Plug your stats into this site. Eat around that number (your TDEE) to maintain weight. Eat less than that number to lose weight. Eat more than that number to gain weight. It’s not exact though, it’s a rough estimate. If you’re eating 2500 a day and maintaining, you’ll have to eat more to gain. Don’t overthink it. Source: 6 months ago

Actually yes! Your effort is on the right path. First check find your maintenance calories using a calculator and then eat 200-500 calories under it. Low impact cardio can help you lose weight as effectively as high impact cardio. Set yourself a goal of walking at 7k steps a day until you reach the goal of 10k steps a day. Do that everyday while also eating a calorie deficient and with time your body will be lean.... Source: 6 months ago

Check your nutrition requirements on https://tdeecalculator.net/. Source: 6 months ago

According to this calculator https://tdeecalculator.net/, you would need to eat around 2388-2692 to maintain your weight (this is with "light" or "moderate" activity selected). Source: 6 months ago

Calculate your tdee, can do that here https://tdeecalculator.net/. Source: 6 months ago

Check webmd.com definition of gender affirming care for minors. It includes, among other things, top and bottom surgeries which puts those minors on a path of lifelong medication. Child marriages are wrong and even though that does not impact me, I think that all of 42 states in the USA should finally ban them. Adults can do whatever they want, but children are a different thing. Consent is important. And... Source: 12 months ago

Personally, I recommend avoid googling as much as you can. This disease is different than other cancers in regards to staging, and specific to each person, and the team treating you can interpret image studies, and the various tests, will be far more knowledgeable as to advise and treating you than healthline.com or webmd.com. There are some good resources out there, such as this and the cancer reddit. Source: about 1 year ago

I'm no kind of doctor. That said, in my experience, going off cold turkey can be a very bad idea -- I felt physically ill for weeks after quitting one med. Couple years later, I quit another, and came close to harming myself. Best idea is to discuss ramping down safely with your doc. If you're not comfortable doing that, at least check reputable web sites like drugs.com, webmd.com, mayoclinic.com. Google quitting... Source: about 1 year ago

Medscape.com is a really nice site with medical information (more physician-oriented compared to consumer-oriented sites such as webmd.com and the like; anyone can get a free membership). Here https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/171805-overview#a2, under Epidemiology, they note a four-fold increase in all-cause mortality among people with undiagnosed celiac disease. You might follow the links to the references... Source: about 1 year ago

3.8% of opioid users are abusers or addicts. (Source is both CDC.gov and webmd.com .). Source: over 1 year ago