A Look at the 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet
What are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking...
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Micromorts: Putting Risk Into Perspective
We can raise BDNF levels in our brain by fasting and exercising, as well as by eating and avoiding certain foods. There is accumulating evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may be playing a role in human depression. BDNF controls...
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Is Our Life Expectancy Extended by Intermittent Fasting?
Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that...
How Safe Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting?
Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting...
Plant-Based Meats and Our Health
According to the United Nations, meat and dairy production would need to be doubled to...
Putting Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting to the Test
Does eating every other day prevent the metabolic slowing that accompanies weight loss, or does...
Marijuana and Schizophrenia?
The evidence linking cannabis use to psychotic disorders is considered strong enough to warrant a...
The Safety of Fasting to Lose Weight
Why should fasts lasting longer than 24 hours and particularly for three or more days...
Does Fasting Benefit Weight Loss?
Like the keto diet, fasting for one or two weeks can actually slow the loss...
Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the Test
For more than a century, fasting has been used as a weight-loss treatment. I’ve talked...
Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels
Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples (and spinach) in a test of artery...
Any Pitfalls with Restricting Calories?
How may we preserve bone and mass on a low-calorie diet? One of the...
Restricting Calories for Longevity?
Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing. We’ve...
Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2023
We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of...
Sugar and Gaining Weight
The sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms...
The New Rule for Calories per Pound of Weight Loss
You may lose a pound of fat by skipping just 10 calories a day or...
Why Weight Loss Plateaus on Diets
What are the metabolic and behavioral adaptations that slow weight loss? Thanks to millions...
Debunking the 3,500-Calorie-per-Pound Rule
How many fewer calories do you have to eat every day to lose one pound...
Dairy Milk Hormones’ Effects on Cancer
What are the effects of the female sex hormones in cow’s milk on men, women,...
The 411 on Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes blanketing the earth....
Keto Diets and Diabetes
Ketogenic diets are put to the test for diabetes reversal. As you can see...
Muscle Shrinkage and Bone Loss on Keto Diets?
Ketogenic diets have been found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and...
The Safety of Keto Diets
What are the effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease...
Can You Sustain Weight Loss on Ketosis?
Might the appetite-suppressing effects of ketosis improve dietary compliance? The new data are said to...
Can You Lose Weight on a Keto Diet?
Let’s dive into ketogenic diets and their $33-billion gimmick. The carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity, the...
