How long do you have to fast for autophagy? The honest answer
Sixteen hours. Twenty-four. Seventy-two. Everyone online seems to know exactly when your cells start cleaning house. The surprising truth: in humans, nobody does. Here's what the evidence actually supports.
Fasting & MetabolismDoes coffee break a fast? It depends what you're fasting for
The internet is split: "black coffee is fine" versus "anything but water breaks it". Both are half right, because "breaking a fast" means different things depending on why you're fasting.
Fasting & MetabolismEarly signs of insulin resistance, and what comes before them
By the time your blood sugar test looks bad, the problem has often been building for a decade. Insulin resistance is quiet, common and, caught early, very reversible.
Fasting & MetabolismThe fasting mimicking diet: does it work?
Five days a month of a special low-calorie diet, designed to trick your body into thinking it's fasting. The early human results are genuinely interesting. So are the fine print and the business behind it.
Fasting & MetabolismmTOR and aging: the growth switch you want on, and off
Turning one cellular switch down made mice live longer, even when treatment began late in life. So why isn't everyone trying to switch it off? Because the same switch builds your muscles.
Fasting & MetabolismBerberine vs metformin: what the evidence actually says
One is a cheap plant extract sold as "nature's Ozempic". The other is a decades-old diabetes drug that longevity fans take off-label. The comparison is more surprising than either side admits.
Fasting & MetabolismDoes intermittent fasting slow aging? What the trials say
In mice and monkeys, eating less extends life. Intermittent fasting promised the same benefits without counting calories. When scientists tested it in people, the results told a more interesting story.