How many times a day do you eat

[Bocephous]

Anything will be better than the last two weeks. One day I was crawling over ledges with 150% slopes; the next day I could barely walk and didn't know WTF was going on.

I get gout occasionally, too. Two changes I've made seem to help:

1. I don't drink, so my gout is brought on by excess protein consumption. I try not to have two meals in a row that include meat.

2. Gout generally comes on in the middle of the night. If I wake up and my right big toe is hurting for no reason I immediately take an Aleve and abstain from eating meat for that day. It almost always will go away during the course of that day. If I still have lingering pain I'll take another Aleve after 12 hours or so. I also take turmeric daily as well to aleviate my normal aches and pains, and only use NSAIDS if I really need them.

 

[MossRoad]

I get gout occasionally, too. Two changes I've made seem to help:

1. I don't drink, so my gout is brought on by excess protein consumption. I try not to have two meals in a row that include meat.

2. Gout generally comes on in the middle of the night. If I wake up and my right big toe is hurting for no reason I immediately take an Aleve and abstain from eating meat for that day. It almost always will go away during the course of that day. If I still have lingering pain I'll take another Aleve after 12 hours or so. I also take turmeric daily as well to aleviate my normal aches and pains, and only use NSAIDS if I really need them.

I have the same symptoms on my right big toe. My kid thought it was gout. Doctor says arthritis. All I know is it sometimes feels like that first joint is in a vice! :laughing:

 

[forgeblast]

Meal wise we eat 3, breakfast for me is oatmeal, then lunch salad, then dinner. We are on a Whole Food Plant Based diet (little to no oil). I have been on it about a year and a half now and have not tired of the food. Lost 20lbs the first month then 10 and have been down to a healthy weight that lets me work out. Forks over knives is a good app, and there is a netflix documentary by the same name.
A great podcast is Science VS, they talked about interment fasting and it can cause gall stones, keto can cause kidney stones. They back up all their claims with research and list every bit of research in their show notes. Most episodes they do they reference about 100 journals and scholarly articles.

 

[GeneV]

Cool thanks, I gotta check out this Science VS thing.
All intermittent fasting is: grouping your meals within a 9-12 hr time span, and also not eating again after dinner up until the following day's breakfast (which basically means no nighttime snacking). There's nothing else to it in that regard aside from also making wise choices in terms of what you're eating.

 

[BleedingOrange]

So, for all those that drink the apple cider vinegar, I,ve got a few questions.
Is there a preferred brand, or two ? Is there a best time to drink it each day ? How much of it do you drink total, each day?
Would drinking water right after drinking ACV not dilute it, reducing the effects of it ?

 

[Big Barn]

So, for all those that drink the apple cider vinegar, I,ve got a few questions.
Is there a preferred brand, or two ? Is there a best time to drink it each day ? How much of it do you drink total, each day?
Would drinking water right after drinking ACV not dilute it, reducing the effects of it ?

I ignore all the dumb claims associated with ACV. I only take it to boost my metabolism. If there are other benefits I’m not aware of then it’s just a bonus.

I take mine when I wake up. I just pour about a tablespoon of it into a glass with about an ounce of water.

As far as brands I use this as it always seems to be on sale.

 

[Industrial Toys]

It's 18:00h and I have only had a cup of coffee all day. Nice weather before what sounds like a Hurricane is gonna hit, so lots of stuff to be done. No time to eat!

People that have strict routines, for eating, unless it's for medical reasons kind of bug me. Like a little hunger pain is gonna kill you. Ever heard of fasting?

 

[ovrszd]

I think the more important question is "how many times a day do you exert yourself"?

 

[Tomtint]

I think the more important question is "how many times a day do you exert yourself"?

My job is fairly physical, I'm on my feet all day ..or driving. I would say my workday is more aerobic than heavy lifting, lots of squatting, kneeling, standing back up, and my arms and shoulders are always in movement . I will do 10k steps a day almost every day ( approx 4 miles ) ..weekends I try to kick back and rest if I can.

 

[ovrszd]

My job is fairly physical, I'm on my feet all day ..or driving. I would say my workday is more aerobic than heavy lifting, lots of squatting, kneeling, standing back up, and my arms and shoulders are always in movement . I will do 10k steps a day almost every day ( approx 4 miles ) ..weekends I try to kick back and rest if I can.

You can burn off most, if not all, of the dietary descriptions on this thread!!!