(This is another Guest Post by John Barban - I'll be back later this week) I was walking through the book store the other day and I saw a couple new nutrition books that were displayed on a special table in the middle of the aisle, you know the ones that are new and the book store wants to get people to notice them. Then I noticed something a bit odd. When you see one … [Read more...] about Diet Book Review
Weight Loss
Good Food, Bad Food
The following Post is a Guest Post from John Barban - Scientific editor of Eat Stop Eat and author of The Adonis Effect. (Please direct all comments towards John) *** Good Foods, Bad Foods I was recently reading some comments about ESE and some other diets and people seem to keep using the words “Good foods” and “Bad foods” . I think this is a dangerous distinction to … [Read more...] about Good Food, Bad Food
Is food just a fuel?
Just a quick note today. Eat Stop Eat has appeared on the immensely popular blog "Zenhabits.net". In what I consider to be a very interesting read, Leo (the author of Zen Habits) boils down nutrition to a very interesting and controversial conclusion/question- "In the end, let's teach ourselves some simple things: food is just fuel. Most of us need to eat less. … [Read more...] about Is food just a fuel?
Summer weight loss Eat Stop Eat style
Just a quick tip today for people trying to get lean for the summer using Eat Stop Eat. This tip assumes you are fasting twice per week, and it also assumes you have no interest in adopting and new Obsessive Compulsive Eating habits. So here's the tip - Try to do both your fasts during the work-week (Sunday night counts), then tackle the two toughest days of the week - … [Read more...] about Summer weight loss Eat Stop Eat style
Will you lose muscle with fasting
"Losing Muscle" and "Hurting your metabolism" These are the two biggest fears people have about fasting. I think we've made a lot of solid progress debunking the metabolism-slow-down thing. Most nutritionists and weight loss experts are now shying away from making such an erroneous statement..however the muscle loss thing is still holding strong. It doesn't … [Read more...] about Will you lose muscle with fasting