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.”
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, […]
