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 design that favors...

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 that attract man...

Dr. Jekyll dieted and became Mr. Hyde

One of the most fascinating topics for an independent health researcher is the dichotomy between short- and long-term responses in success...

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 successful at procur...

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 approach to mak...

Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time: Various issues and two key requirements

In my previous post ( ), I mentioned that the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time seems impossible to most people because...

Kleiber's law and its possible implications for obesity

Kleiber's law ( ) is one of those “laws” of nature that is both derived from, and seems to fit quite well with, empirical data. It appli...

Fasting for 24 hours and ending up with a bigger waist!? This may be a sign that you are losing abdominal fat

This is such a common phenomenon that you’d expect to see it discussed more often – people fasting for a non-negligible number of hours and ...