Fasting

Menopausal Weight Gain: The Problem and Solution Explained

Menopause—the cessation of monthly hormone cycles, bleeding (menses), and egg releases (ovulation) that often occurs in a woman’s forties and fifties—is often met with dread. The hormone changes during a woman’s transition into menopause (i.e., perimenopause) cause mood swings, changes in body temperature, unpredictable bleeding, energy fluctuations, and ever-feared weight gain. Understanding and addressing menopausal …

Data-Driven Fasting: How to Use your Blood Glucose as a Fuel Gauge

by Marty Kendall

Data-Driven Fasting is a first-of-its-kind, personalised approach to guide your daily eating routine using your internal fuel gauge. Most popular fasting approaches prescribe a strict one-size-fits-all pattern, like 18:6, 20:4, alternate day or multi-day extended fasting. Unfortunately, without personalisation, people only learn to ignore and push through their hunger, often leading to poorer food …

Will Coffee Break My Fast? A Complete Guide on Coffee and How It Affects You.

by Marty Kendall

One of the most common questions we get from newbies in our Data-Driven Fasting Challenge is around their beloved morning cuppa joe. Many people enjoy a cup of hot coffee or tea in the morning, which often allows them to delay their first meal and their blood glucose to drop below their trigger later on. …

Keto Lie #7: Fasting for Longer is Better

by Marty Kendall

After reading this far, it may not be a surprise that I also got into the fasting craze when it was booming in Ketoland. I was such a super fan that both Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore asked me to write a review of their book, The Complete Guide to Fasting. The chart below shows …

Hunger Training… How to Use Your Glucometer as a Fuel Gauge to Train Your Appetite For Sustainable Weight Loss

by Marty Kendall

Hunger Training… how to use your blood glucose meter as a fuel gauge to train your appetite for sustainable long term fat loss.

Optimising Nutrition With Food (Not Supps) | Lisa Angioli

by Marty Kendall

When most people think of micronutrients, they think of expensive bottles of pills and potions that they usually forget to take. But we are unashamedly on a #foodfirst mission to show people how to get the nutrients they need from the food they eat every day. Again and again, we see amazing results when people …

What Lies Have You Been Told About Fasting?

by Marty Kendall

Trending diets that explode on the general consciousness (e.g. intermittent fasting, keto, plant-based diets, carnivore, etc.) are frequently birthed by half-truths and wishful thinking and then nurtured by misinformation as they grow cult-like followings. Everyone knows someone who experienced near-miraculous results by following a particular diet. Converts construct rigid beliefs and rituals around new weight …

Eat Like a King at Breakfast – Does It Work? What the Data Has to Say About Early Time-Restricted Feeding (eTRF)

by Marty Kendall

A popular adage suggests we should “eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper”. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] We interrogated more than half a million days of food diaries to see whether it is actually helpful to eat like a king for breakfast. Eat dinner like a pauper …

How Many Times Should I Eat a Day to Lose Weight? Is One Meal a Day Better than Two?

by Marty Kendall

what’s the best eating routine to lose weight… eTRF, IF, OMAD, multiple small meals.

Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day?

by Marty Kendall

According to some, the idea that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” was generated by Kellogg’s to sell cereal designed to decrease libido and control masturbation. Today, many people like to skip breakfast because they are busy in the morning or to help manage their food intake across the day. But what can …