Do High Protein Diets Hurt Your Kidneys?
“Go easy on the protein shakes bro, you are going to wreck your kidneys” If I had a dollar for every time I heard or read that protein was going to hurt my kidneys…. well… I would probably be retired and blogging full time. For decades, the myth has circulated that high protein intake is bad for [...] The post Do High Protein Diets Hurt Your Kidneys? appeared first on Macros Inc.
Science and Evidence Based Practice in the Fitness Industry
Over the past several years there has been a push toward using scientific evidence as the foundation for nutrition and health decisions. While this is something the industry desperately needs, there are pitfalls that come along with some people claiming to use science. The appearance of using science when in fact one is not following [...] The post Science and Evidence Based Practice in the Fitness Industry appeared first on Macros Inc.
Carbohydrates , Deep Dive Articles
Personalized Nutrition: Your Response to Carbs is Different than Mine
To prepare you for this post I want to quote the back-stabbing Cypher from The Matrix, “Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye”. Normally I keep posts short and to the point, but this one needs some discussion and a full analysis. This paper is going to highlight some really interest aspects of [...] The post Personalized Nutrition: Your Response to Carbs is Different than Mine appeared first on Macros Inc.
Do Carbohydrates Control Body Fat?
Carbohydrates have gotten a “bad rap” because they elicit an insulin response. And as everyone knows, insulin causes us to become fat (or does it?). In fact, the carbohydrate-insulin-obesity hypothesis has been blamed as the major cause of the obesity epidemic. Unfortunately, when we look closer at the science this idea doesn’t quite hold up [...] The post Do Carbohydrates Control Body Fat? appeared first on Macros Inc.
Can You Lose Fat and Gain Muscle Simultaneously?
The single biggest marketing slogan for nutrition or fitness programs is “Lose Fat and Gain Muscle”. Whether it is actually possible to do so has remained a topic of great debate over the last several decades. Recent studies in the past years have given us the data needed to draw a conclusion on whether it [...] The post Can You Lose Fat and Gain Muscle Simultaneously? appeared first on Macros Inc.
The Ketogenic Diet
Over the past few decades practitioners and researchers have been searching for the holy grail of macros for fat loss. During that search, the Ketogenic Diet has been extensively studied because it is an interesting tool as it “hacks” an aspect of our physiology. Is that hack something that conveys additional weight loss benefits? We dive into the [...] The post The Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Macros Inc.
Body Weight Regulation: What Controls the Scale
Tl;dr: We talk about body weight regulation too simplistically. We need to talk about quality and quantity. There is a famous joke about physicists and it goes something like this, “Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of [...] The post Body Weight Regulation: What Controls the Scale appeared first on Macros Inc.
The Gluten Manifesto: Everything You Need to Know About Gluten
The singular goal of this article is to flesh out the role of gluten in your diet by walking you through the scope of the issue, the biological data and plausible mechanisms, and then help you fully think through the pragmatic aspects of gluten-free diets. Part 1: About Gluten The Scope of the Issue There [...] The post The Gluten Manifesto: Everything You Need to Know About Gluten appeared first on Macros Inc.
Applying Science and Evidence to Dieting
Over the course of my scientific career I have spent over a decade in training (undergrad, masters, doctoral, and now fellowship) and 90% of that training is on how to think and answer questions, the other 10% is content area expertise. For the last several decades I think most of the nutrition world has lost [...] The post Applying Science and Evidence to Dieting appeared first on Macros Inc.
Carbohydrates , Deep Dive Articles , Flexible Dieting , Miscellaneous
Fructose
Fructose consumption at moderate levels of intake do not adversely effect body weight or blood chemistry based on the current data. Obscenely high levels of intake (>150 grams per day) may have undesirable health effects. Together, these two concepts essentially tell us: 1) that we can consume 3-4 servings of fruit a day, if we so desire, with no health consequences, and 2) that we should not mainline 2 liters of Mountain Dew or consume large amounts of fructose or HFCS. The post Fructose appeared first on Macros Inc.
Genetically Modified Organisms
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been a hotbed of discussion amongst the blogosphere, internet forums, and the scientific community. For a long time, it was a topic one could consider a minor issue and didn’t need that much attention. However, given the recent changes in the trajectory of the human population, our climate, and advances [...] The post Genetically Modified Organisms appeared first on Macros Inc.
The Truth About High Fat Diets
For some strange reason, there has been a pendulum swing from low fat to high fat diets over the last decade. As high fat diets have become popular, there have been many claims made about the use of high fat diets and why they might be the best tool for fat loss. Let me [...] The post The Truth About High Fat Diets appeared first on Macros Inc.