QSIITurbo

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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
This is not true. 50% is too much even if you take into account the whole fat tissue (which is not what you lose when losing weight) and even there for extremely lean subjects with very little fat in the adipose cells. (Maybe anorectic &#x2
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
It's because people want to have a sense of control and that is achieved in this case by making wild hypotheses about losing weight. It's further complicated by authors like in the linked article wanting to sell controversy and&#x
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
I think this is making things too complicated with the water calculations, namely the 1:1 ratio. Adipose tissue is almost completely fat, which in turn is hydrophobic. See the picture on this wikipedia page for reference: https:/&#x2F
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
I didn't want to cut sugar because -- apart from the size of portions -- I didn't want to change the type of food I was eating or my eating habits. The habits include some chocolate with coffee almost every day and moderate alcoho
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
Anecdotal evidence _for_ a calorie being a calorie: lost 5 kgs in three months by cutting food intake evenly by just reducing the size of meals. Also consumed slightly over 10% of daily intake in sugar (saccarose) which surpasses the recomm
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
I assume this fixes the reboot problem: http://superuser.com/questions/946957/stopping-all-automatic... I'm managing a friend's Win10Pro machine and so far it's been awesome. On the other hand, OSX
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
"The issue is psychological - not believing one can achieve the goal, not being ready/willing to fully commit to the goal, feeling too ashamed of oneself to believe one can improve one's situation, and on and on." And he
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by QSIITurbo 10y ago
People still believe this myth even though "baking" won't fix the problem permanently. If it really was the joints (and baking them would actually do something), then the problem would have gone away. The chips themselves are
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Because it's fantastical to think that some people have superpowers even though that's not the case. As an anecdote, I've met a couple of people who have claimed to have eidetic memories. All have turned out to be full of s++
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
I still think it's a good metaphor: they eat constantly while still eating regular meals that must be huge. Like probably a lunch and a pizza or two burgers plus lost of soda or alcohol per day. I'd say 3000 kcal easily per day as
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
I remember the Dungeon Master copy protection. Its weakness was that if the game was even only partially cracked, you'd still have some time to advance the game before the copy protection kicked in and it crashed or killed you so we go
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Probably there is no other possible diagnosis if your thyroid is ok. You can go do tests, but also the treatment probably remains the same (statins, etc.).
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
About assessing the risk of not taking statins: As I said, the exam you're about to take is only able to give you positive answer (yes, your carotid is sclerotic), not negative (won't say: no, your coronaries or the rest of your a
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Dietary cholesterol is linked to blood LDL, because eating phytosterols - which inhibit cholesterol absorption in the gut - will lower your blood LDL. The mechanism can be found online.
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
I'm not that familiar with the CIMT test, but by quick glance it only tells whether your carotid artery is affected. A negative result won't tell you whether the rest of your arteries - such as the coronary arteries - are affected
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Your quotes are about destruction of beta cells (not neural damage). The 140 vs. 150 is a moot point: if you're diabetic, you're supposed to get your blood glucose fixed a lot lower than that. Added: I read one of the studies, and
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Lifestyle or dietary changes don't work if he has familial hypercholesterolemia. You're not supposed to ever adjust your medication without consulting your MD. It's a good general rule that - when broken - can have fatal cons
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
The thing is, if you have familial hypercholesterolemia, some forms have life expectancy of 35 without medications. Patients might have severe atherosclerosis at the age of 10. There is a seriously heightened risk of CVD mortality without s
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
It is possible if the school they graduated from is bad, but even then the point still stands and is even stronger: if they've graduated, they still are better than naive, unschooled individuals who are even worse in educating others.
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
No, we're talking about mental and especially social development, not just single topics like "calculating" or "biology". Look up development psychology. Care-giving is another subject and even small children can to
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Yes, if the person or child is mentally disabled, then there is little that anyone can do once they've reached their maximum capacity. Then a babysitter is required and all that is really needed. However, there are other learning disab
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Even with clearly above average students, it is rare that they reach, e.g., med school before their peers no matter what and the difference is a year or two, which is insignificant. There's also more to maturation than education and so
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
As I said, it is impossible to have 1:1 teacher-student ratio in common education. You seem to assume teaching is just some easy job that anyone can do with little expertise on the subject. In addition to previous examples, we already have
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
That is just your opinion. Repetition is currently working extremely well since we are able to train experts in fields that require a wide variety of knowledge from various sciences. Medicine, bioengineering, astronomy, military, education,
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
All the more reason: children develop a lot in those short years and they can be at very different mental stages.
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Synchronous group activities are a necessity because of time and resource limitations, so I'm not making any mistakes nor assumptions. It's impossible to have a 1:1 teacher to student ratio in common education. 1:1 is used sometim
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Yes, that's how long term memory works in the brain. Explaining things and social learning are excellent learning techniques, I'm not denying that. These days smart phones and social media are an excellent tool for communicating i
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
Children with learning and behavioral disorders are a minority, yes, but they cause the most damage in a group, hindering the natural progression of others so the teacher has to know how to deal with these children. Now, that was just one t
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
There's no contradiction, you are misunderstanding my statement. Older children need to go to school to learn stuff like mathematics, history, sciences, languages, and so on. Hanging around and taking care of younger kids all day would
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by QSIITurbo 11y ago
The older are in school learning more challenging things. Most teens would be unable to take the responsibility, and most are not psychologically mature enough to meet today's standards. The modern world is more complicated and educati

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