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Even though it may have been funny, this is not exactly how the scientists simulated the "paleo lifestyle" in the study at hand. Eventually, however, it came down to eating healthier, being active and even being stressed (within the limits of natural "paleo stress", though). No, this science website is not going to turn into a paleo blog, ... don't worry. It's mere coincidence that this is the 2nd "paleo" study in 2 weeks that is interesting enough to get its own SuppVersity  article devoted to it ( last one ). Moreover, said study, which was published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal  BioMed Research International , recently (Pruimboom. 2016), doesn't even have the world "paleo" in title of full-text and could still be called "the true paleo" study. It does, after all, revolve around a 10-day mimic of a "hunter-gatherer lifestyle" and its favorable effects on anthropometrics and clinical chemical indi...

Low carb, or fat? Left or right?  Which one should you chose and why? Shall you go by your body weight, your insulin sensitivity or your personal food preferences? "Low Fat for the Lean, Low Carb for the Obese and Insulin Resistant," this quote from the headline sounds like a reasonable advise if you look at the existing evidence on low carbohydrate dieting, which appears to excel whenever the subjects are significantly overweight and insulin resistant. Studies that would do a head-to-head comparison of the two to confirm the accuracy of the hypothesis that "because they are insulin resistant, avoiding carbohydrates will aid people with (pre-)diabetes in losing weight" are non-existent... well, I should probably say they "were" nonexistent; a recent pilot study by Gardner et al does after all just that: compare the weight loss response of insulin sensitive vs. resistant individuals who consume either a low fat or a low carbohydrate diet over 6 months...

You don't have to be super fat to have sign. amounts of inter-organ fat. Visceral or organ fat is the nasty stuff that's "proctecting" your organs from harm... well, as long as it the way you live (bad dietary habits + no exercise) don't increase its volume and weight to abnormal levels. On the outside, people with high amounts of visceral fat can look anything from significantly obese to normal-weight (particularly if they're wearing the right clothes); and yet, normal-weight obese (skinny fat) individuals, as scientists call these people, do still have a similarly increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all the other nasty diseases you can develop when your visceral fat floods your body with pro-inflammatory cytokines. HIIT is an excellent way to shed both subcutaneous and visceral body fat! Never Train To Burn Calories! Tabata = 14.2kcal /min ≠ Fat Loss 30s Intervals + 2:1 Work/Rec. Making HIIT a Hit Part I/II Making ...

Food cues - and as it seems the insulin response - are important "Zeitgeber" for the circadian clock. As a SuppVersity reader you are well familiar with the notion that food not only nourishes the body but also affects its internal biological clock. The latter is the central controller of all cyclic processes in your body and influences almost all aspects of daily human behavior and biology. Researchers from the Jamaguchi and the Saga University in Japan are now reporting in the latest issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Reports that they have gained new insights into how adjusting the clock through dietary manipulation may help patients with various conditions. You can learn more about the circadian rhythm at the SuppVersity Sunlight, Bluelight, Backlight and Your Clock Sunlight a La Carte: "Hack" Your Rhythm Breaking the Fast to Synchronize the Clock Fasting (Re-)Sets the Peripheral Clock Vitamin A & Caffein...

Don't worry, the sum of both your bench and leg press 1-RM must be ~2.5x your body weight, not each of the dumbbells you use, when you do DB bench presses ;-) As a SuppVersity reader and Super Human Radio listener, you are well aware of the vital importance of physical strength as a determinant not just of the length, but also and more importantly of the quality of your life. Scientist from the Manitoba Institute of Child Health have now conducted the first study that was specifically designed identify the threshold of muscle strength or rather weakness that would be associated with an increased likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome in men. As Martin Sénéchal and his colleagues point out, this threshold could be used to identify men at risk of chronic disease, before it's to late to intervene. Find out if you are strong enough! You can learn more about health at the SuppVersity GMO Soybean Oil = Dangerous? Ca + Vit D Kill Fat Cells Deep Mineral Water f...