How To Stop Cravings For Sweet, Chocolate & Salt
In the last two blogs (HERE and HERE) I gave you a ton of info on cravings. Cravings are impacted by way more than food. For example, if you go for a long run you may feel great for a few hours after, but that run may be the cause of your inexplicable pasta binge at dinner later that night. This...
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PCOS Treatment? Metformin For PCOS? There May Be Something Better
I hope you have been enjoying the last few blogs on PCOS. If you missed the first two, you can check them out HERE and HERE. On the last blog I promised I was going to give you the supplement that outperforms Metformin for PCOS. That supplement is called berberine. The study was published...
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Ovarian Cysts? PCOS Symptoms? Watch out for this food
In the last blog, I said I was going to tell you a little more about the condition that causes ovarian cysts, PCOS. In particular, I want to tell you about the one food most associated with PCOS. That food is dairy. By dairy I mean products derived from milk, not eggs (many people wrongly think...
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PCOS Symptoms? Want to know the cause?
It is not what you think it is. That is why PCOS is so difficult to treat and deal with. If you are like most people, your doctor has probably said PCOS is about your ovaries and the hormones it produces. Maybe you have heard that a lack of progesterone and an excess of estrogen has negatively...
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Can't Sleep? Snoring, Apnea & Restless Legs
In this blog I want to cover a few things that are in our new sleep program as a way to give you an idea of its unique education, and give you a chance to see if you it is something you could benefit from. So let's talk about super-sleepers, snoring and restless leg syndrome (RLS). Super-sleepers...
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I Can't Sleep. Why Can't I Sleep?
I have this weird thing; a sleep phenomenon that started about 5 years ago. I will fall asleep just fine, but my sleep feels very superficial. I don't know how else to describe it, it is like I am not getting into the deeper more restorative phases of sleep. And then, around 4 o'clock in the...
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How Much Sleep Do You Need?
You absolutely have to get 7-9 hours of sleep every single night.!!!! If you don't get that amount of sleep then all kinds of dreadful things will happen! You will DIE before your time!!! Your brain will age and you will become demented and useless in old age!! If you don't sleep this amount, you...
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Cant Sleep? This may be the cause.
The Metabolic Effect 8-Week Sleep Program is now available and my last four or five blogs have been all about sleep, so please take a few minutes to read through those for some additional information. At the end of my last blog I told you I was going to give you some information on a little known...
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Foods That Help You Sleep
In the last blog we talked about two aspects of sleep: the circadian rhythm and the sympathetic response. The main idea of that blog was to understand that almost always, sleep issues are not about things you need to start doing, but rather about things you need to stop doing. You can review that...
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The Metabolic Killers: How To Restart A Stalled Metabolism
The most important thing to understand about the metabolism is that it is changeable. In fact, that is its very purpose. The metabolism is always working towards balance or homeostasis. This natural action of the metabolism to adapt and react is systematically ignored in the weight loss industry....
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The "O" Diet: Sex, Weight Lifting and Exercise Performance
Sex and masturbation are taboo topics in our society but when it comes to health and fitness the orgasm may be one of the best tools we have. Here at Metabolic Effect we talk an awful lot about something we call "rest-based living." Our followers learn that relaxation, recovery and rehabilitation...
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How Many Calories To Lose Weight? The Banana Effect.
Why do we care so much about calories? Because they matter, that's why. To lose weight and keep it off, you need to create a sustainable caloric deficit over the long run. The key phrase in that sentence is "the long run." A short term calorie deficit will not cut it for sustained weight loss. In...
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Metabolic Weight Loss: The 5 Laws Of Metabolism
Simplistic models can be useful, but they have a serious downside. They can provide a general overview; yet often, important details such as exceptions to the rule and nuance are left out. The "eat less, exercise more" model suffers greatly from this problem. As a general concept it is true for...
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Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): Low TSH? Elevated TSH?
TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone is the number one screening tool for disorders of the thyroid gland. The problem is it is a very poor way to assess your thyroid gland function. In my clinical practice I have found that TSH alone is not enough to assess thyroid function. I have seen people with...
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Crossfit to Lose Weight? How Crossfit and Marathons Can Keep You Fat & How to Make Them Work
Elite Conditioning Coach Brad Davidson & Dr. Jade Teta Discuss Crossfit and how to match eating with training for optimal fat loss results There are two things required to lose weight: 1) a calorie deficit and 2) hormonal balance. The problem with the standard "eat less, exercise more"...
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Blood Urea Nitrogen: What it is & Why is Yours High (or low)
BUN, or Blood Urea Nitrogen, is a test performed on the standard chemistry panel your doctor performs. He or she uses it to rule out kidney disease, but it can be abnormal for other reasons. What does it tell you about your health, function or disease? Background on BUN When protein is...
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Perimenopause? Menopause Belly? Hormonal Change? 3 Tips To beat It.
