Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

In a previous post ( ), I discussed the frequently reported lowest-mortality body mass index (BMI), which is about 26. The empirical results...

Labels: BMI, body fat, calorie restriction, longevity, mortality, multivariate analysis, muscle gain, muscle loss

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

Do overweight folks live longer? It is not uncommon to see graphs like the one below, from the Med Journal Watch blog ( ), suggesting that, ...

Labels: BMI, body fat, body fat loss, longevity, mortality, multivariate analysis, muscle gain, muscle loss

Posted by Admin | 10:49 AM

I wrote most of this post a while ago, and then forgot about it. The recent blogosphere storm of comments regarding cold-induced thermogene...

Labels: body fat loss, cold-induced thermogenesis, muscle loss, NEAT, strength training, supercompensation

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

In the two last posts I discussed the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time ( ) ( ). This post outlines one approach to mak...

Labels: body fat, fasting, fat loss, intermittent fasting, muscle gain, muscle loss, protein

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

In my previous post ( ), I mentioned that the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time seems impossible to most people because...

Labels: autophagy, body fat, fat loss, muscle gain, muscle loss, protein, strength training

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

Many people struggle to lose body fat, and never quite make it to their optimal. Fewer people manage to do so successfully, and, as soon as ...

Labels: anorexia, body fat, calorie restriction, muscle gain, muscle loss, osteoporosis

Posted by Admin | 5:49 PM

Compensatory adaptation (CA)  is an idea that is useful in the understanding of how the body reacts to inputs like dietary intake of macronu...

Labels: body fat, compensatory adaptation, gluconeogenesis, glucose, glycogen depletion, intermittent fasting, ketones, ketosis, muscle gain, muscle loss, research, resistance exercise, strength training

Posted by Admin | 6:46 AM

This previous post  looks at the amounts of protein needed to maintain a nitrogen balance of zero. It builds on data about individuals doing...

Labels: calorie restriction, endurance exercise, muscle gain, muscle loss, nitrogen balance, protein, research

Posted by Admin | 7:51 AM

The figure below, from Brooks et al. (2005), shows a graph relating nitrogen balance and protein intake. A nitrogen balance of zero is a sta...

Labels: endurance exercise, muscle gain, muscle loss, nitrogen balance, protein, research

Posted by Admin | 7:20 AM

Loss of muscle mass is associated with aging. It is also associated with the metabolic syndrome, together with excessive body fat gain. It i...

Labels: BMI, body fat, diabetes, diseases of civilization, evolution, fat loss, muscle gain, muscle loss, obesity, Okinawa

Posted by Admin | 3:37 PM

This is an issue that often comes up in online health discussions, and was the topic of a conversation I had the other day with a friend abo...

Labels: fasting, intermittent fasting, muscle gain, muscle loss, research