The fluctuations in hormones, cravings, and appetite that occur throughout a woman’s monthly cycle are fascinating and mysterious — not just for guys, but for most women as well! In the days leading up to menstruation, women often experience an increase in cravings, appetite, blood glucose, and insulin levels. This is sometimes accompanied by water …
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Despite apparently doing everything ‘right’, some people experience a rapid blood glucose crash not long after they eat. This leaves them tired, hangry, and ready to eat everything and anything in their pantry! This condition—or symptom, I should say—is known as reactive hypoglycemia. We’ve had a LOT of questions over the years in our programs …
Read moreReactive Hypoglycemia: Symptoms, Causes & Dietary Solutions
Carbs trigger the release of insulin, which makes you fat. Right? No. Not exactly. After some fascinating discussion in a private chat group that we’re both in, Dr Ted Naiman created his ‘insulinographic’ to elucidate the personal fat threshold and the adipose-centric theory of diabesity. When I shared it, it prompted some great discussion …
Read moreThe Personal Fat Threshold Model of Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Obesity
There are many misconceptions about insulin and how to optimise it. Many in the low-carb and keto communities believe the best way to reverse insulin resistance is simply to swap carbs for fat and even avoid protein! However, the reality is a little more complex. While switching your carbs for fat may help you manage one …
Read moreThe Real Reason You’re Insulin Resistant and The Macros to Reverse It
To lose weight — and keep it off — it’s critical to understand how fat loss happens in your body. To help you optimise your fat loss journey, this article will teach you everything you need to know about oxidative priority (the order in which you tend to burn the fuels available to your body). …
Read moreOxidative Priority: The Key to Unlocking Your Body Fat Stores
I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot about Jessie Inchauspe, “The Glucose Goddess”, lately. Many people have asked me what I think of her approach to stabilising blood glucose. So, I spent some time checking out her Instagram, website, Amazon preview and everything I could find on her new book, Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing …
Read moreGlucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspe (the Glucose Goddess): Review
We wanted to say a MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to the Optimisers who participated in our first Macros Masterclass and showcase their fantastic results in this article. Six hundred and eighty-four Optimisers joined us on 8 January 2022 to the first-ever Macros Masterclass, ready and raring to go. They quickly settled into our new dedicated platform. After …
It was a thrill to see people learn as they put the theory into practice in our first Data-Driven Fasting 30-day Challenge. It’s fun to see the process through the eyes of people taking the journey, with all their “ah-ha” moments. Many of the observations reinforced our previous analysis. But there were also surprises. Check …
This article looks at the mechanisms of type 2 diabetes and gives you a road map to help you to maximise your chance of achieving optimal blood glucose control, fat loss and long-term metabolic health.
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 …