One of the most distressing things about menopause is the spread of weight to the middle. Even women who do not gain much weight during menopause notice increased fat storage around the middle and/or a more difficult time getting rid of menopausal belly fat. Why? There are three main...
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Blood Work Results & Lab Values? What tests should you get?
Health and fitness can be confusing, can't it? I mean how do you make sense of all the noise out in the blogosphere, online and in the news? First, fat is bad. And, these days, everyone is acting as if butter and bacon are the cure-all for everything? We've "known" for years that carbs...
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The Cocoa Diet: How To Use Chocolate To Lose Weight
Recently we here at Metabolic Effect released our new Craving Cocoa product. Cocoa powder as a weight loss aid was first popularized in our book The Metabolic Effect Diet and was a concept Keoni, my brother and co-author, came up with after spending years researching the cacao bean and its...
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Motivation To Lose Weight? 2 Big Mistakes Dieters Make
The New Year is upon us. On January 1st, millions of people will embark on another diet and exercise program. Almost all of them will fail miserably. The reason? They simply don't understand how the process works, and the questions they ask are a dead giveaway they have little clue as to the real...
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High Metabolism? Here's How To Get One!
Your metabolism changes and adapts. It is not static and predictable. This simple understanding can free you forever from the trap of dieting. You know what I am talking about, the never ending search for the "perfect diet?" There is no perfect diet you find. Instead you need to create the...
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Why Can't I lose weight? The 3 Reasons You're Still Fat And So Am I
First, let me apologize for calling you fat. I really did not mean it like that, but rather was making reference to the fact that overweight and obesity are an epidemic so really lots of us are fat. I was also alluding to the issue of "weight loss resistance", which is the idea that many people...
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Home Workouts? Try Metabolic 10: Ten Moves To Look Like You Fit
My opinion is that things in the world of exercise have gotten too complex. Of course there is nothing inherently wrong with complexity. When dealing with the human body you come to expect it. The issue with complexity is that it tends to confuse all but the most educated in a field....
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5 Dumb Things Weight Loss Gurus Say
First off, I realize the title of this blog is a bit inflammatory. The intention was to get your attention NOT to disparage anyone in the industry. Second, I too am one of those "dumb weight loss gurus". What I mean by that is that I too have said similar things in the past. I also am likely...
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Thyroid & Adrenals: Subclinical Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto Disease & Adrenal Fatigue
The metabolism is often treated like a machine in the world of health and fitness. And because of this people wrongly believe the metabolism is static. Have you ever heard someone say, "I had my basal metabolic rate measured and it's 2000 calories per day. So I am basing my diet and exercise...
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Postmenopausal? Perimenopause? Menopause? 4 Tricks For Weight Loss
Despite the bald head, goatee and "linebacker looking" body, I have developed a reputation as being an expert in female metabolism and especially menopausal weight loss. The reason for this was very simple. I was in the personal training world and most of my clients were women. I quickly...
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The Law Of Metabolic Compensation
Losing fat and being able to keep that weight off is not a simple matter of calorie calculations. Certainly there are those who use that method who seemingly derive good results. But the truth is they are almost always doing other things, whether they are aware of it or not, that make that...
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Interview With Christa Orecchio
I got asked this question the other day by a family member. They said that a friend of theirs was selling some supplement that only needed to be taken twice per day. The supplement was specially designed to "flush toxins" and burn fat because "toxins" are the real reason people store fat, not...
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Weight Loss Numbers: Calorie Counting Evolved
Everyone wants to know the numbers. And knowing the numbers can be helpful as long as you are aware which numbers matter most and don't get overly attached to calorie counts. The metabolism does not work like this: lower calories -> lose weight -> balance metabolism The metabolism works...
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How To Find The Diet That Works For You
Post by Metabolic Effect. The above post from our old Facebook page illustrates what I believe to be the most important insight in the world of natural health, fitness, and weight loss. There is no one way, there is simply your way. Your job is to discover what that is. There is no single right...
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How To Choose a Probiotic
The human digestive tract contains more live bacteria than your body has cells. These bacteria can almost be thought of as a borrowed organ given how essential they are to human health. To help the health of this "organ system" we can take what are called "probiotics". These are bacteria we...
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Calorie & Macro Calculator: The ELEL & EMEM protocols
The acronym for Metabolic Effect is ME and it explains everything you need to know about diet, exercise and lifestyle change for health, fitness and weight loss. There is no one-size-fits-all, off-the-shelf calorie equation. Nor is there some magic macronutrient ratio that produces sustain,...
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The Calorie Myth: A Conversation With Jonathan Bailor
Jonathan Bailor is the author of the new book The Calorie Myth. This is one of the three books I suggested you read this year. Not because I agree with everything in it, but because in my mind it is essential reading to understand. Read more on why I recommend you read many diet books and not...
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The Paleodiet For Women: The Definitive Guide
First off, Esther Blum is just bad ass. Sweet, intelligent and gorgeous. And she just released a brand new book that is a must read. Cavewomen Don't Get Fat: The Paleo Chic Diet For Rapid Results Let me tell you a story about her: When Keoni and I wrote our book, everyone in the world told us we...
