Lipotoxicity or tired pancreas? Abnormal fat metabolism as a possible precondition for type 2 diabetes
The term “diabetes” is used to describe a wide range of diseases of glucose metabolism; diseases with a wide range of causes…
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Virtual Paleo Summit video: What is your ideal weight?
You may want to check out my recent video at the ( Virtual Paleo Summit ) explaining the waist-to-weight ratio theory for e…
The amounts of water, carbohydrates, fat, and protein lost during a 30-day fast
When it comes to losing fat and maintaining muscle, at the same time, there are no shortcuts. The process generally has to b…
Subcutaneous versus visceral fat: How to tell the difference?
The photos below, from Wikipedia, show two patterns of abdominal fat deposition. The one on the left is predominantly of sub…
You can eat a lot during the Holiday Season and gain no body fat, as long as you also eat little
The evolutionary pressures placed by periods of famine shaped the physiology of most animals, including humans, toward a de…
Slow versus slow-brisk walking: Effects on type 2 diabetics
I am not a big fan of reviewing new studies published in refereed journals, particularly those that make it to the news. I…
Can intermittent very-low-calorie dieting cure diabetes?
The health effects of very-low-calorie diets (VLCDs) adopted for short periods of time (e.g., 5 days) have been the target…
The megafat could be the healthiest
Typically obesity leads to health problems via insulin resistance ( ). Excess calories are stored as fat in fat cells up t…
Waist-to-weight ratio vs. body max index
The optimal waist / weight ratio (WWR) theory ( ) is one of the most compatible with evidence regarding the lowest mortali…
You can eat a lot during the Holiday Season and gain no body fat, as long as you also eat little
This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below. Typically this is done with posts …
Waist-to-weight ratios in pictures: The John Stone transformation
John Stone is a bodybuilder and founder of a bodybuilding and fitness web site ( ). There he has provided pictures and sta…
Could grain-fed beef liver be particularly nutritious?
There is a pervasive belief today that grain-fed beef is unhealthy, a belief that I addressed before in this blog ( ) and …
How can carrying some extra body fat be healthy?
Most of the empirical investigations into the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality suggest that the low…
An illustration of the waist-to-weight ratio theory: The fit2fat2fit experiment
In my previous blog post, I argued that one’s optimal weight may be the one that minimizes one’s waist-to-weight ratio. I …
What is your optimal weight? Maybe it is the one that minimizes your waist-to-weight ratio
There is a significant amount of empirical evidence suggesting that, for a given individual and under normal circumstances…
Drs. Francisco Cervantes and Marivic Torregosa, and the 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium
Last year I traveled to South Korea to give presentations on nonlinear structural equation modeling and WarpPLS ( ). These…
No fat gain while eating well during the Holiday Season: Palatability isolines, the 14-percent advantage, and nature’s special spice
Like most animals, our Paleolithic ancestors had to regularly undergo short periods of low calorie intake. If they were succ…
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