Men's Health

Adonis Index on MensHealth.com

February 11, 2011 By Brad Pilon

If you check out the homepage for Men's Health Magazine you will notice something interesting. On the right hand side there's a very familiar looking calculator. Heck they even call it the Adonis Index! Great News! Unfortunately it goes kinda downhill from there. Downhill part one is that they are using the Adonis Index to promote their own product. Downhill part … [Read more...] about Adonis Index on MensHealth.com

How to Burn More Fat

October 31, 2007 By Brad Pilon

Adam Campbell over at the Men's Health Blog does a great job of explaining why lifting weights is such a vital part of any weight loss routine.Weight lifting (or any form of resistance training) helps you burn more fat while on a diet then you would with just the diet alone.You can read Adam's post HERE, and be sure to check out the great graph!BPPS- Even my program EAT STOP … [Read more...] about How to Burn More Fat

3 "Magic" Fat Loss Ingredients

March 20, 2007 By Brad Pilon

Every morning I go through the exact same routine.I get up. I make some oatmeal. Clean the kitchen. Go up stairs. Brush my teeth. Turn on my computer. Check my email. Then I laugh (or sometimes cry) while reading all of the new stories about the latest and greatest "fat loss" ingredients.It is an absolute mystery to me why, after over 20 years of failed promises, we still turn … [Read more...] about 3 "Magic" Fat Loss Ingredients

Sparring with the American Diabetes Association

December 3, 2006 By Brad Pilon

Looks like Adam Campbell of Men's Health magazine has found himself in a verbal sparring match with the ADA.It all started with a very well written and well researched article that Adam wrote about diabetes and carbohydrates. If you'd like to learn more about Adam's article and the American Diabetes Association's response then Click HERE to visit Adam's Blog.BPFasting Diet, … [Read more...] about Sparring with the American Diabetes Association

Why we hate the BMI

A new study adds to the growing evidence that an elevated BMI increases the risk of a heart attack in otherwise healthy people. In what has been called the largest study of its kind (data on over 500,000 people) researchers classified participants based on their body mass index (BMI), calculated as weight (kg) divided […]

How Many Calories can you Burn in a day?

Have you ever stopped to think that there might be an upper-limit to how many calories you can burn in a day? Basically a ‘ceiling rate’ at which we can burn through calories? Probably not, but don’t worry… I did for you! I’ve heard rumors of people eating well over 10,000 calories during a single […]

Reverse Taper Intermittent Fasting

The concept of the Reverse Taper Diet is still one of my favorite ideas. Without getting too technical, the concept is that you should be in your largest calorie deficit (eating the least amount of food) at the beginning of your diet, when you have the most fat to lose and thus the most fat […]

Fasting for Weight Loss – Setting the Record Straight

Paleo eating and vegan eating are the EXACT SAME THING. This is why any and all research on Paleo diets can be used for Vegan diets, and vice versa. It’s also why any personal experiences people have had with a Vegan diet can be directly applied to what you will probably experience with the Paleo […]

Anabolic Fasting – The Natural Evolution of Eat Stop Eat

Since 2007 Eat Stop Eat has always been a method of losing fat that involved one or two 24 hour fasts per week. For almost 2 decades now, Eat Stop Eat has stood the test of time as a highly effective style of eating that has been able to help so many people lose weight […]