Bigger Breakfast, Better Metabolism?
It was once fashionable in the diet industry to suggest things such as “Eat breakfast like a king, eat lunch like a prince, and eat dinner like a pauper” or [...]
Is Spot Reduction Of Body Fat Possible After All? (What The Latest Science Says)
Spot reduction of body fat is the theory that you can burn fat preferentially from one area of the body by doing exercises which target that specific spot. The most common [...]
Losing Weight Slowly Helps You Keep It Off Better: Fact Or Myth?
Losing weight slowly is better for you, right? Everyone knows that losing weight faster does bad things to your body and increases the chances of weight regain, right? Maybe. But maybe not. If [...]
Do Keto Diets Work? Yes, But I Still Don’t Recommend Them (Here’s Why)
Diet popularity comes and goes in cycles. The ketogenic diet - aka "keto" - has re surged in popularity to a high point I have not seen seen in 25 years. Keto and other [...]
50 More Random Thoughts on Fat Loss And Fitness
Vancouver personal trainer Mike Howard is back with 50 more amazing fat loss and fitness tips. His first 50 tips were a sensation here on the Burn the Fat Blog and he may have [...]
Why Glycemic Index Diets Probably Won’t Help With Fat Loss
Have you ever been told that to lose weight, you should eat low glycemic index (GI) or (supposedly better) low glycemic load (GL) foods? Or, did you ever read that [...]
Could This "Calorie Shifting" Tactic Increase Your Fat Loss?
Eating the same number of calories every day – in a deficit – is the simplest and most common approach for setting up a fat loss program. But did you ever consider that you could [...]
How To Maintain Weight Loss, According To Science
Obesity researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK published a fascinating and enlightening study about fat loss and fat loss maintenance that predicted how likely you are to take the fat off and [...]
Low Carb Intelligence vs Low Carb Stupidity, Revisited
It’s incredible that I’m reprinting this article about low carb diets that I originally wrote in 2004. Yet it’s no surprise either that this has become relevant and worth sharing [...]
How Tracking Your Workout Calories Burned Can Sabotage Your Fat Loss
Tracking the calories you burn from your workouts could sabotage your fat loss? What? Aren't you supposed to do that? Isn't it a good idea to use fitness trackers to monitor your calorie burn? Don't you [...]