Michael Giacomantonio examines metabolism and how it affects more than just your weight – it can be an indicator of disease.
“You are what you eat, right? What if I told you that tracking your metabolism can do so much more than simply get you into those skinny jeans… it may just save your life.”
There is no question that as you get older, you start to notice changes in your metabolism, but in what point of life do these changes actually occur? For a long time, metabolism (total energy expenditure) has been assumed to correlate with organ-specific needs with respect to growth and development. In other words, metabolic activity […]
The immune system is one of life’s most important evolutionary achievements, and its proper functioning is critical to enable healthy and disease-free living. The intricate actions of the immune system depend on highly specialized cells that use molecular signaling pathways to communicate with each other. As discussed in previous blog posts, a major function of […]
Over half the population of adults in North America take a multivitamin supplement to actively maintain their healthy lifestyle and prevent early onset disease… or so they think. Mostly however, this notion has only been supported by a small body of research, whereas most studies have shown that overall, multivitamins provide no such benefit. Regardless, […]
So far, we’ve focused on metabolism as it relates to human health. Now, let’s talk about a metabolic process that has nothing to do with health (well… directly at least), but that has been a central component in nearly every civilization throughout human history: alcoholic fermentation. Humankind has taken advantage of fermentation for centuries, with […]
If you think back to your high school biology or chemistry classes, at one point you were probably forced to memorize different metabolic pathways. Does the “Krebs cycle” or “glycolysis” ring any bells? If you were anything like me in high school, while you were learning this stuff you were probably thinking to yourself, “What […]
With over a year of lockdown under our proverbial “belt”, many of us are finding it difficult to squeeze into our actual belt. As life slowly returns to “normal” and fitness centers begin to re-open, diet culture remains as strong as ever. By now you’ve likely heard about the (in)famous ketogenic (“keto”) diet and the […]
When you hear the word “metabolism”, while there may be a few different things that come to mind, I am willing to bet it isn’t cancer. You may think about diet and exercise, or weight loss and gain. Just think about all the diets people have ranted to you about: the juice diets, low-carb diets, […]
