The importance of protein intake is far underappreciated, especially as we age. Perhaps due to misleading interpretation of low-quality research (epidemiological studies, in particular), people have come to believe that high protein intake is harmful. Instead, there is abundant research…
Chances are that you’ll soon be sitting down to the annual tradition of a Thanksgiving dinner. As you’re filling your plate, your eyes are darting around at all of your favorite dishes that you see only once a year. …
Fueling Your Body – Carb-loaded vs Fat-fueled Talking with a patient of mine recently who is soon to embark on a long backpacking trip reminded me of an important lesson I learned the hard way about how to fuel your…
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…
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…
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.…
Metabolic flexibility One of the most important principles for metabolic health is that of metabolic flexibility. Metabolic flexibility is the ability of our bodies to switch between utilizing different nutrient energy sources (carbohydrate and fat) depending on what is available…
