Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by JC of JCD Fitness. When discussing eating habits, especially within the fitness population, the subject is often a very touchy one. To many, eating is much more than some task we must perform in order to... (read full article)
Many in the mainstream hear the word “fast” and immediately think “starvation”. Heck, I used to think that way too until I started to dig deeper and understand more about how the body works (and was designed to survive all this... (read full article)
As we wrap up another year, we figured that we would go back and pick out some of the best quotes from our past articles of 2009. So here they are (with the original articles linked as well) in no particular order for you to enjoy! Best Quotes/One liners... (read full article)
For a long time I’ve used the initials “IF” to stand for “Intermittent Fasting”, but from now on I’m also going a different route. “IF” will now also be known as “Intermittent Feeding”! From... (read full article)
You are now entering a No-Diet Zone. Enjoy! “Diet” is a 4 letter word. I’ve always said that if it is something that I would not be able to do personally, then there is no way I could tell other people to do it. I’ve tried it all.... (read full article)
The Best of IF Life and Modern Forager from 2008 As most of you know (or newer readers may not), Mike and I recently merged our blogs (namely the IF Life and Modern Forager) into the Fitness Spotlight in early 2009. Each of our personal sites had grown... (read full article)
Do you really need to be eating all this prepacked stuff to lose weight? In Part I of learning about how eating more meals does not speed up your metabolism, we covered many research studies that showed there was no benefit for so called accelerated thermogenesis... (read full article)
Why are you really being told to eat all these prepacked meals? Could it be a marketing ploy? This is one of the biggest myths and misconceptions that I hear all the time in mainstream media and people trying to tell me how to eat healthy. Ask any trainer,... (read full article)
Athletes are a persnickety, dogmatic bunch; we’re open to change in so long as it fits the narrowly constructed worldview that we perceive has brought us success. Be it training, diet, or mental preparation, we tend to bend ideas to fit into “our”... (read full article)
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September 15, 2008
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)
