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PRINCIPLE #1: MINIMIZE THE RELEASE OF INSULIN, A STORAGE HORMONE.
Timothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
- Don’t Mix High Fats & High Carbs — Avoid metabolic traffic jams
- Treat Fat Like a Supplement — Saturated fats > PUFAs, time fat intake
- Use the Fat Hierarchy —
- S-tier: MCT, stearic acid (tallow, cocoa butter)
- A-tier: EPA/DHA, lauric acid (coconut oil)
- B-tier: Olive oil, mac nuts (sparingly)
- F-tier: Seed oils, trans fats (never)
- Leverage Starc
Shredmaxxing Protocol (Part 3.)
You can’t lose fat if your cells are insulin resistant.
But over 1 in 3 people are—and most have no clue.
Here are 10 underrated science-backed hacks to reverse insulin resistance (and finally get lean): 🧵 https://t.co/T6qC8ZUN2K
When we’re healthy, muscle, fat, and liver cells require little insulin to respond. But repeated and prolonged stimulation of insulin receptors will over time force the cell to desensitize itself by reducing the number of receptors on the surface.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
Here’s the conclusion of yet another study, from September 2016: “Our results do not support the association between CVD [cardiovascular disease] and saturated fat, which is still contained in official dietary guidelines. Instead, they agree with data accumulated from recent studies that link CVD risk with the high glycemic index/load of carbohydra
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