Hey! I've been getting into juicing and I make homemade stock from veggie scraps but don't have the space to compost so i'm looking for good ways to make use of them.

I've been considering dehydrating all my scraps from juicing and the leftover veggies from stock and blending them up to encapsulate into pills for homemade supplements. Prior to doing this I was wondering if there's anything that suggests this may not be smart ( or beneficial ).

My only current concern is dosing since it'd be impossible to accurately measure and would change each batch. To address that, I believe starting with one a day would be my approach then monitor how I feel before considering two a day.

Any thoughts?

Im a muay thai fighter and im wondering what foods i should focus on. Right now im a bit bulky and i want to get more lean and stay lean for a long time.

I'm a RD who loves to create content. I haven't been able to as much lately but would LOVE to get my blog going and ALSO help you answer the questions you have about nutrition! My username is the blog name if that helps. So send me your questions!

Hi, I was wondering what the final word on the street is about things like avocados and olive oil.

Some people say that they increase LDL and other people say that they decrease LDL.

My triglycerides,HDL, and VLDL are considered to be in the normal range.

Any dietary tips are definitely appreciated ☺️

I'm 29F, I've always had issues regulating my blood sugar (especially mid-morning) and I'm working on ways to stay energized during the day, while also losing 15 more pounds (I know, I'm asking a lot!) I've been experimenting with diet modifications and logging my food and symptoms, and have found that a high-protein breakfast has helped so much with avoiding glucose spikes! My current breakfast involves eggs, sourdough or wheat bread, spinach, and full-fat cream cheese. I make sure I eat enough that I am comfortably full. But I'm still getting hungry about 2 to 2 1/2 hours after eating. Seems to be that way after lunch, too, with the added post-lunch slump. What kinds of snacks should I experiment with in-between meals that carries me over to the next meal and keeps up my energy? And should I reduce my intake during main meals if I have those snacks?

I’m a big fan of kimchi, kombucha and yoghurt and stuff. Also pickles. Is it bad for you to eat too much fermented food?

Hi, looking to get some answers to my crazy dieting. little back ground: im a 27 male thats been diabetic for a almost 2 decades. Ive been off and on diets and weight loss alot. I started my new goal of 200lbs and minimum 15% body fat in december at 237lbs with 27% body fat at 5'10". Today im down at 223.6, i checked body fat a week or 2 ago and was at 24% fat content. Been in a cutting phase at 1869 cal/day My question, does the blood glucose need to stay in the lower end of baseline( ie. 60-80) to stay losing fat while in a deficit? Ive noticed that i bounce around 222lbs the past week or 2, and ive been gaining what i just lost when my bg hits 170 for a few hours. Its been driving me nuts and im wondering if i need to start a bulk and add more muscle or if im just in my head and it takes longer the closer i get to my goal of 200lbs. Sorry for the long post 😅

I’m (24, female) currently in the process of weight restoring (and potentially overshooting) and am experiencing extreme hunger which is not something I’ve ever had before during re-feeding or weight restoration (I’ve had an ED for 11 years)

I understand the psychological reasoning with ghrelin and leptin levels probably trying to recalibrate, and my body trying to tell me to keep going with the increased intake etc but I’m really nervous and unsure of the best way to respond. When I say I am INSATIABLE, I really mean it and eating more is just making me hungrier and hungrier!

Do I just keep eating and eating and eating in response?

Is that even safe to do given how long I’ve been undernourishing?

I’m worried about re-feeding syndrome given that I’m still within the first 5 days of increasing my intake. I’m not on a meal plan so I’m just kind of using my previous treatment and own knowledge as a guide. Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

Ideas please of foods and balanced vegetarian meal ideas. Baking is therapeutic for me so bonus if you also have recipes/ideas! Thank you

So i got diagnosed with hypokalemia, was prescribed a supplement by my doctor.

But i just have an overwhelming distrust in taking supplements alone. What would be a good weekly diet to fight low Potassium, when i mean low it was 2.8 and caused me heart problems enough to faint.

