Nutrition
Snacks at work: no fridge, with a fridge, with a microwave
Choose a work snack by where it will be kept.
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Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Nutrition
What to eat before bed: cottage cheese, banana, fruit and tomatoes
You can eat any of these foods in the evening: your weight depends on the total for the day, not on the hour of the last bite.
Nutrition
How many calories are in coffee with milk and sugar
A 250 ml mug with 50 ml of 2.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in a bowl of soup, porridge or dumplings
A 300 g bowl of borscht is about 195 kcal, and a 250 g plate of pelmeni about 620 kcal, using reference values per 100 g.
Weight loss
Not losing weight on semaglutide or tirzepatide: what to check in your eating and records
If your weight is not coming down on semaglutide or tirzepatide, first check how much you actually eat and drink: the medicine reduces appetite, but calories from drinks, snacks and weekends do not go away.
Weight loss
Losing weight from your legs, thighs or face: what research says about spot reduction
You cannot lose fat from just your legs, thighs or face: in studies, training one part of the body did not remove fat from that part.
Weight loss
Buckwheat and kefir diets: how many calories they provide and where the lost kilograms come from
A day of buckwheat with a kilogram of 1% kefir provides about 930–1,210 kcal, and a day on one and a half kilograms of kefir about 570.
Weight loss
How to lose 10 kg: what it means in calories and time
By linear arithmetic, 10 kg is about 77,000 kcal: around five months at a deficit of 500 kcal a day, or around two and a half months at 1,000 kcal.
Calorie counting
Honey, syrup and oil in a spoon: measure and count
Do not automatically record a tablespoon as 15 g of food.
This article is for general information. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a prescription for treatment or a diet, and it does not replace a consultation with your doctor. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, take medication, or follow a diet prescribed to you, decisions about food belong with your doctor.
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