Muscle loss during short-term fasting
This is an issue that often comes up in online health discussions, and was the topic of a conversation I had the other day w…
intermittent fasting
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…
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 …
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…
Daniel Suelo, the man who quit money, seems remarkably healthy
Daniel James Shellabarger (better known as Daniel Suelo) is portrayed in the bestselling 2012 nonfiction book by Mark Sundee…
The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Putting it in practice
In my previous post I argued that the human body may react to “eating big” as it would to overfeeding, increasing energy exp…
The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Is it real?
When you look at the literature on overfeeding, you see a number over and over again – 14 percent. That is approximately the…
Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time: A more customized approach based on strength training and calorie intake variation
In the two last posts I discussed the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time ( ) ( ). This post outlines one…
Strength training plus fasting regularly, and becoming diabetic!? No, it is just compensatory adaptation at work
One common outcome of doing glycogen-depleting exercise (e.g., strength training, sprinting) in combination with intermitten…
Do you lose muscle if you lift weights after a 24-hour fast? Probably not if you do that regularly
Compensatory adaptation (CA) is an idea that is useful in the understanding of how the body reacts to inputs like dietary i…
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