We have been taught that weight loss is a simple math problem: Calories In minus Calories Out equals weight loss. If you aren't losing weight, you must be eating too much or moving too little. But what happens when you slash your calories, spend hours on the treadmill, and the scale still doesn't budge? You aren't bad at math. You are fighting a hormonal blockade. The problem isn't the fuel; it's the delivery system. To understand why a clean keto lifestyle works where calorie counting fails, you have to understand the most powerful hormone in your body: Insulin . The Lock and Key In a healthy body, insulin acts as a key . When you eat carbohydrates (sugar, bread, pasta, fruit), your blood sugar rises. Your pancreas detects this and releases insulin. Insulin travels to your cells and unlocks the door, allowing the sugar (glucose) to enter and be used for energy. Once the sugar is inside the cells, blood sugar drops, insulin levels fall, and the doors lock again. Thi...
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a blog called The Path is Too Deep, a geeky reference to a rare computer error message. A great deal of life has happened since then, a life I would like to share. So, here again, are some random bits of unfiltered Chris.