Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The megafat could be the healthiest

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Typically obesity leads to health problems via insulin resistance ( ). Excess calories are stored as fat in fat cells up to a certain poi...
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Monday, June 16, 2025

Compensatory adaptation as a unifying concept: Understanding how we respond to diet and lifestyle changes

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Trying to understand each body response to each diet and lifestyle change, individually, is certainly a losing battle. It is a bit like the ...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The theory of supercompensation: Strength training frequency and muscle gain

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Moderate strength training has a number of health benefits, and is viewed by many as an important component of a natural lifestyle that ap...
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Saturday, April 26, 2025

The amounts of water, carbohydrates, fat, and protein lost during a 30-day fast

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When it comes to losing fat and maintaining muscle, at the same time, there are no shortcuts. The process generally has to be slow to be hea...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

My transformation: I cannot remember the last time I had a fever

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The two photos below (click to enlarge) were taken 4 years apart. The one on the left was taken in 2006, when I weighed 210 lbs (95 kg). Sin...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Growth hormone: The fountain of youth

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Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated with aging, and, m...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Body fat and disease: How much body fat can I lose in one day?

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Body fat is not an inert deposit of energy. It can be seen as a distributed endocrine organ. Body fat cells, or adipocytes, secrete a number...
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