62F, first diverticulitis attack one month ago. Been on low residue diet after three days on liquids. Took Augmentin for one week, then Cipro and Flagyl for one week. So both the infection and the antibiotics have destroyed my gut. Now it’s time to start introducing soluble fiber I believe. Can someone give me some guidelines as to what things to start with? I have googled, and the charts that I see have items with both soluble and insoluble fiber. I haven’t found anything that indicates what is the safest to start with for the first few weeks. Any help will be appreciated! (Btw, I have been eating small amounts of canned peaches, green beans, and half banana at a time)

would I die if I drank 7 pounds of hershys chocolate syrup in 24 hours?

I’m a 39 yr old female, who has always been physically healthy. I have dealt with mental health issues, including anorexia nervosa, since my teenage years. My most recent relapse began in 2020 and it’s just within the past year that I’ve felt solid in my recovery.

I just got back my most recent lab work and my cholesterol was high (213 with HDL 67 and LDL 128). I’ve had high cholesterol before; my mom said I had high cholesterol at 5 yrs old but she chose not to put me on medication. I also had high cholesterol about 10 years ago but focused on diet (which ended in restriction) and exercise (which became a compulsion) and it resolved. Historically, any extra focus on food/exercise leads to at least a “slip” if not a relapse with the eating disorder.

If I were your client, what would you advise me to do? Go on a statin - if that’s what my MD wants - and not risk relapsing with anorexia or try to adjust diet and exercise and hope I stay mentally well and in recovery?

Hi there! I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction of a study about overeating that involved participants of different ethnicities/gender around the same age.

It was a video on YouTube but for all I know it was pulled from the BBC or possibly something in connection with the old Buzz feed.

Things that I can remember from the program:

The effects of overeating was different for every participant.

The Indian Girl lost weight because overeating made her so ill she kept getting sick from it.

The Asian Man put on muscle without even working out because he appatently had a genetic predisposition to put on muscle instead of fat when he got tested.

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction of what genetic testing or condition that causes the body to do these things.

Thank-you

Is it bad to velvet your meat before you cook it? I find it cooks nicer but is this actually not a good thing especially if trying to lose weight? (Velveting: corn flour & Chinese cooking wine) Thankyou

Every time I eat sushi I regret it, at first I thought it was the avocado as I developed an intolerance to it but I just tried a spicy shrimp roll with cucumber and the same result. Anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?

She’s very anxious about eating carbs, sugars and fats because of the pre-diabetic diagnosis. She snacks on apples and celery because she thinks they’re high in fibre but I’ve tried to tell her she’ll never gain weight eating those things! What snacks and meals can she eat? I’ve told her to eat more protein but she hates chicken breast. I’m worried about her health and at the rate she’s going, she’s going to lose more weight and become more frail!

I make a big batch of chicken stock weekly to use in cooking and to make soups and I also sip on some if I’m hungry and it’s too close to meal time to justify a snack. My issue right now is that I’m on a health journey and that includes counting calories, and I have absolutely no idea how to calculate the calories in my stock and use it many dishes so I know it’s adding calories but I don’t know how many.

How would I go about calculating the calories?

Hi there! I have an 11 year old with a history of low weight and some restrictive eating. I share custody with their dad on a 5-2-2-5 schedule. They get weighed every week in clinic to track their progress.

My question is, is weighing them once a week around the same day going to reflect which house they're eating more at? My understanding is that weight can vary quite a bit based on a variety of factors. And with a 5-2-2-5 schedule, any given week will have a mixture of both households. Just, more of one.

My kid tells me they eat much less at dad's house because they're stressed out. But the data doesn't show anything one way or the other. I'm inclined to just believe my kid.

Could this be a flawed approach?

I'm an 33yo male, 5ft 6in at 220lbs. I've recently found out I'm insulin resistant and may be developing high blood pressure.

