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, but when suddenly donuts happen to be available, I’ll have one. This, of course, should be a meaningless event; eating one donut is…
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 intermittent fasting — an effective tool for losing weight and improving metabolic health — can disrupt your thyroid. This is a myth! Read on…
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 post-reproductive years known as menopause. Despite what you may have heard, menopause isn’t all bad. In fact, in Eastern medicine, menopause is known…
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 likely to care about, including your weight, mood, sleep, fertility, sex drive, and more. And for better or for worse, lifestyle factors can…
In our fourth session of Zero Live, Dr. Naomi Parrella, MD, and Nicole Grant, RDN, answer questions from Zero Members about how to boost fat burning and more. Video Transcript Dr. Naomi Parrella, MD: (00:53) First, you’re gonna burn glucose, then you burn glycogen. And if you fast long enough or you boost your fast…
Consistently logging 12–18-hour fasts is the best way to lose weight, burn fat, and improve your metabolic health. So if you’re already fasting regularly with Zero, congratulations! You’ve taken the most important first step towards weight loss and health gain. If you’re looking to take the next steps on your journey, it’s time to examine…
Continuous glucose monitoring is now receiving attention for its potential applications and benefits beyond the diabetic community. Unlike traditional glucose-testing methods, such as finger-prick measurements, a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) provides an ongoing stream of glucose data, offering a detailed picture of how an individual’s glucose levels fluctuate throughout the day. For people without diabetes,…
Eastern and Western medicine can be easily misunderstood. There may be staunch advocates of Eastern medicine who point out that their approach to health is more holistic, while Western medicine proponents emphasize the fact that their treatments are backed by science. However, both forms of medicine have the same goal: promoting healing and health. Therefore,…
In our third session of Zero Live, Dr. Naomi Parrella, MD, and Nicole Grant, RDN, answer questions from Zero Members about nutrition, Fast Breakers, fasting, and more. Video Transcript Dr. Naomi Parrella, MD: (00:04) Um, so let’s learn and get smarter together. Why does nutrition matter? While fasting? Nutrition is what happens in between fast…
Intermittent fasting is popular because it’s simple — focusing on simply when you eat — and because it works. Ample research data support intermittent fasting as a superior alternative to well-known weight-loss strategies, like calorie counting. Of course, in order to have success with intermittent fasting, you need to be able to recognize if something…
