Ozempic: It’s the drug everyone can’t stop talking about. And since Zero is already delivering on the promise drugs like Ozempic are making — helping millions of people lose weight and gain health — I wanted to share my take. If you haven’t yet heard of Ozempic, otherwise known as a “GLP-1 receptor agonist,” here’s the…
Your body wants to burn fat. When you’re regularly burning fat for energy, your body reacts in all sorts of ways that help you avoid metabolic disease, like maintaining a healthy weight, controlling glucose, and reducing inflammation. However, if you’re like most people, you’re stuck in a never-ending sugar-burning cycle, which — if it hasn’t…
Every year, roughly half of U.S. adults over the age of twenty try to lose weight. So if that’s one of your health goals, you’re not alone. Intermittent fasting can be a powerful weight-loss tool, and turning it into a consistent habit is enough to help you make significant progress. But if you’re a Zero…
as interviewed by Rich LaFountain, PhD Dr. Cienfuegos wants you to know that intermittent fasting is simple. And if you’re a woman struggling with healthy hormone regulation or PCOS, it may be a powerful tool for you. Sofia Cienfuegos, PhD, RD, is an accomplished researcher and dietitian. Dr. Cienfuegos is actively publishing research as she…
The focus of intermittent fasting is largely on when you eat, not what you eat — a principle that makes fasting both incredibly simple and extremely effective for weight management, glucose control, and metabolic health. Still, if you want to get the most out of every fast, some meals are better than others when it’s…
For most people, fasting is an excellent tool to improve metabolic health, burn fat, and lose weight; simply fasting for 12–18 hours each day can help you achieve these results. However, if you want to get into Fat-Burning Mode even faster, you’ll want to couple each fast with an intentional pre-fast meal. (Which can make…
I got sick recently, to the point where I took a day off work purely to sleep. This, of course, put me behind on everything, this email included. What it didn’t do was interrupt my 16:8 fasting habit. I don’t share this to pat myself on the back. It wasn’t a struggle to maintain my…
You’ve almost certainly felt it: that gurgling-stomach, headache-y desperation to eat anything in sight. You’ve probably also sat back and groaned “I’m stuffed” after one too many second helpings, too. Those sensations are signals from your body, and the better you can respond to them, the healthier your relationship with food will be. The key is…
If blood-sugar levels are one way to evaluate metabolic health (and they are), the news at a societal level isn’t good. It’s estimated that roughly half of adults in the United States are either diabetics or pre-diabetic, meaning their blood sugar is too high Luckily, there are many actions you can take to control your…
On August 27, 2023, I celebrated a somewhat arbitrary but (I think) noteworthy milestone: my 1,000th consecutive day of fasting. Yet even after all those successful fasts, I can still vividly remember when my consecutive-day streak would wind back to 0 and I’d wonder, How the heck do people fast every single day? Now that…
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