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How women can optimize cortisol levels to enhance energy and preserve muscle mass

“Chrono-nutrition” is an emerging field that aims to understand how timing of food-intake may impact our health by affecting our circadian rhythm. This 24-hour “master” clock affects several hormones, including insulin, cortisol, epinephrine, melatonin and growth hormone. Each day,...read more


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What we know about creatine in 2025

Creatine is one of the most well-studied and safest supplements. It’s an amino acid that we get in our diet from animal muscle (such as beef, seafood, pork, and poultry) and we store creatine in our own muscle. Carnivores...read more


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Do our bodies have an evolutionary defense mechanism that resists weight loss? A closer look at very low calorie diets.

In an age where GLP-1 drugs are pervasive (but unaffordable and inaccessible) – many people instead attempt very low calorie diets (VLCDs). These diets clock in around 1,000-1,200 kcal/day– an intake well below almost everyone’s RMR, or the level...read more


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Fish oil preserves muscle and strength with aging, injury and post-surgery

In order of importance, the aspects of a person’s diet which affect growth of muscle are adequate calorie intake, followed by the quantity, quality and timing of protein consumption 4. Age is also a powerful driver, primarily due to...read more