People often wonder what intermittent fasting “feels like,” assuming it’s a state of constant hunger and food-frenzied day dreaming. (That’s what I always thought!) On the contrary, intermittent fasting is basically devoid of appetite. You just… don’t think about food! You know when you’re in love/like/lust with someone, and you’re just like Who needs food because I just […]
Continue reading >Confession: I haven’t upgraded my iPhone 4 because I love not worrying about messing it up. Since it’s so old, it doesn’t matter to me if it gets a dent, or if I drop it in water. Once I get a brand new shiny phone, I’ll have to worry about that first fingerprint smudge, that first scratch, that first […]
Continue reading > If all the gloom and doom of inflammatory conditions (Part I) and gut microbiome dysbiosis (Part II) freaked you out a smidge, have no fear! It’s never too late to take things into your own hands (literally). Here are some solutions to help cool inflammation and restore gut happiness! A happy gut is a happy you! (Also, quite literally.) DIET An […]
Continue reading > Deluding yourself is usually not a good thing… except when it’s a good thing. A 2011 study conducted at Yale, found that perception of calorie intake influences the body’s hormonal and metabolic response to calorie intake. Check out my YouTube Video on the study, or just keep reading! The study administered a 380 calorie milkshake to 46 participants, in two separate […]
Continue reading > Time to look at the Gut Microbiome! IN Part I of this gutsy series, I discussed how what we eat determines levels of inflammation and disease. But there’s another chapter in the story, which plays an equally important role. If you thought the fact that 80% of the immune system is in the gut was crazy, consider this: about 90% of […]
Continue reading > Today’s questions comes from What When Diet reader Paul: Loved your book. It reminded me of why I loved doing primal a few years. The steakssss and going to farmers marketsss… Ok basically, I’m a musician and gained some pounds after moving to LA. But this last year I’ve been trying to shed off those pounds. And being semi- […]
Continue reading > Todays questions come from Murcia, who started IF, and has a few followup questions after reading The What When Wine Diet. “Your book is Amazing and I just finished it 🙂 I guess I have to start again. I thoroughly enjoyed the science behind it all. Very fascinating stuff. I have a few questions in regards to the […]
Continue reading > Today’s Q&A comes from Amy, who has experience with 24 hour fasts, but is now giving Intermittent Fasting a go! “I just purchased your book from Amazon and I’m anxious to jump in. I have two questions for you. All information that I read on IF talks about fasting from food but I haven’t yet seen anything in regards […]
Continue reading > The more I experiment, struggle, fail and succeed with my own health, the more I appreciate the intensity of the gut/brain/life connection. In fact, if I’ve learned one thing in this whole crazy Paleo adventure, it’s that most disease – and the state of health in general – relates to your gut. And what goes […]
Continue reading > I’m starting this Q&A series because I often get random questions from strangers (soon to be friends!) about Paleo/IF etc. Rather than individually answering them, I figured I might as well go public, and help others along the way. Feel free to submit questions here. The following questions come from Shanna, who has experimented with Paleo/keto/IF […]
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