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Diet To Lose Belly Fat: The Flat Stomach Formula
Belly Fat is a mystery to many. Many people have heard it is all about hormones and others believe it is all about calories. So which is it? Both, actually. The science of how to reduce belly fat The first thing to understand is there are really two types of belly fat, visceral belly fat...
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Starvation Mode: Is it real? Is it a myth? What are the symptoms?
Yes starvation mode is real. In fact, it is arguably the most agreed upon phenomena in all of dieting research. Only it is not called "starvation mode". It is called adaptive thermogenesis. Here at Metabolic Effect we call it the Law of Metabolic Compensation. We call it a law because it seems to...
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New Year Resolutions. One Word To Help You Make This One Stick
It is the New Year again and this year I thought I would do something special and give all the followers of ME and readers of the blog a gift. This is a tool I have been quietly using for years. Not typically on New Years, but rather on my birthday. My birthday is more like most people's New...
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Body Shape. How to calculate Your Shape & Change Your Body
Research tells us that both women and men prefer certain body shapes both in themselves and each other. These views are in agreement and hold across all cultures. In other words, the shapes women prefer in themselves and admire in other women is the same female shape men prefer as well. What men...
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How To Speed Up Metabolism: Why Weight Loss Is Making You Fatter
Download the MP3 Audio File Here (right click and select "save link as" or "save file as" to download) Diets fail and the reason they fail is because they use a model that has been proven by research not too work. And this is confusing because the approach seems to work in the short run, which is...
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How To Lose Stubborn Fat: Belly, Butt, Hips & Thighs
If you want to know how to burn stubborn fat, you have to understand a few key points. I realize many people who read the Metabolic Effect blog are not interested in the science and just want to know what to do. For those types please skip down to the section called "Overview and Action Steps" ...
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Metabolic Damage: Symptoms? What is it? And Why You Probably Don't Have It!
So here is the scenario. I am at the Metabolic Effect clinic sitting in my office talking to a consulting client on the phone. She has been making steady progress in weight loss for months. The last few weeks she has hit a plateau. I can tell she is a little frustrated. I explain to her, like I...
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How To Build Muscle With Vascular Occlusion Training
Vascular occlusion training (VOT) is a workout technique that slows the removal of blood from a particular muscle group by applying pressure to the muscle. Blood pressure cuffs or elastic bands are applied, such as above the biceps femoris, to occlude the blood vessels and decrease venous return....
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How to get rid of cellulite on legs
The two most frequent topics we get asked about here at Metabolic Effect are belly fat and lower body fat (specifically What Causes Cellulite). I have already written pretty extensively on the physiology of belly fat (You can read those blogs HERE, and HERE and also HERE). In this blog I want to...
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What Causes Muscle Soreness & How To Reduce It
Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a potential inhibitor of participation in, and frequency of, activity. DOMS is a diffuse muscle soreness occurring as a result of pressure, as well as active and passive movement, that occurs 24 to 48 hours after an exercise session. There are many beliefs...
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How To Control Appetite With Exercise: Walking, Sprinting, Running
The "eat less, exercise more approach" to weight loss is more complicated than it appears. This is because human physiology works in direct opposition to this approach. When we exercise more, the natural compensatory reaction of the body is to eat more and when we exercise less, the body responds...
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Female Belly Fat: Stress, Menopause & Other Causes
If you are a female that stores fat primarily in your belly, an apple instead of a pear, then this blog is for you. And if you are not the type that likes all the science, then skip to the bottom and just read the "action steps" section. :-) The other day in the clinic a patient of mine asked me...
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1-minute of exercise delivers fat loss?
Have you heard of burst training? It may be the fastest, most convenient high-intensity cardiovascular exercise that exists. It is also extremely effective. There are many programs in exercise that work very well. The only problem is most people won't do them. As personal trainers, we love...
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4 Carbs For Fat Loss
Jade Teta ND, CSCS Carbohydrate intake has replaced fat as one of the most talked-about issues in body change. Body change or body transformation is a term I like to use to not only distinguish weight loss from fat loss but also to take fat loss one step forward. Fat loss is when weight is...
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3 ways to make healthy food fat loss food
By Jade Teta ND, CSCS A healthy diet does not equal a fat loss diet. Choosing healthy food is a good start and you MAY lose some weight, but they will likely NOT aid your fat loss goals. You heard us say it before, but fat loss and weight loss are not the same. You may be burning calories and...
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3 fat-burning hormones you've never heard of and how to get them.
Jade Teta ND, CSCS In 2005 my brother Keoni and I wrote a paper entitled Hormonal Weight Loss: Is there such a thing as the Metabolic Effect? It was later published in the alternative medical journal Townsend Letter in February of 2007 under the name Hormonal Exercise for Fat Loss. This article...
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