Fascinating data on fuel dynamics vs. appetite response. In midlife protocols, improving substrate switching efficiency—so the body easily toggles between beta-oxidation and carbohydrate metabolism without triggering compensatory hypoglycemic cravings—is one of the most reliable markers of metabolic health.
this was cool and surprising thanks! I guess physiological feedback loops are in general not perfect especially when the brain is the final decision maker as in food intake. Otherwise generally physiological feedback would protect against both anorexia and obesity.
This is a good article and it’s nice to see the author acknowledging the people that are looking for weight loss and fitness over performance in the article.
Very interesting! Personally, I normally am not hungry after an intense workout. Thirsty yes. And Thirst can manifest as hunger. And, all of my workouts are in a fasted state. I probably get around to eating on an average around 1pm on the weekends. Yes, I understand the window for refilling carbohydrates.
Great post....especially the final 3 paragraphs which I hope will not only be read but fully understood in a world that seems to have become ever more fixated upon Academic Publications as the 'source' of 'Truth'....people need to understand that the scientific methodology used in Academia has serious limitations for actual real world application in biological systems because scientific methodology / hypothesis focuses on one aspect of a biological system and attempts to control all the other variables to set parameters or assumes a set parameter. By definition this does not apply to application in the real world because the real world is fraught with variables, often dynamic variables, and confounders . . . . sure, we can learn from studies and they give us insights but they are not the absolute solution they are often purported to be.
Fascinating data on fuel dynamics vs. appetite response. In midlife protocols, improving substrate switching efficiency—so the body easily toggles between beta-oxidation and carbohydrate metabolism without triggering compensatory hypoglycemic cravings—is one of the most reliable markers of metabolic health.
this was cool and surprising thanks! I guess physiological feedback loops are in general not perfect especially when the brain is the final decision maker as in food intake. Otherwise generally physiological feedback would protect against both anorexia and obesity.
If it all worked perfectly, we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic, would we!? 😄
This is a good article and it’s nice to see the author acknowledging the people that are looking for weight loss and fitness over performance in the article.
Very interesting! Personally, I normally am not hungry after an intense workout. Thirsty yes. And Thirst can manifest as hunger. And, all of my workouts are in a fasted state. I probably get around to eating on an average around 1pm on the weekends. Yes, I understand the window for refilling carbohydrates.
Great post....especially the final 3 paragraphs which I hope will not only be read but fully understood in a world that seems to have become ever more fixated upon Academic Publications as the 'source' of 'Truth'....people need to understand that the scientific methodology used in Academia has serious limitations for actual real world application in biological systems because scientific methodology / hypothesis focuses on one aspect of a biological system and attempts to control all the other variables to set parameters or assumes a set parameter. By definition this does not apply to application in the real world because the real world is fraught with variables, often dynamic variables, and confounders . . . . sure, we can learn from studies and they give us insights but they are not the absolute solution they are often purported to be.
Couldn’t agree more.