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Mitochondrial Anarchy: A case of BAT attack

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Mitochondrial AnarchyHe’s back.  Well, actually I never went anywhere, but it’s been a few months since I added to the blog.  In the mean time hundreds of pounds were lost by people I worked with directly, an invited commentary was submitted to a journal, and I have performed dozens of calorimetry, blood sugar, and food experiments.

Sometimes it’s necessary to isolate from all the bias and do the boring thinking part.  It’s far easier to hype, but at the root of all innovations is a break from status quo.  Like trucks drafting on the highway, it’s quite easy to get sucked Read Full Article →

Muscling Your Metabolism (Part 1)

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defiant healthAs I sat on my back porch early one morning in October, 2008, there was no way for me to realize how this one crazy moment would completely change my life.  Over the weekend, I attended a meeting in Philadelphia and on the last night proclaimed to a friend that I was about to do the most odd experiment in my life.  I wanted to get to the bottom of “metabolism” and “burning calories.”  I wanted to understand why it seemed so difficult to lose a couple of pounds and yet I could easily GAIN a couple in a weekend. Read Full Article →

The New Eye On BAT

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Irisin transforming fat to BATWe take a quick break from our macronutrient discussion to talk about some really exciting news in the hypothermics world that showed up in the last two weeks. It’s great when new data shows that old thoughts might be wrong.  This one comes from researchers at Harvard Medical School (and a host of other institutions).(1)  These scientist discovered a new hormone, irisin, named after the greek goddess iris – the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.

What is most exciting is that this hormone could be another piece of the “calorie” controversy – the irritating paradox of calorie Read Full Article →

BATgirl to The Rescue (Part 2)

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BAT, Brown Adipose Tissue, Thermal diet and weight lossWe learned in Part 1 that not only do human infants start out with more fat than any other species, a higher percentage is brown adipose tissue (BAT). Women, in general have more than men and as Humans age, BAT seems to dwindle. It’s likely if you have ever been obese, you have less BAT then your skinny friends.Custom gummibåt

I have dozens of papers here on BAT. My interest with BAT began after Tim and I discussed it at length and started exchanging ideas and data. Honestly, I came to my conclusions from the complete opposite (but complimentary) approach – it was much more of a 30,000 ft level view on the subject. Read Full Article →

Housekeeping @ Thermogenex

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It’s been an incredible 6 weeks… I really appreciate all the emails and comments and the amazing number of people that have signed up to read and follow this site.  I know what everyone is asking,

“Ray, can you just tell me what to do?”

The answer is YES, but hang on a bit. One thing I expected would happen is the  “me too” people  that would just start driveling about being cold and losing weight. The other expectation was that it would be presented as miserable and extreme. I wanted to support the ideas within The 4-hour body before beginning to suggest alternative/complementary approaches. Unfortunately, the health and fitness industry is loaded people that earn expert status by learning a few new words. Face it, we’ve never been more unfit as a species and we’ve also never spent more achieving it. That’s quite a contradiction.

Perhaps it’s time to change that even if it’s just a small group of us.

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