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The answer is not to try to eat less; it is to decrease our insulin levels by flattening our glucose curves – and this often actually means eating more food, as you’ll see a bit later.
Jessie Inchauspé • Glucose Revolution: The life-changing power of balancing your blood sugar
Limiting your average carb intake to 50 to 100 grams per day will effectively moderate your insulin production and optimize your fat-burning process. At this level of carbohydrate intake, your body will be stimulated to burn more stored fats and manufacture a little extra glucose in the liver through gluconeogenesis. In this case, however, dietary
... See moreMark Sisson • The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Primal Blueprint Series)
Prout was also the first to propose that our food contains three essential substances, which he called “the saccharine, the oily, and the albuminous.” We know them as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. As proof, Prout observed that all three are found in a mother’s milk. If we did not need them, it was evident to Prout, God would not have put them
... See moreDan Levitt • What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
The secret of successful and sustainable weight loss is to understand how our bodies regulate our body weight set-point. It is not as simple as energy in and energy out.
Andrew Jenkinson • Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite
weight. Research has shown that humans gravitate toward eating a specific weight-based quantity of food each day. In one such study, subjects were allowed to feed freely on vegetable-and-pasta salad. On one occasion, the salad was 80 percent pasta and 20 percent vegetables; on another occasion, it was the reverse: 80 percent vegetables and 20
... See moreDoug McGuff • Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week
Inside chloroplasts, green discs called thylakoids are the workhorses of this process, and you’ll consume them if you eat any unprocessed green vegetables. When thylakoids enter the gut, they block the activity of the hormone lipase, which is released from the pancreas to digest fat. Inhibiting lipase slows fat breakdown and increases a sense of
... See moreCasey Means • Good Energy
100 to 150 grams per day: Primal Blueprint Maintenance Range Allows for genetically optimal fat burning, muscle development, and effortless weight maintenance. Rationale supported by humans eating and evolving in this range or below for millions of years. Dietary emphasis on vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and animal foods, with grains and
... See moreMark Sisson • The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Primal Blueprint Series)
top gastroenterologist Dr. Will