Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

The high-protein, low-glycemic index diet maintained weight loss better than the low-fat diet over six months.8 Part of the reason may be that different weight-loss diets provoke different changes in total energy expenditure. Dr. David Ludwig from Harvard University9 found that the low-fat diet slowed body metabolism the most. What was the best die

Fat is stored energy and muscle is functional tissue. Fat is burned first. This situation is akin to storing a huge amount of firewood but deciding to burn your sofa instead. It’s stupid. Why do we assume the human body is so stupid? The body preserves muscle mass until fat stores become so low that it has no other choice.

Lose Body Fat: Overconsumption of carbs may cause oversecretion of insulin, which inhibits fat breakdown. If you want to lose body fat, have carbohydrates as the last component of your meal (after protein). This method naturally minimizes the amount of carbs that you eat without a feeling of deprivation. The fewer carbs you ingest, the more fat you

When your liver and muscles become filled with glycogen, any glucose remaining in the bloodstream that isn’t used in “real time” by your brain or muscles (such as during an intense workout) gets converted into triglycerides in the liver and sent to fat cells for storage.