re: Nutrition: what I'm about to get into...

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He basically said I should expect to gain 10-15 lbs over a two week period but my sleep and energy shpuod improve.

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But he still has you in a deficit and eating healthier foods? Doesn't make sense.

Something to the effect that if you aren't lactose intolerant, milk fat and sugars are both easily digestible.

The initial plan isn't supposed to lose weight, rather fix digestion issues which he and my primary care doctor believe is to blame for my lack of desire for sleep.

Healthier foods is somewhat debatable. I would say more easily digestible... As I can't have my usual shite ton of broccoli dry roasted either

I don't think any of us are more qualified to speak on the matter than your PHD friend or doctor, and I wouldn't change what I'm doing if I were you simply because of what online people say, but it does seem to be an odd plan. To me, only specifically because of the milk. Hopefully our questioning can help you talk to your professionals and get a better understanding of why they're suggesting these things.

It seems like they feel like your digestive issues are causing malabsorption (some people call this "leaky gut"). In this scenario, a high diet fiber can actually be the enemy because it's harder to digest and can contribute to inflammation. It's more common, though, to take on a FODMAP or anti-inflammatory diet of some sort to drive down inflammation to give your intestinal system time to adjust and heal up. Milk and dairy of any kind is one of the first things that are usually cut out of these kinds of elimination diets. This is probably where the confusion that you see from the board coming from. That, and it's difficult to maintain a deficit if you're drinking that much milk a day. In fact, if they're saying you can expect to gain 15 pounds you're definitely not in a calorie deficit. But that's okay - actually, when you're trying to heal your body - be it a broken bone or leaky gut - you should ideally be at maintenance or a small surplus to ensure that your body has the calories to prioritize the healing process.

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if they're saying you can expect to gain 15 pounds you're definitely not in a calorie deficit

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I believe it was more a lack of consistent carb intake for so long as we are tweaking salt intake as well. I drink at least a pint of water an hour. So perhaps they expect retention in the short term.

The bloat/sluggishness is being attributed to poor digestion of cruciferous vegetables... Iow, gas.

This period seems meant as a restart. And I suppose the live culture yogurt makes sense in that regard. But the milk carrots and apples do not.

I deadlifted 515 the other night you weak dick bitch.

frick off

That’s not even double your body weight, who gives a frick. Lol

That’s not even double you’d body weight, who gives a frick

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See me maxing out on a 315 DL @ 255lb

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What’s the credentials on this “nutritionist?”

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"registered dietician" probably, which means, probably a lot of really shitty unscientific information influenced by up marketed SAD proponents, vegans, and other propagandists and dipshits.

No. I was just basing it off of the stupid shite I always see posted on social media or cited in shitty nutrition articles. I was obviously exaggerating also. But good to hear there are woke ones. Hopefully a trend.