How many diet books do you think are out there? Take some time one day to walk around your local bookstore and go into the health/diet/fitness section. I do this every couple months just to see what the heck people are trying to sell off nowadays as... (read full article)
Carb confusion.....what is the right answer? Low carb diets. Slow carb diets. No carb diets. What really works for weight/fat loss? Well, most all do to some degree depending on many factors. Unfortunately with the mountain of diet books out there and... (read full article)
As part of my series on the Physiology of Fasting, I read Brad Pilon’s ebook Eat Stop Eat. It is an incredibly well-written and in-depth book. Scientific, yet easy to read. All-encompassing, yet short enough to get through in several hours. The... (read full article)
Given the late summer bounty of sweet bell peppers and the temptation that came over me when I saw the unbelievable selection at the farmer’s market this weekend, I decided it was a good time for some peperonata. Basically, peperonata is a dish... (read full article)
I’m going to share with you one my favorite shopping experiences: a Polish grocery store. There happens to be a successful big one in my area here in Toronto, but at least some of what I’ve found is likely to be available at smaller East... (read full article)
Recapping The Goodness First, I’d like to give a quick bullet-point run-down of some of the effects of fasting that I reported on in the last five posts. Liver glycogen levels are depleted within 8-10 hours. Muscle glycogen falls by 50% over... (read full article)
