• Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Do a ‘pantry audit’

    Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Do a ‘pantry audit’

    Your pantry should only contain healthy food and raw materials for cooking and baking the occasional treat. Having snacks, treat foods and highly processed pre-prepared foods at home is a sure-fire way to derail your progress. Let’s face it, if …

  • Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Eat Mindfully

    Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Eat Mindfully

    Eating food too quickly can reduce feelings of fullness and satisfaction, leading to overeating.10, 11 Conversely, slowing down and eating mindfully may reduce stress—and bodyweight. Chew food thoroughly and be mindful of the food you are eating and the …

  • Issue #7 The Carb-Appropriate Review

    Issue #7 The Carb-Appropriate Review

    The fasting issue Issue 7 | Volume 1 | December 2019 In this issue: This month, we have another massive review! This time, Cliff thoroughly reviews the research to help you discover the true, evidence-backed benefits of fasting. We also …

  • Fasting, inflammation, and autophagy.

    Fasting, inflammation, and autophagy.

    Research commentary from The Carb-Appropriate Research Review Dietary intake regulates the circulating inflammatory monocyte pool Stefan Jordan, Navpreet Tung, Maria Casanova-Acebes, Christie Chang, Claudia Cantoni, Dachuan Zhang, Theresa H. Wirtz, Shruti Naik, Samuel A. Rose, Chad N. Brocker, Anastasiia Gainullina, …

  • How to Fast

    How to Fast

    I fast daily (currently), mostly for the potential benefits to both lifespan and healthspan. How I fast, and how anyone else ‘should’ (or should not) fast is highly individual. As considered in the review in this issue, some people should …

  • All You Need to Know About Fasting

    All You Need to Know About Fasting

    Key points Fasting is generally considered to be safe for most peopleThe majority of the benefits result from regulating energy-balanceFasting results in increased breakdown of dysfunctional and damaged tissue (autophagy, mitophagy, apoptosis)Fasting also improves ‘fat adaptation’ (the …