Questions tagged [food]

Food is what we eat to give us energy and nutrition.

Food is the substance we consume to power our bodies. Generally a blessing, it can become a curse when we eat too much of it, and especially too much of the wrong stuff.

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Do I need to track macronutrients?

Do I need to track my cutting macronutrients, or can I just eat a good amount of protein and eat fewer carbs and fats? I'm doing this for fat loss and for maintaining muscle mass during cutting
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Where did the idea that we should eat three times a day come from? Under what authority do most people follow this advice?

I'm trying to figure out if there's more than just tradition to the advice to eat three meals a day. Is the advice valid? Does it come from reliable sources?
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Is a tiny dinner okay?

My staple is Matta rice as a native of India. I eat the most at lunch. I regularly go 9 hours between lunch and dinner with a coffee in between, which I cannot do with any other food. I recently started eating half as much as a belly-full for…
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Not eating dinner, benefits and detriments?

Google turns up conflicting result for this and that's why I though it best to ask it here. I was told by a friend that not eating dinner will help in losing weight. But then someone else said that that was not true; she said that it will make you…
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The chemical make-up of food: can non-fat be converted to fat?

If someone eats more calories than they burn, then they will put on weight, as I understand. Question 1: But what if a person eats a lot of calories but zero fat? Or zero saturated fats and trans fats? Would the person then put on weight or…
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Drugs or foods that make physical exercise attractive, that facilitates the start of exercise?

I exercise every day, but it is hard thing to start doing it - I should do some 10-20 minute meditation before it, I am procrastinating things to delay the start of exercise, all thoughts about the forthcoming exercise may block me from my usual…
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Is it healthy to eat cereal-like food instead of rice or pasta each meal five days a week?

The pantry in my workplace has various kinds of cereal-like food, which might contain some dry berries or bran or ..., and look good. It doesn’t offer beans, pasta or rice. I know cereal-like food is usually eaten as breakfast. So I wonder if it…
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Fried eggs and boiled eggs, which is better for muscle build up?

I want to build a muscle body, and heard I should eat eggs, but I don't know if I should eat fried eggs or boiled eggs, is there any suggestion?
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Does Red wine makes my color fairer?

My friend suggests me that Red wine makes me fairer. Please suggest your advice.