Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by jdminhbg on Friday March 04, 2011 @02:36PM
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Fast food and carbs are equivalent: Potatoes, white flour, and sugar. The meat/vegetable content is negligible.
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Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by argv_empty on Friday March 04, 2011 @03:38PM
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According to USDA, the recommended (carb, fat, protein) calorie distribution is (53%, 29%, 18%). Looking at McDonald's nutrition facts, the hamburger follows this distribution pretty closely; the other sandwiches appear to skew towards fat. Even fries still only get half their calories from carbs (and almost half from fat, well above the recommended 29%). When eating out, fat is cheap.
Again, good meat and produce (raw materials for cooking) are also accessible for less than it costs to eat out.
Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by nitrogen on Friday March 04, 2011 @06:46PM
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Where do you buy your affordable meat and produce? Every time I buy raw ingredients for a meal I end up spending like $25 (plus $100 worth of my time) for one or two servings that I could've got for $15 from Applebee's.
Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by argv_empty on Friday March 04, 2011 @09:56PM
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Where do you buy your affordable meat and produce?
The grocery store (and I don't mean some specialty place like Whole Foods -- if we're talking about eating on a tight budget, something like Wal-Mart will be much more helpful).