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Ketosis - Articles

Beta-adrenergic receptors are critical for weight loss but not for other metabolic adaptations to the consumption of a ketogenic diet in ...

Mind-Body Practices - Articles

The following are a set of curated scientific articles that pertain to stress reduction, or eliciting the “relaxation response” in one fo...

FASTING: Articles (Caloric Restriction)

The following are a set of curated scientific articles that pertain to caloric restriction (“fasting”) in one form or another. The hyper...

FASTING: Podcast and Blog Recommendations

Below are some of the podcasts and blogs that I’ve reviewed on the subject of fasting. My objective is to post material that is: interes...

Caloric Restriction - Articles

The following are a set of curated scientific articles that pertain to caloric restriction (“fasting”) in one form or another. The hyper...

SLEEP: Neurotransmitters

NEUROTRANSMITTERS ASSOCIATED WITH SLEEP Beneficial sleep occurs when neurotransmitters are optimized in the brain. While there are a numb...

SLEEP: Behavioral Optimization

OPTIMIZATION OF SLEEP The causes of sleep disruption are myriad: genetic, hormonal, chemicals/compounds, social, environmental, disease s...

FASTING: A Review of Current Popular Methods of Fasting

A “fast” or “fasting” is essentially defined as voluntarily abstaining from nutritional intake, solid and liquid, for a specific period o...

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