Intermittent fasting review just published

I was hinted about this work on Intermittent Fasting (IF) by Martin Berkhan over at Leangains.com. It’s a thorough systemic review of possibly all that we know about Intermittent fasting and how it works in animals and, to a lesser degree, in men (that’s understandable – lab animals live two years, humans quite a bit […]

Intermittent fasting – long term? Or not.

I don’t know yet. I will explain. But before I do here are two snapshots (selfies I guess) that I took about an hour ago. These are taken at noon before my first meal for the day and after I’ve just come back from a 3-mile run, preceded by a few sets of pull-ups and […]

Intermittent Fasting Experiment

More updates on my progress with Intermittent Fasting here. – – – Just recently, following the Wholehealthsource blog I found myself onto another blog (don’t remember) and the from there on a couple of blogs (Rippedbody and Leangains) that discussed Intermittent Fasting (IF). Then I remembered one of my two employees from the time I had Viitals asked me whether I’ve […]

Does coffee break my fast?

Does coffee break my fast

If you are doing Intermittent Fasting (like me), you are probably wondering if coffee breaks your fast. You may even want to know if adding stuff to your coffee during fasting (fats, sugar) breaks your fast.A few words on adding stuff to your coffee (tea, etc) during your fasting window.Enter your text here… (Photo by […]

Video: How to eat what you want and never gain any fat

How to eat what you want

[arve url=”httpsss://youtu.be/b6DHXH3dcBw”] It’s never a great idea to eat what you want but it is possible – without gaining any weight.. or fat, just to call it what it is. During my competitive bodybuilding years, I used to eat six times a day and I used to carefully measure everything I ate. It was cumbersome and […]

Six Meals vs Two Meals

The question is are more frequent and smaller meals better for you or are fewer and larger meals better? Six meals vs two meals? Which way to go?     You’re probably going to ask, “Doesn’t this depend on your goal? Isn’t it different if you want to lose fat vs to gain weight/muscle?” The […]

Calorie Restriction And Muscle Loss

It is common knowledge among body building circles that calorie restriction causes muscle loss. In other words, if you eat below your maintenance calories you lose muscle mass. Calorie Restriction And Muscle Loss – True or not? I personally am guilty of subscribing to the “calorie restriction makes you waste muscle” notion. I used to eat 6 times […]

How To Eat Daily to Lose Weight

It is an interesting fact, I think, that so many people want to know how to eat daily to lose weight. Why? Because of the paradox: “how/what to eat” to “lose weight”. See what I mean? Folks still want to know how with eating they can lose weight.. And, the simple truth is you don’t […]