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Part 5: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast? – Exercising and The Rest

Here we are nearing the end of our journey through the physiology of fasting. It’s been an interesting, enlightening ride and provides further justification for incorporating Intermittent Fasting of some sort into one’s dietary regimen.... (read full article)

What I’m Reading: Spice: The History of A Temptation

Spice: The History of A Temptation combines two things I love: history and spices. I had no idea that reading about the latter could be an exercise in the former. Columbus’ voyage, the ensuing Portugese-Spanish rivalry for the spice islands,... (read full article)

Part 4: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast? – Healing and Longevity

Here we are at the fourth installment of our look at the physiology of fasting. Thus far, we’ve looked at energy production, hormonal effects, the anti-inflammatory nature of fasting, and changes in blood markers. Today, let’s look at healing,... (read full article)

Part 3: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast? – Inflammation and Blood

Get it? Blood sugar! In our previous two posts, we took a high-level look at the hormonal effects of fasting, along with some of the benefits of these hormonal changes. Today, we’ll take a quick look at the effects on inflammation and blood. Inflammation Inflammation... (read full article)

Part 2: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast? – Playing With Hormones

Last time, we started looking at the physiological effects of fasting. I first looked at it from the perspective of energy production. As we saw, fasting has several effects on hormones, such as glucagon, epinephrine, and adrenocorticotropic hormone... (read full article)

Part 1: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast? – Energy Production

Today, we Skribit. The question of the day, with 184 votes, is a very interesting one. It is: Physiological processes during fasting As you know, I’m a big fan of intermittent fasting, but this is an area of it that I’ve never really looked... (read full article)

What Is A Paradox? French, Atkins, and Inuit

par·a·dox: ‘noun 1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. 2. a self-contradictory and false proposition. 3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory... (read full article)