Disclaimer: This post is completely tongue-in-cheek and is intended to illustrate what NOT to do if you want to keep your T levels high. It is not aimed at people that have a medical need to lower their testosterone. Today I want to look at eight easy... (read full article)
Is this what happens when “The Crave” hits? Craving: an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing We’ve all been there. You have a sudden, intense urge to eat something sweet or salty. It’s never broccoli. It’s probably... (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)
I’ve talked about this before, in discussing the fallacious “Heart Healthy Lunchroom” of my former employer. Now there is actually proof: Snacks In Small Packages May Lead To Overeating (Abstract). Yet new research found that people... (read full article)
Which one is natural? Those that watch much of any television have probably seen the two new advertisements about High-Fructose Corn Syrup (see videos below). Today, I came across another great post by Ross Enamait about these two videos. Just as an... (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)
