Does Fasting Benefit Weight Loss? 

Does Fasting Benefit Weight Loss? 

Like the keto diet, fasting for one or two weeks can actually slow the loss of body fat rather than accelerate it. Fasting obviously causes consistent, dramatic weight loss, as shown in the graph below and at 0:09 in my video Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?,...
Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the Test 

Putting the Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss to the Test 

For more than a century, fasting has been used as a weight-loss treatment. I’ve talked about the benefits of caloric restriction. Well, the greatest caloric restriction is getting no calories at all. Fasting has been branded “the next big weight loss fad,” but it has...
Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels 

Flavonoid Benefits from Apple Peels 

Peeled apples are pitted head-to-head against unpeeled apples (and spinach) in a test of artery function.  Regularly eating apples may contribute to a lower risk of dying prematurely. “Moderate apple consumption,” meaning one or two apples a week, “was associated with...
Any Pitfalls with Restricting Calories? 

Any Pitfalls with Restricting Calories? 

How may we preserve bone and mass on a low-calorie diet?    One of the most consistent benefits of calorie restriction is that blood pressure improves in as little as one or two weeks. Blood pressure may even be normalized in a matter of weeks and blood pressure pills...
Restricting Calories for Longevity? 

Restricting Calories for Longevity? 

Though a bane for dieters, a slower metabolism may actually be a good thing. We’ve known for more than a century that calorie restriction can increase the lifespan of animals, and metabolic slowdown may be the mechanism. That could be why the tortoise lives ten times...
Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2023

Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos of 2023

We create more than a hundred new videos every year. They are the culmination of thousands of hours of researching, writing, editing, animating, and producing. We comb through thousands of scientific papers from the peer-reviewed medical literature so that busy people...