Escaping PUFA Hibernation
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FireInABottle recently put out another outstanding post about the metabolic destruction that industrialized seed oil has inflicted upon the world. Humans and Hibernating Mammals React to The Same...
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Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation Part 2
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Last month, I posted Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation, which is an overview of the research of Dr. Herman Pontzer. In short, his work makes the case that we adapt...
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I just heard a fascinating podcast interview about energy expenditure. It connects the dots on many things that I have felt, but could not prove. If you have an hour, listen to Sigma Nutrition #208....
Read more →The Power of 10,000 Steps a Day in Charts
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You have probably heard the phrase "10,000 steps a day" numerous times. How important is it to consistently hit 10,000 steps on a daily basis? I wanted to find out, so I really tore through the data...
Read more →Directionally Accurate and Metabolic Unicorns
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One of the guiding principles I have used for many years is paying attention to what is becoming more or less popular as a way to measure how true it might be. Health and fitness trends come and go....
Read more →A "Sitting is the New Smoking" Skeptic Spends a Year in California
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For a few years we've been hit over the head with health stories that equate sitting as being as unhealthy as smoking. And I've been a disbelieving skeptic. My thinking was that efficient exercise...
Read more →How I Raised My Body Temperature
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A little over two years ago I became interested in metabolism. In the post Diet Recovery 2 and the “Turn Up the Heat” Experiment I explained my thinking at the time. Back then I was not a believer...
Read more →Exercise and Fat Loss Revisited
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Recently Matt Stone posted Does Exercise Work for Weight Loss? which details how his body responded to higher levels of exercise. He mentions two times when he got very lean using high levels of...
Read more →The Grand Experiment Revisited
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One of the wonderful things about having a blog that goes back years is you can revisit older posts and see not only what you were up to but how you interpreted those events. With more time and...
Read more →It's Gettin' Hot In Here (Metabolism)
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I'm ready to provide a status update on the "Turn Up the Heat" experiment I started last year. The goal was to see if I could increase my body temperature using some of the ideas found in Matt...
Read more →Diet Recovery 2 and the "Turn Up the Heat" Experiment
In the past year, I've become a fan of Matt Stone at 180DegreeHealth. We agree on many things. The two primary things are we both see the neurotic approach to food and exercise as being unhealthy. My...
Read more →Hormonal Balance: Understanding Hormones, Weight, and Your Metabolism
The last book I read was a little too tough to follow at times, so I backed it off a bit and read a book that covered the basics of hormones and metabolism. !Hormonal Balance: Understanding Hormones,...
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