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I’ve heard it all. “I’m losing weight, but it’s coming off slowly”, or “I wish I could lose the weight faster”. What exactly is fast? What is slow? And what does science teach us about this? The most important thing to understand is that ...Read More

“Blue Zones” are areas of the world where people have the longest life expectancy. Specifically, Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Icaria, Greece and Loma Linda, California. The diet is essentially a whole-food, plant-based diet. And a lot of hard-core vegans and vegetarians like to ...Read More

Did you know there are more than a dozen different forms of magnesium, and each has a special super-power? Use this guide to make sure you’re using the correct form of magnesium for the problem you’re trying to solve. Low levels of magnesium are ...Read More

Is alcohol sugar? Does it have calories? Can I drink wine or beer? Keep reading for all of this and more, as we dive into how to strategically incorporate ‘drinking’ into your weight loss journey. Alcohol as a Macro-Nutrient Fun fact!! Alcohol is actually ...Read More

One sciency fact I learned during my weight-loss journey really surprised me: being hungry is good for you. Like… really good for you. (Which is why intermittent fasting is such a great thing to add to any well-planned diet). From an evolutionary perspective, the ...Read More

If you could live to be 1,000 years old, would you want to? Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard Medical, the world’s leading expert on anti-aging, has an interesting new book where he basically makes the case that we are on the cusp of solving ...Read More

Scientists have figured out that there’s basically only one skill that separates successful people from those who struggle in life. In other words, if you get better at this one thing you will find success, no matter what your goals are, even weight loss. ...Read More