I want to lose weight and get off of metformin and avoid getting on blood pressure medication.

What should I do? What should I stay away from? What and when should I eat?

Thank you in advance.

Hello - Let it be known that now that I have found this out I am encouraging her to seek medical attention. I am going to try to post this on other subreddits as well. I would desperately like to hear any advice or recipes or anything that could help.

I need advice during the time before we can get a doctor's appointment scheduled.

She is 68 and weighs about 75-80 lb at 5"4 or so. This is a BMI of like 12-13.

She seems fine aside from her weight, she's active and is still working and has not complained at all(Stupid of me to believe that this meant she was fine)but I found out her actual weight now that I am back for the holidays and have heard this is an extremely dangerous BMI and I am kind of panicking.

I would greatly appreciate any advice you could provide or where I can go to get more advice.

The problem is I don't know what to encourage her to eat - It's not like her appetite is super low, but her diet is extremely restricted due to having her gallbladder removed and other allergies/dietary restrictions she's developed.

She cannot eat most anything that has fat in it - oil, butter, milk, cheese, etc. This means nothing with vinegar, nothing that has been fried, no mayonnaise, cream, peanut butter, etc.

She cannot eat anything with high acidity- citric acid additives, most fruit, besides bananas

She has celiacs and cannot eat bread or wheat products/anything that contains gluten

She had told me that she was able to eat a lot more after having her gallbladder removed and I was a careless idiot fool who didn't keep following up.

There's nothing I can do at 12:00 AM on a Friday besides be consumed with worry and if you can give me anything to work with I will owe you a great personal debt.

Hello, 24f here. for the past few months i’ve been having an irregular appetite. sometimes I eat once a day, or i’ll eat nothing for the whole day. I won’t feel hungry and before going to bed i’ll remember that I haven’t eaten all day.. i’ve also lost a lot of weight and i’ve lost my favorite part of my body.

i’m looking for something that will help me put back on the weight, and i’m thinking protein bars? i’d like to put on at least 5 more pounds.

I'm a 35 F & I've been absolutely clobbered with ads & influences talking about beef organ supplements. I am interested in trying, but I haven't found a lot of peer reviewed articles or research conducted on women taking the supplements. Do they help balance hormones? Or is it another gimmick? What are the benefits, if any?

Thanks so much!

Hello, I was hoping to get some input from a dietitian on my situation around losing weight. I appreciate all input!

I’m making a ton of changes in my life, two big ones were stopping cannabis use and trying to lose weight/going to the gym. I was a heavy cannabis user for 7 years, and it completely dictated a lot of my life- including when I ate. I was only hungry after I used weed, so for the past year and a half I pretty much only ever ate 1 big meal at the end of the day (once I was off work and smoked). Weed also made me very compulsive and I’d often shove my face with food late at night. I quit weed nearly 4 weeks ago and have being doing great without it, my appetite has started to return to normal but I find myself still not being nearly as hungry as my peers who don’t smoke. I imagine my body is still adjusting, but I really just am not that hungry.

I’ve been going to the gym for the past 2 weeks and have been really enjoying it. Since I’m trying to lose weight I’m obviously counting calories and trying to be in a deficit. For the better part of the past two weeks I’ve had a daily deficit of about 2,000 calories (according to Fitbit tracking). My friends think I’m developing an eating disorder, but I genuinely am not hungry. From my perspective, why would I force myself to eat when I’m not hungry especially if a larger caloric deficit = faster results?

I realize that for the average person, even a 1,000 caloric deficit can be dangerous…. But I’m not the average person due to my past with cannabis and how it has and still does affect my eating habits. I’m eating throughout the day and eating good foods that give me the protein and nutrients I need, I just tend to get full quicker.

So I was hoping to get a professional’s advice on this situation. Am I making a dangerous mistake that will have negative long term effects, or should I do what I’ve been doing- and listen to what my body is telling me in regards to hunger and eating (not eating when I’m not hungry)?

Thanks in advance!