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Entraining Central and Peripheral Circadian Rhythms

“Desynchronization between the central and peripheral clocks by, for instance, altered timing of food intake, can lead to uncoupling of peripheral clocks from the central pacemaker and is, in humans, related to the development of metabolic disorders, including obesity and type 2 diabetes.” If you haven’t … Continue reading

Pharmaceutical-grade circadian enhancement?

Is it possible to improve the amplitude and resiliency of your circadian rhythms?  Is this desirable?  Yes and yes, I think.   Introducing, the aMUPA mice (Froy et al., 2006).  What you need to know about ’em: they have very robust … Continue reading

Carb Back-Loading and the Circadian Regulation of Metabolism

Carb Back-Loading (CBL) redux, part I Step 1: eat little in the morning (maybe some fat+protein; definitely no carb) Step 2: exercise in the afternoon/evening Step 3: eat the carbs, all of them.  Preferably high glycemic carbs. Other: no dietary … Continue reading

Coffee and cigars, the breakfast of champions

Or more specifically, caffeine and nicotine… or really just nicotine.  Today is about the lesser of two evils: nicotine, Mother Nature’s little helper (the other evil being cigarettes [not coffee]).  This curious little molecule is an anti-inflammatory memory boosting appetite … Continue reading

#eTRF 2022

Yo! How you gonna design a weight loss study comparing two interventions but initiate the most rigorous ISOCALORIC reinforcements – regular counseling, phone calls, emails, etc., etc., to all but ensure no difference in weight loss? Yes, because CICO (don’t … Continue reading

One MAD, Two MAD,

Red MAD, Blue MAD. [Patron link] OMAD = One Meal A Day. AKA skipping breakfast & lunch then having a huge dinner. Don’t @ me “I break my fast at 6pm!” It’s still called dinner. It’s a fairly rare practice, … Continue reading

#eTRF: OK, I’ll stop now

Early versus late time-restricted feeding in adults at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes: is there an optimal time to eat for metabolic health? (Lynch et al., 2020) [Patron link] This was a protocol for a future study, but … Continue reading

#eTRF strikes again

Two weeks of early time-restricted feeding improves skeletal muscle insulin and anabolic sensitivity in healthy men (Jones et al., 2020) because that’s what #eTRF does. [Patron link] a little background -this group of researchers do a lot of diet/exercise work … Continue reading

#eTRF OMAD (Singh et al., 2019)

I’m not a huge fan of OMAD (one-meal-a-day) — if it works for you, cool, but it’s not where I’d start. Harder to meet protein requirements, metabolic mayhem refeeds, disrupted sleep quality, etc. But it helps some people control calorie … Continue reading

Short- and long-term regulation of appetite

The energy expenditure and food intake of individual men. [Patron link] So, this study has been making the rounds: Skipping Breakfast Before Exercise Creates a More Negative 24-hour Energy Balance: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy Physically Active Young Men … Continue reading