Electrolytes are naturally occurring chemical compounds that play a crucial role in human physiology because of their ability to carry an electrical charge. Biologically speaking, electrolytes contribute to a wide variety of vital processes because they separate into positively and negatively charged ions when dissolved in a polar solvent like water. These ions, in turn,… Continue Reading
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Does Fasting Lead To Great Body Composition?
Recently, someone on the interwebz told me they’d started fasting…and had gotten low thyroid/adrenal fatigue…so what should they do?? This video is my response to that… and all the other new health trends: If you start doing the “new thing to do” but I ask “Why are you doing X?” and you say “I don’t… Continue Reading
Autophagy and Coffee
Seems like everyone is raving about the benefits of fasting, especially for autophagy. (If you don’t know, autophagy is the process by which your body cleans out old, damaged structures and cells to make room for the new, healthy ones.) While fasting is definitely a useful tool to keep in your health-kit, it’s not the… Continue Reading
All (Food) Things Considered: The “Short List”…
All right, I know that if you’re reading this you’re probably convinced that paleo is like the best damn thing since sliced bacon. I also know that a lot of you think that you have it totally figured out and that there’s no question in your mind that you’re doing everything exactly right. While you… Continue Reading
30 Challenges In 30 Days – Day 26
Day 26 Challenge: Eat what’s in season! Do some research and find out which fruits and vegetables are at their peak right now. This might mean you have to step away from that banana today… Amy’s Two-Second Takeaway: Keto diets aren’t for everyone and neither is Intermittent Fasting – don’t jump on the latest and… Continue Reading
Consumed By Food…
There are these two guys. I LOVE THEM. They never ask me to bring them a beer or steal the remote control. They make me feel good and comfort me when I’m having a bad day. They are both totally cool with each other; in fact they’re even in business together. I guess some people… Continue Reading
Eating in All Directions
Written by: Stephanie McCormack Maybe you’re a hard-charging athlete with dreams of standing atop a CrossFit podium or being tops in a local race. Maybe you’re a weekend warrior pounding the pavement between hours at your day job, hoping for some sort of athletic advantage or boost in your training. Perhaps you’re after an aesthetic… Continue Reading
Paleo Craziness: What’s With This Carbofastcycliccoffeeloading Thing??
You’re in the market for a new car – you find an awesome deal on a really sweet brand spanking new ride and you jump on it. You drive the car home and you like it a lot – it rides smooth, looks great and is, yeah, pretty much perfect. Safely parked in the garage… Continue Reading
Restricted Feeding Window: 4 Months Later
Written by: Kevin Cann At the beginning of February of this year I started an individual experiment using a restricted feeding window to take in all of my calories (my initial article can be found here: http://robbwolf.com/2012/03/08/eat-eat-question/). My schedule is never constant, and I am extremely busy between finishing graduate school and working two jobs. … Continue Reading
To Eat or Not To Eat, That Is The Question.
A hot topic in nutrition groups for a while now has been how many times a day should one eat, and intermittent fasting (IF). Are more meals better, or fewer meals? Should I try IF, or is it bad for me? The problem with these questions is that it all depends on the individual. In a study done by Holmstrup in 2010, he showed that eating fewer meals had better results on insulin production. In normal weight individuals the group consuming six meals had higher glucose and insulin levels than the group that ate 3 meals (Holmstrup, 2010). I took this study a little bit further.
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