Intermittent Fasting: Effects on Body Weight and Blood Sugar Regulation
In this blog post, we discuss the impact of different forms of intermittent fasting on body weight and blood sugar regulation.
Time-Restricted Eating: Effects on Body Weight, Fat Mass, Visceral Fat, and Liver Fat
Time-restricted eating, or TRE, is a popular form of intermittent fasting in which food intake is restricted to 4-10 hours per day. In this blog post, we are reviewing all of the available evidence on how TRE affects body weight, body fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat, and the liver fat content. We also discuss the role of the specific type of TRE, such as early versus late TRE and the length of the eating window.
How to Interpret Your CGM Data
In this blog post, we are discussing how to interpret CGM data to identify glucose intolerance and blood sugar spikes.
Keys to a Healthy Body Weight: Being Mindful of Non-Hunger Eating
This blog post discusses psychological triggers of overeating, including emotional eating and cravings for certain foods, and suggest tools to become more mindful of these triggers of overeating.
Understanding The Triggers of Overeating And Weight Gain
In this blog post, we will discuss the ten key triggers of overeating, each of which increases spontaneous calorie intake and body weight.
Stop Dieting and Achieve Healthy Weight Loss by Maximizing Satiety per Calorie
In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of maximizing satiety per calorie consumed, and the three key factors that make a food or a meal more satiating (or filling).
A Neglected Risk Factor for Chronic Disease: The Insulin Resistance Syndrome
A common phenomenon people observe as they age is that over time, their blood lipids such as cholesterol and triglycerides, their blood pressure, and their blood sugar levels increase steadily. However, this development is not inevitable. In this blog post, we will discuss what we have termed the insulin resistance syndrome, an accumulation of cardiometabolic risk factors that often emerge together, and its root causes.
Do Carbs Cause Insulin Resistance?
A common claim on social media and in several nutrition books is that eating a high-carb diet causes insulin resistance. In this blog post, we review whether this claim is supported by scientific evidence.
Causes of Insulin Resistance: The Personal Fat Threshold
In this blog post, we will thoroughly review the personal fat threshold hypothesis, how fat tissue works and what happens inside the body when fat can no longer be safely stored.
Measuring Insulin Resistance
Insulin resistance is a common phenomenon, and not just in people with diabetes or prediabetes. In this blog post, we will discuss reasons for measuring insulin resistance, who should get tested, which lab test makes the most sense, and how lab results can be interpreted.