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A long spiritual time ago, in an apartment far away from my current abode - if you're walking -- I wrote a blog post about my first experiment with extended fasting. Recently, I've adopted the practice of fasting for 3 days at the beginning of every month and doing an extended fast of 5-7 days …
Since a ton of people have been asking me about why I sit in the snow in just my shorts, I figured I'd give you guys a comprehensive response and a resource to look back on when all of my excited explanations have faded away. In episode 2 of the Panoptic Podcast, you'll learn the …
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There are a few things that you should know about this week. Two that are related: There's an enzyme that can boost metabolism in heat-producing brown fat tissue. Certain bile acids can turn white-fat fat-deposits into metabolically active brown-fat like tissue. Two that are seemingly unrelated: Paleo diets help post-menopausal women lose weight and maintain …
It looks as though our Western Diet (WD) can cause long-term changes to our immune systems. Researchers found that the WD causes larger immune reactions with repeated feedings, and more aggressive responses by the immune system even in small doses. The Western Diet is characterized by a high consumption of red meat, refined sugars, saturated …
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We've had a few firsts recently. We have our first prolonged human study of the effects of Caloric Restriction, and Our first human study of early time-restricted-eating. Calorie Restricted Eating Delays Aging in Humans In a two-year, 218 participant study, researchers were able to show positive effects of caloric restriction (CR) on numerous clinical disease …
This is an excerpt from the LTTalk delivered at Life Time Fitness in Schaumburg, IL on 10/28/2017 Welcome to F-Words! Walking out of here today, I’d like you to understand a little bit more about fat-loss, famine (calorie restriction) dieting, fasting, and best of all, feasting. I want you to understand a little bit more …
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Hello-ski! We're going to jump around a little bit here just so I can jettison some of this stuff out into the aether. Three things: Eating schedule and weight loss Exercise and its effect on breast cancer outcomes. Exercise and its effect on cognition in breast cancer survivors. Here we go. Meal Timing & Weight …
It appears as though periodized dieting may be better than continuous dieting for weight loss and maintenance. A study published on September 17th found that men who went through a 2-week period of calorie restriction, followed by a 2-week period of ad libitum eating (or eating as they pleased), lost more weight than men who followed …
Strategies for Maximizing Muscle Growth, Strength, and Power As an athlete engaging in strength and power training with short bouts of high intensity training, I’d like you to be able to eat in a way that optimizes your performance of those tasks. I want you to maximize your muscle mass, strength, power, and short duration …
I've been experimenting with this thing for a little over a year now. I first started off doing it for 16 hours at a time. I then worked up the bravery to try it for 24 and 36 hours. Today, I wrapped on doing it for 4 days. What is it? The F-Word: Fasting. Now …
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