Disclaimer
• Your life and health are your own responsibility.
• Your decisions to act (or not act) based on information or advice anyone provides you—including me—are your own responsibility.

Categories

The Science Behind The “Low Carb Flu”, and How To Regain Your Metabolic Flexibility

Important note! For a more up-to-date exploration of this subject, I strongly recommend my 2013 AHS presentation “What Is Metabolic Flexibility, And Why Is It Important?”

Most of us who eat a low-carbohydrate diet—Paleo, Primal, Atkins, or otherwise—experience anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks of low energy [ . . . ]

Continue reading “The Science Behind The “Low Carb Flu”, and How To Regain Your Metabolic Flexibility”

Carbohydrates Matter, At Least At The Low End (There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” To Your Body, Part VII)

In previous installments, we’ve proven the following:

A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it at a different time of day. A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it in a differently processed form. A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it as a wholly different food. A [ . . . ]

Continue reading “Carbohydrates Matter, At Least At The Low End (There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” To Your Body, Part VII)”

There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” (To Your Body)

A friend of mine once said “The problem with explaining complicated systems to the layman is this: it’s easy to simplify a concept to the point that that it’s no longer true.

To that end, I submit the following hypothesis:

The concept of the “calorie”, as applied to nutrition, is an oversimplification so [ . . . ]

Continue reading “There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” (To Your Body)”