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I have a poor diet and usually eat twice a day, but what if I lift weight everyday then drink my GNC protein shake? Is it possible to gain muscle weight with a poor diet?

Are there any reliable studies on this issue? On the one hand, I can see how a healthy diet when you are young might set in motion some long term positvie health benefits. On the other hand, it may be the case that children’s bodies are so efficient at squeezing the nutrition out of the foods that they eat that a child’s poor diet may not have the detrimental effects that an older person’s poor diet would. My 8 year old son’s diet is very limited, yet surprisingly, at least to me, he acts and looks very physically healthy.

Three of my four sons have inherited a seizure disorder from my husband. It starts off as febrile seizures in youth. It can be outgrown up to age 7 or last through age 18. It can be caused by other reasons which we think include exhaustion (by lack of sleep or exercise induced) & poor diet. At age 3, my oldest with this was tried on anti-seizure medications (Tegretol, Dylantin, Depakote, Phenobarbitol) at Barrow’s Neurological Center in Phoenix,AZ but medicines did not prevent seizures but caused seizures. His 1 min long febrile seizures became 6 a day & up to 45 mins. long. He lost his ability to walk & talk but gained it back once weaned off medicine. Because of this, I do not want to medicate any of my kids for fear of permanent brain damage. Outgrown by age 7, he now has had one at 16 & at 17 which appear to be due to running track or cross country to exhaustion (or heat). At this age, his driving has me concerned. Suggestions on ways to keep this from happening naturally?

Im sure it’s a healthy good thing to do, but im in real good shape and I have never been on a special diet or anything. Isn’t everyones body different? Won’t genetics determin your metabolisim and body structure? How is it that all these prison guys have some of the most well defined and toned bodies yet they have the worst poor diet available? Aren’t these diet and routines more of a market for profit then anything?

I do weight lifting every other day but i do not eat right and it is affecting me in the weight room. My poor diet is holding me back from the performance I should be seeing if I were on a good healthy diet.

I was just reading my local paper today and a study, commissioned by a "natural healthcare company" which promote a weight loss product, had some staggering results:

* Almost half said they feel self conscious [about their weight]
* 9 out of 10 women admit to having "fat days"
* 53% said they are uncomfortable being seen naked in front of their partners and 49% say they are uncomfortable undressing in a communal changing room because of their body shape
* Only 25% believed they are the perfect weight, 75% believing they are overweight. 77% of those blame lack of exercise and poor diet for being overweight
* 59% believe slim women tend to succeed more in both their personal and professional life
* 4 out of 10 say they diet constantly
* 81% said the ideal dress size is between 10 and 12

What do you think about this? Do you think it’s an accurate reflection of women’s opinion in general? And most importantly, do you think that these women are not overweight (defined as "more body fat than is optimally healthy") but are made to feel that way by our culture?