Sex Differences in Fat Storage Body fat In general, women have more body fat than men. Studies looking at morbidity and mortality among adults suggest that the healthiest levels of body fat are considered to be 20-30% for women and…
Fat Loss 101 – Understanding the Different Types of Body Fat Few things in this world garner as much collective agreement as the recognition that excess body fat is detrimental to health. In fact, body fat is the target of…
Why US Health Care Ranks Last Among Developed Nations, and What to do About it The United States is heralded as a center for innovation in the health sciences, esteemed as the location of many major advances in medicine and…
Which is Worse – Low Muscle Mass or High Fat Mass? When talking about body composition and metabolic health, much attention is directed at reducing body weight as the primary indicator of progress. Study after study uses the Body Mass…
How to Get Fat-Adapted In the modern day, nearly all adults are glucose-adapted, but not fat-adapted. This scenario is a function of the relatively high carbohydrate intake that is typical in the Standard American Diet. All carbohydrates break down into…
Quality Health Care How direct primary care can transform health care Why is it that the USA is renowned for its medical breakthroughs and yet it remains the most expensive and lowest quality among developed countries? While many are quick…
Fat Adaptation and it’s Critical Role in Weight Loss There are basically two fuels that can be utilized by the human body for energy: carbohydrates and fat. The vast majority of people are routinely utilizing carbohydrates as their fuel and…
What Happens to your Metabolism when you Restrict Calories? Wouldn’t it be great if losing weight was simply a function of decreasing how many calories you ate? Everyone wants to manipulate calories to control their weight just like dollars determine…
More Problems with Calorie Counting While many people are obsessed with counting calories in an attempt to lose weight, it’s clear that a strict Calories In Calories Out (CICO) model is not as helpful as we would like to believe.…
Changing Habits for the New Year: How to Conquer Your Resolutions Time again for the tradition of New Year’s resolutions, for good or bad. There is a dismal success rate of resolutions, depending on which study you come across –…
