EUGENIZATION.

Peter’s latest post on his blog Hyperlipid is simply incredible; if you’re science-minded at all (or fancy yourself idiot savant in biochemistry) check it out.
For the rest of you, here’s a summary:
A question - If insulin acts as a gatekeeper for fat storage (by increasing levels of alpha glycerol phosphate), then how is it possible [...]

Matt points to a highly compelling study in the American Journal of Endocrinology.  I think the title says it all:
Insulin-resistant muscle is exercise resistant.
Consider the study’s findings for a minute: Eating poorly is a double whammy.  Not only are you impairing your body’s ability to mobilize fat for energy (instead causing it to store that fat [...]

One of my clients this morning was particularly interested in his bodyfat percentage.  While taking it I reminded him that the percentages are misleading and that a much more useful number is the absolute value of lean body mass (read: muscle) and fat mass, and that it’s much more useful to look at 2.4 pounds more [...]

This is probably one of the most common questions I get from clients. Or, more likely, it’ll come in the form of a statement, as in:  “I know I should probably stretch after our sessions.  Right?”
Not surprisingly, the answer is: It depends on the context (betcha weren’t expecting that one). 
If this were the 1970s, extortations [...]

Because it’s enjoyable and rewarding, if not downright fun (once in a while.  A long while).
It decreases your chances of sports injury (and other acute, accidental injuries as well).
It’s the only exercise that can appreciably build muscle tissue.
It’s the most efficient way of maintaining muscle mass as we age, staving off premature decline and death.
It [...]