Can you drink alcohol during a fast? I assure you I'd love the answer to be yes. As a person who practices intermittent fasting once or twice a week, I can tell you that there have been days were I've considered breaking a fast solely for a nice pint of Guinness. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I will think of every excuse in the book outlining why I should be … [Read more...] about Alcohol and Fasting
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On the confusion of weight loss
The other day I went out for coffee with my mother. I arrived early, so as I was waiting for mom to show up, I started looking around, and a board full of business cards caught my eye. As I looked closer I saw a card for an interior designer, a couple cards for real estate agents... then dozens upon dozens of cards for health-related offers. The board was covered with the … [Read more...] about On the confusion of weight loss
7 facts about Eat Stop Eat
Some reminders about Eat Stop Eat 1. You still eat every single day. With Eat Stop Eat you never fast for a full day. It’s 24 hours (at the most) divided between two days. If you were to fast for an entire day, the fast would be closer to 36 hours long (since you would fast through your sleep, fast through the day, fast through you next sleep, then eat). That's a lot of … [Read more...] about 7 facts about Eat Stop Eat
My Birthday Dexa Results
It's my Birthday today (yeah me!)... and for some crazy reason I was up early. Early because I had to drive into Toronto (which, being a non-Toronto guy I HATE doing), but Toronto is where the Bone Wellness Clinic is, and the Bone Wellness Clinic is where I go to get my DEXA scan done. In case you don't know, A DEXA scan is a highly accurate body scan that measures your … [Read more...] about My Birthday Dexa Results
Introducing the New Expanded Version of Eat Stop Eat
I'm please to announce the release of the latest, greatest, most updated edition of Eat Stop Eat! In order to keep Eat Stop Eat as the leading resource in intermittent fasting information, I've expanded this edition to cover all the latest research on weight loss as well as some of the fasting controversies that hit the interwebs this year. There are new chapters … [Read more...] about Introducing the New Expanded Version of Eat Stop Eat