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| tomato | 5/18/2006 | Melissa Anderson |
Q: Good Greetings. I love tomatoes in my food and also for its lycopene content. However I have a ...
A: Roy, Have you tried using sun-dried tomatoes or tomato paste? Both are lower in acid than fresh ...
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| Meats | 5/13/2006 | RawPalaeoGuy |
Q: I want to start eating raw again once I get a new job. I'm concerned about irridated meats. I once ...
A: Re eating meat:- A number of rawpalaeodieters have said that they actually digest the raw (red) ...
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| Vegetarian diet & immune system | 5/8/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I've been on a vegeterian diet for approximately 15 years (actually, an ovo-lacto-pesce diet where ...
A: From all I know about food/immune interactions, most critical substances *are* found in ...
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| Labour Intensive Work diet | 5/8/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: To start things off Im about 200 pounds 5'11" and Im going to be working in forestry this summer, ...
A: During the period of your hard physical work, pay attention to consuming enough of quality protein ...
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| hoodia pills | 5/4/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: i am a 31 year old female and i'm overweight. i have started taking the h57 hoodia pills, 2 pills ...
A: It can have to do everything with the pills. The matter is, there's no targeted pills that work just ...
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| Fruit Diets | 5/1/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I have a few questions on fruit diets. Is there such a thing as fruit diets and do they work. Also ...
A: There almost is such a diet. I mean the way of eating when you have fruit fasts once or twice a ...
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| GI diets | 4/29/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I hope you can help me or lead me in the right direction. I am a 34 year old female who weighs ...
A: The stomach area is the only part of the body that can locally respond to diet changes. The GI ...
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| diet soda | 4/21/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I am trying to lose weight and one thing that I gave up a few months again was my addiction to ...
A: I happened to have an article exactly answering your question. Here's the essence of it. Full ...
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| weight loss | 4/20/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: Zilberter, Last June my weight was 260 pounds, I met my current boyfriend and he was experienced in ...
A: I think you could benefit from reducing your carbohydrate intake. To avoid hunger (hunger sabotages ...
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| Gain Weight | 4/19/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: How can I gain weight healthy? Thanks
A: Healthy weight gain means gaining muscles. Usually, one has to eat enough protein-rich foods and ...
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| diet | 4/18/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q:
A: Questions like yours seldom can be answered in a couple of phrases. The best I can offer is our ...
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| diet | 4/18/2006 | RawPalaeoGuy |
Q:
A: First of all there is no such thing as an "optimum" body weight. We all have different builds, such ...
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| diet | 4/18/2006 | Richard A. France |
Q:
A: John, First & foremost you would be best served to check with your family doctor and/or ...
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| carb diet | 4/18/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: i'm an avid athlete, probably do about 45 minutes worth of serious cardio (heart rate is generally ...
A: , I would advise you to watch carb:fat:protein ratios rather than counting carbs. It isn't easy to ...
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| supplements | 4/14/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: a friend encouraged me to buy some amino acid supplements from a GNC, and I was led to believe that ...
A: Human body can make L-carnitine out of lysine and methionine but to be able to do this, it needs ...
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| so if i eat
breakfast... | 4/10/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: so if i eat breakfast a bananna-strawberry-pineapple-peach smoothie with two slices of turkey ...
A: Tasha, What you are going to eat is a mixed diet and results will depend on portion sizes and ...
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| whats a good diet i can go... | 4/10/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: whats a good diet i can go on to lose 30 pounds by june 27
A: Let's calculate. You have 79 days to lose 30 pounds. It takes calorie deficit of 3,500 Cal. to burn ...
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| Weight loss | 4/4/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I'm 16 and I am eager to get a girfried before i enter my junior year in high school but I've gained ...
A: We do have a free and 92% efficient diet plan onine. I think it can be good for you because the ...
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| NutriSystem | 3/28/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: just wondering what you have heard as far as "real life" experiences go with the Nutri System ...
A: My own "real life" experience consists of the only fact that this program has been advertised on our ...
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| poor metabolism?? | 3/26/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I have struggled with being mildly overweight for most of my life. I have been successful in losing ...
A: With your 5'6", your healthy weight is between 111 to 150 lbs. This can be the reason of your weight ...
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| You R GR8 | 3/22/2006 | RawPalaeoGuy |
Q: i can upon this site by accident. glad to see that you are here helping people. i didn't know ...
A: Well, if that routine works fine for you, that's great. I feel I ought to mention, though, that I ...
