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Q&A with Dr. P: Exercise While Aging
Staying Safe, Retaining Muscle and Movement, Knee Replacements, and What to Do About Hip Pain It can be intimidating to think about working out in an aging body. Maybe you want to…
Tom’s July Update
I’ve been feeling anxious. It’s not clinical anxiety or anxiety attacks (and I really feel for people who struggle with those), but the nonspecific sort of fear and dread that come on,…
4 Easy Tips to Burn Fat Faster
By Nicole Grant, RDN The key to effective, sustainable weight loss is fat loss. So how do you lose fat? You burn it. The more you burn, the more you lose —…
Tom’s June Update
These first few weeks of fatherhood have been, in a word, stressful. Admittedly my situation is not unique. Every new parent has had that “oh sh*t” realization that there’s this brand new…
Q&A with Dr. P: Weight Management Tips & Tricks
Lunchtime Hunger, Chronic Stress, Electrolyte Needs, & Parental Challenges When Fasting Feeling ravenous by lunchtime? Worried about chronic stress? Wondering whether you need an electrolyte supplement? Struggling to maintain your fasting practice…
Zero NewsTom’s May Update
When I first started fasting, I’m not sure I would have even named it “fasting.” I cut out snacks after dinner and delayed or skipped breakfast, but I wasn’t especially regimented about…
The Complete Guide to Fat Burning
If you’re like most people, you’ve already tried to lose weight. You might have done juice cleanses, exercised for hours on a treadmill, or tried your best to heed the advice of…
Q&A with Dr. P: Weight-Loss Plateaus, Fasting Metabolism, and More
As a physician, an educator, and a parent, some of my favorite moments are when someone wants to learn more about their body — I love to answer questions! That’s why the…
Tom’s April Update
I really, really love donuts — to an unhealthy degree. Some might even call my relationship to donuts addict-like. Time and again, I’ll go months or even years without eating a donut,…
Debunking 3 Myths Around Fasting and Thyroid Health
Your thyroid is a key player in achieving weight loss and metabolic health. You need it to stay healthy and function properly to meet these goals. However, you might have heard that…
The Fasting Guide to Menopause, Perimenopause, and Postmenopause
Females bodies are complex, intricate, and ever-changing feats of evolution. And there may be no stage of life when this is more apparent than during the gradual transition from the reproductive to…
Why Should We Care About Hormones? Fasting and Hormone Health
You may not have given hormones much thought when approaching your health journey, but they are, in fact, key players. Hormones influence a wide array of body features and functions you are…
