regulated and most people will be exposed to some level of pesticide, just by breathing. The only reason is because it's better for the environment, but even that isn't clear cut, if a non-GMO/organic food requires more space, water and has a higher carbon foot print, than a conventional alternative, it's not good. Lots of the organic food market seems to be more about making money, than the environment or health.
If you're really worried about toxins, then campaign for reductions in air pollution. You inhale fare more dangerous shit just by walking down the street, than you consume in food. Oh and don't burn wood, it produces far more nasty carcinogens such as benzene than diesel and yet BBQs also produce lots of carcinogens, so don't have one too often.
Whilst we're on the subject of health and nutrition. Ignore all those dumb videos/articles listing foods not to eat. If you listen to all of them, you'd quickly starve to death. The ketotards say avoid carbs which gets rid of most food, the veganknobs avoid anything which has touched an animal and even green vegetables are unhealthy because they contain small amounts of toxins and anti-nutrients. Then there are the other clueless nutjobs such as those advocating paleo or raw foods, of which neither are practical or that healthy: the actual palaeolithic diet varied depending on the location and season, humans only prospered when we invented agriculture and we evolved to eat cooked food! If I see any such shit in the title of a YouTube video, it gets an automatic dislike from me and I don't bother to watch it. There are no good/bad foods: everything in moderation.
--- End quote ---
It has been an eye opener for me, here in the slower covid-19 times, to start tracking a little more closely the sum total calories distributed over fats vs. carbohydrates vs. proteins during a day. I realized I was not really eating in a balanced way at all. Obviously if you're not looking, it isn't easy to steer...
--- End quote ---
What is a balanced way?
There are many theories about what a balanced diet is, but it really isn't that critical. Look around the world and through human history and you'll find people who mostly eat sugars in the form of fruits and cane, to those who subsist almost entirely off animal products. People bitch about processed foods, but people have eaten a lot of that too, without any ill-effects. The most important nutrients in your diet are energy (whether it be from mostly fat or carbohydrates doesn't matter) and protein. Micronutrients are important, but you can survive for longer without them, than you can without the macros.
Being aware of what you're eating is a good thing, but there's no point in obsessing about it too much, just eat everything in moderation and do plenty of exercise and make sure you ger your heat rate up: short high intensity, seems to be more beneficial, than doing huge distances, slowly.
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Apparently, proteins are a "must have" - the body doesn't produce them, so they are non-negotiable. I've cut down meat a lot, without appreciating this little fact, LOL! Once proteins are covered (and they only need to be covered, not over-done), the distribution between fats and carbs is largely cultural and perhaps climate driven.
From what I've gleaned so far, "balanced" means approximately 20% of your calories should come from protein, 20% from fat, and the rest carbs.
pardo-bsso:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on June 15, 2020, 03:29:08 am ---
Good way to reuse old equipment that's way obsolete or not worth fixing, as well as large transformers that have now largely been replaced by switchers.
BTW, I wonder how many could say they own a switching supply heavy enough to get a decent workout with. I certainly do - a Prius inverter that I'm converting into a solar inverter - although it's actually relatively light (~30lbs) for the power level.
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Nice, I'm green of jealousy at all those scopes.
But on the shed I have (somewhere...) an old vacuum tube chart recorder and some nje lab supplies that pack quite a bit of weight.
When I was able to go to the street I mainly did cycling. But last year started also with aerial silks and that's the best sport (?) I ever did in terms of overall exercise.
coppercone2:
i would not recommend lifting weird shit unless you figure out what you can normally lift with proper form in a dead lift or squat and reduce the weight heavily because chances are you will use bad form and overload a stabilizer muscle
the last thing you want is long lasting pain that makes you want to do nothing
those exercises are great once you have an idea of your core strength and you use them carefully to work an unusually large muscle group compared to standard lifts, but at reduced strain, and god knows what is a safe limit for a weird object (thankfully the Olympic lifts have been around for a long time and doctors figured out what they do to a safe extent so long its not super heavy (those are still debatable and the debate is fueled by levels of testosterone few people know). I have a feeling mainframe lifters are going likely to end up with convulsions. Not to mention unless you have handles on the thing you are lifting, its likely lifting stupid, making you feel weak, and it is likely not repeatable in terms of position and center of mass.
A barbell actually has lines on it so you know where to put your hands, and clips to secure the weights in the exact position. And the thing has bearing so the weights are free to rotate and do not torque your body. Its kind of exact. You should actually oil them once in a while.
duckduck:
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Used to cycle a good amount (5,000+ miles per year) but we moved and we had a kid and now I do weight training with barbells.
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