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| Nutrition for flexibility | 3/22/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I'm a 23 year old female, and I recently took up ballet again. I haven't done ballet since I was ...
A: Gelatin is sold in groceries, it's also in every Jello or you can do your own dishes with it like ...
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| Weight loss after pregnancy | 3/21/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: My baby girl just turned 8 mos and I have been struggling with weight loss from the pregnancy. I ...
A: There are two aspects to your question. First is about lowering total fat in your diet. From what ...
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| Nutrition for flexibility | 3/21/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I'm a 23 year old female, and I recently took up ballet again. I haven't done ballet since I was ...
A: There is one natural component known to improve flexibility: gelatin. There's also its plant ...
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| natural foods | 3/20/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: Ms. Zilberter: I was wondering what kinda of natural foods are especially good for the liver and ...
A: The best two things you can do for the cleansing are: - Eating more fibery foods like oats of all ...
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| food for energy, lean mass | 3/19/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I'm starting up a rigorous exercise regiment (weight training, some cardio) and I was wondering what ...
A: It's hard to give a simple answer to a question like yours. I advise that you learn fundamental ...
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| fiber | 3/19/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I have cronic diareha, have had it for years. My doctor has ruled out any medical reasons and ...
A: Soluble fibers (e.g., oatmeal) can help you, insoluble ones (e.g., bran) can make the problem worse. ...
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| Chewing Gum? | 3/17/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: This is kind of a strange question, but I've always wondered - if you chew sugarfree gum but do not ...
A: No! You can not ingest anything you don't swallow. However, this is not that simple on the long run. ...
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| instant oats and uric acid | 3/17/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I couldn't find the nearest category to this, hopefully you can help me with this. I would like to ...
A: Oats of any kind does not contain uric acid. However, all oats contain naturally-occurring ...
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| underweight, possible hypoglycemia | 3/16/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: Maybe this is more than one question, but hopefully you will be able to answer some of it. I am 26 ...
A: For your height, your healthy weight is between 104 and 145 pounds. So you are within. You might ...
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| chlorophyll free diet | 3/16/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: Iam in in need of help here have allergy green vegatables where do i find help
A: Your condition requires professional advice from a doctor, allergologist. If you have been diagnosed ...
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| Vinegar Diets | 3/15/2006 | Evelyn Alexander |
Q: There has been some talk and I have read some about vinegar diets. Do they work as stated? Is there ...
A: I've never heard of this diet. Vinegar is principally used as a digestive aid in fatty meals, and ...
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| Vinegar Diets | 3/15/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: There has been some talk and I have read some about vinegar diets. Do they work as stated? Is there ...
A: I failed finding any scientific evidence that vinegar, or apple cider vinegar diets work by ...
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| starvation mode when dieting | 3/8/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: Can you lose weight, and is it safe, to have a very low calorie intake (800) for 3 days per week and ...
A: Starvation mode can occur very quickly on a diet if you feel hunger all the time. Hunger is usually ...
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| health/science | 3/7/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I'm doing a project for my 12th grade English class. It is about "our burning questions." We are ...
A: You will be surprised but just drinking enough water can keep you alive for even more than three ...
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| Gurgling... | 3/4/2006 | RawPalaeoGuy |
Q: ...I'm 41 year old male.I've been now for three full months in AV diet.Lots of ups and downs, but ...
A: (This is rather unusual. I've never heard of people suddenly not doing well with either white or red ...
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| calorie/fiber question | 2/28/2006 | Evelyn Alexander |
Q: I have a question regarding the nutritional content of the South Beach Diet foods. The calorie ...
A: I have never heard of South Beach Diet foods and cannot figure out your calculations. I am ...
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| calorie/fiber question | 2/28/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I have a question regarding the nutritional content of the South Beach Diet foods. The calorie ...
A: You are completely right. Though the URL you've mentioned displays an error message, generally ...
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| Changing color | 2/27/2006 | RawPalaeoGuy |
Q: I am a senior at Area Area High School in Pittsburgh, Pennyvania. For our english project we are ...
A: I don't know enough to be of much help as I'm a raw, palaeolithic dieter, and was a Raw Vegan for ...
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| Need help severely | 2/16/2006 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
Q: I'm 24 years old and probably now close to 250lbs. I've tried everything on the market to loose ...
A: Samantha, You need help that's more serious than one answer. You can get a very good program that ...
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Authored 3 academic print books and two popular diet print books as well as about a hundred scientific and popular articles