Aug 19, 2014 | Eating Disorders, Guest Posts, Metabolism |
Here’s the story. Some wonks in a lab starved some yeast and found that the yeast seemed to live longer than well-fed yeast. ?Hey!,? they said, ?That must mean that if we starve mice, monkeys, and humans, they’ll live longer, too! Fast forward a few years and some other scientists tested the hypothesis in mice and rats and got…mixed results. Some rodents just wouldn’t...
Oct 2, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Rob Archangel In an effort both self-motivated, and in the interests of research, I have gone over to the dark side, readers. I am now tracking my calorie intake in an experiment to personally test the ‘calories in, calories out’ (CICO) paradigm, and better understand why so many bright and respected minds find success in conscious calorie manipulation if done...
Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized |
By Rob Archangel, 180DegreeHealth.com staff writer Happy New Year Crew! Anyone looking for a little aural dose of 180? Well you’re in luck. Matt appeared recently on Healthy Talk with Dr Mike to talk about Eat for Heat and to discuss how to eat for a long, robust life. Should be a good one. Check it out today, January 2 at 1pm EST, or you can download or stream it anytime afterward...
Dec 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I didn’t have time to write a full-on post today, but wanted to keep our Calorie Myth series going. Here is a video on some of the basics of the simplistic “eat less/exercise more” approach to weight loss – and why this approach is an ineffective long-term strategy with negative physical and psychological side effects…
Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
?When Atwater burned foods in a bomb calorimeter? he assumed that humans could use all the energy present in a food and digested in the body. If foods burns in the bomb calorimeter, Atwater seemed to conclude, it produces the same amount of energy value in our bodies. But the human body is not a bomb calorimeter. We do not ignite food inside our bodies. We digest it, and we use calories to pay...
