Longo and Anderson reviewed hundreds of studies on nutrition, diseases and longevity in laboratory animals and humans and combined them with their own studies on nutrients and aging. The analysis included popular diets such as the restriction of total calories, the high-fat and low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet, vegetarian and vegan diets, and the Mediterranean diet.The article … Continue reading Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer
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New Kilogram Standard
"Officially, in the US, 1 pound is defined as 0.45359237 kilograms. A foot is defined as 0.3048 meters...[As of today, the kilogram is being redefined in terms of Planck's constant, which we only recently measured accurately enough to derive kilograms from it to an acceptable level of accuracy:]The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit … Continue reading New Kilogram Standard
5k Math
Over the last several years, I've taken my weight before a 5K race and logged the time. After 12 measurements, it looks like I can get a good, conservative prediction of my time from my weight: weight x 7.5 = seconds to complete 5k. To put it another way, for every 8 pounds lost, there … Continue reading 5k Math
The Fallacy of Calories In / Calories Out as a Mental Model for Weight Control
One of the common comments people make about weight control is: "It's just calories in / calories out." It's true, but it's also wrong in important ways. For example, one of the things that we know happens once people reach their thirties is that they start to lose 3-5% of their muscle mass per decade. … Continue reading The Fallacy of Calories In / Calories Out as a Mental Model for Weight Control
Time-Restricted Feeding Without Reducing Caloric Intake Prevents Metabolic Diseases in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet
"We demonstrate in mice that tRF [time restricted feeding] regimen is a nonpharmacological strategy against obesity and associated diseases." —Megumi, Hatori, et al. "Time-Restricted Feeding without Reducing Caloric Intake Prevents Metabolic Diseases in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet." Cell Metabolism. April 2012.
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