Mainstream thought regarding dieting is that the most viable influencing factor in weight management is daily caloric intake. Thus, if you want to lose weight, you just have to reduce your calories. This works up to a certain point. But after a while the body’s metabolism slows down, so one has to maintain a lower level of calories or continue redu

Women also need to feel a sense of freedom, to live instinctually, and especially to enjoy the satisfaction of so-called “wild” pleasures—which, unfortunately, are too often repressed or inhibited. Artificial aesthetic standards set by Madison Avenue, and society for that matter, tend to dictate that women limit themselves and endure the tyranny of

On the scientific side, the hormonal balance is different when you fast than it is after you eat. After you eat a full meal, including carbs, the insulin system is dominant. Insulin promotes buildup of material (both protein and fat) in your tissues. On the other hand, during a controlled fast, the glucagon system takes over from the insulin system

How Many Calories Should You Consume during the Overeating Phase? For some people overeating will be 600 calories a meal. For others, like myself, it’s 1,500 to 2,500 calories a meal (a main meal means all food intake at night, including late-night snacks).

In their eyes, morality and physical health went hand in hand. Traditional Roman healing remedies included: Fasting—to heal stomach troubles Pomegranate extract—for colic and worms Cabbage—According to Cato, cabbage was a universal remedy for almost every illness. Treats such as fried cabbage were used to heal insomnia. The popular “cabbage soup di

His approach is what I call ‘revolutionarily de-evolutionary.’ In other words, your freedom from excess body fat, flat energy levels, and poor physical performance begins with unlearning the modern ways, which have failed you, and forging a new understanding steeped in the secret traditions of the ancient Roman warrior.”

So for now, let’s just say that stubborn fat presents three major problems: It doesn’t have a high enough ratio of beta receptors to alpha receptors, so it doesn’t respond to adrenal fat-burning stimulation. It is highly sensitive to estrogen, which promotes the growth of estrogen-sensitive fat tissues and thus accelerates fat gain. And, on top of

you’ll feel great when practicing it! This is partly due to something that happens during undereating, which I call the “brain-boosting factor” or “getting high.” This holds especially true for those who like to feel highly energetic, alert, clear-minded, focused, as well as those who want to boost their creative or competitive drive. There’s somet

Most diets are built on a very simple equation and, to me, this is wrong. Many modern diets can’t work for very long because it’s impossible to follow a specific, straight formula in an un-straight world. It’s just not realistic. And anyway, you shouldn’t eat the same food or ingest the same number of calories every single day because of changes in