Kelly's Pantry: Intermittent Fasting Can be a Good Way to Lose …

January 10, 2014
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If you read health magazines or watch shows that discuss weight loss, you have probably heard the new craze of Intermittent Fasting (IF). Basically, there is no real definition for IF, and many health experts, doctors, and book authors define it differently. I, personally, define fasting as not eating or drinking anything besides water for at least 24 hours.I am okay with people fasting since I think it is a natural process that the human body is meant to deal with. A lot of how our body stores fat and how the metabolism works is attributed to our genetic makeup tracing it back to our ancestors. These people typically went through days where they consumed adequate calories, then some days where they had very few calories.

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Chronic Inflammation and Circadian Rhythm – Robb Wolf

September 18, 2013
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Chronic Inflammation and Circadian Rhythm 2 Comments Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 Written by: Kevin Cann            In my last article I explained the suprachiasmatic nucleus’ (SCN) role in maintaining our circadian rhythm.  If you have not read that yet you can do so here, http://robbwolf.com/2013/08/15/maintaining-natural-balance/.  Due to the SCN’s role in maintaining the natural states of hormones we must ensure our lifestyles follow a path for this piece of the hypothalamus to function properly.  In this article I am going to discuss the role inflammation plays on the SCN.Studies have shown that the SCN is affected by chronic inflammation.  The good thing though is that any damage done may be reversible (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17936367).  We are all under chronic stress whether we admit it or not.  Money problems, family issues, sitting in traffic, decreased sleep window, the foods we choose to eat, etc. all play a part in our overall health.  One way they affect our health is the dysfunction that they may cause in our SCN.In addition to the cells of the SCN being altered by inflammation, they are also targeted during the aging process (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16687317).  Perhaps this is why some people who make poor lifestyle choices age more quickly than those living a healthier lifestyle.  For example, we all know that smoking tends to age people more quickly.  Smoking affects the cells of the SCN (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169328X99000042).Most studies on the SCN focus on subjects that are subjected to shift work.  This is due to the unnatural 24 hour sleep-wake cycle that they are accustomed to.  Basically, not getting enough sleep induces a release of pro-inflammatory cytokines.  This alters our immune response as well as most of our physiological processes (http://www.jimmunol.org/content/185/10/5796.short).  This may be a mechanism behind why we tend to get sick more easily under high stress conditions or limited sleep.New evidence is suggesting that there may be bidirectional communication between the immune system and our SCN (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006899308018131).  This is important to understand because anything that we do to elicit an immune response is going to affect our circadian rhythm.  This includes the foods that we eat.This bidirectional communication may be important to understand to help control food intake.  Our SCN plays a role in the regulation of our energy homeostasis hormones as I explained in my previous article.  The SCN may also play a role in the timing of food intake as well as metabolic state (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1096-9861(20010319)431:4%3C405::AID-CNE1079%3E3.0.CO;2-D/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false).  Therefore, if we are consuming foods that elicit an immune response it will affect the SCN.  This in turn may lead to a cycle of dysfunctional eating and all the hormones associated with energy homeostasis.Insulin secretion effects the SCN as well.  Earlier in the article I mentioned how stress affects the SCN.  This is due to an inverse relationship between the sympathetic nervous system and the SCN.  Insulin secreted into the SCN causes a decrease in sympathetic activity (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC303506/).  Circadian dysfunction may then play a role in stress eating.  Which in turn causes more issues in the SCN and the cycle continues and health continues to spiral downward.What all this is teaching me is that there is never going to be one simple solution to cure disease or obesity.  Western science is too entrenched in one disease, one cure.  Most diseases share multiple facets in their pathophysiology and one of them is inflammation.  It is important to understand that health is a spectrum.  The more we can do to encourage positive gene expression the healthier and longer we will live.About Kevin Cann Kevin is owner of Genetic Potential Nutrition. He is a holistic nutritionist, wellness coach, and strength coach.

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Brad Pilon Warrior Diet

May 23, 2013
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Brad pilon warrior diet. Primarily Eat Stop Eat can be described as diet plan resolution guidebook that will help drop some weight, in no way by eating fewer, taking in the appropriate meals along at the correct time. It s not likely your own standard weightloss process and also it s definitely not similarly to many strategy guides upon abs. Brad Pilon published a Eat Stop Eat program several years ago. The earlier versions, even as it have been useful along with satisfactory, was simply approximately 75 pages of content

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Which Is Better – HIIT or Steady Cardio?

March 26, 2013
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Home / Fitness / Which Is Better – HIIT or Steady Cardio?Which Is Better – HIIT or Steady Cardio?byFiora StevensonMarch 26, 2013There’s a lot of disagreement in the fitness community over which type of cardio routine is the most effective – there’s high-intensity interval training (HIIT), long and steady cardio (like jogging), and slow and steady (walking). Each of these types of cardio exercise has various pros and cons, so let’s take a look at which form of cardio might be best for your needs.HIIT (Sprints): Improves Anaerobic CapabilitiesPutting in a 100% effort for a short burst of time can help improve your body’s ability to perform anaerobic exercise, or exercise without the usual amounts of oxygen getting to your muscles.This is especially useful in a lot of sports, where the pace tends to be more stop-and-go and requires huge amounts of effort followed by a short resting period. Basically, HIIT drills are ideal for people looking to improve their athletic performance such as speed, explosiveness, and so on.Long & Steady (Jogging): Builds Aerobic EnduranceSticking to a pace that’s 75-80% of your heart’s top capability is the best way to improve your aerobic endurance and overall cardiovascular fitness. To reap the maximum benefits, you should stick to this consistent pace for at least 25 minutes.The difference between jogging and sprinting that leads to a slower, steadier pace being better for cardiovascular fitness has to do with the way that your muscles turn fats and carbohydrates into energy.Essentially, anaerobic exercises like sprinting can only be done for short periods of time, because without adequate oxygen, your body burns through its stores of glycogen and produces lactic acid, leading to muscle fatigue.On the other hand, slower paces can be sustained for longer periods of time, giving the heart muscle more time to get used to pumping blood more effectively and allowing your body to learn how to use fuel more efficiently.Page 1 2

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Help with fasting, part 2 | Brad Pilon's 'Eat Blog Eat'

February 1, 2013
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Yesterday I wrote a post about how you should go ‘back-to-basics’  if you have stopped getting weight loss results from your intermittent fasting routine (You can read it HERE). Basically, I was suggesting that our natural tendency is to add complication in order to ‘speed things up’ especially where weight loss is concerned. Despite our natural tendency to always want to add complication, my advice is if weight loss slows or stops your best bet is to remove complication instead of adding to it.Today’s post will be about what happens when you are already back-to-basics and for some reason you are still having some problems with weight loss.In this example you are doing Eat Stop Eat perfectly: One or two fasts per week, no crazy binges, no crazy restrictive dieting, no excessive exercise, a good well designed workout program. You were losing weight and everything was great. Then one day…nothing.In this situation the first thing I want you to do is RELAX.

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