Dr. Anton’s Health Blog

Written by Stephen Anton PhD on October 21st, 2020

Does Coffee Break a Fast?

Almost two out of three American adults drink a cup of coffee per day.

With the surging popularity of intermittent fasting, many are wondering if you can drink coffee while fasting, if you can add ingredients to coffee, and which types of coffees break a fast.

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Written by Stephen Anton PhD on August 6th, 2020

Intermittent Fasting for Brain Health: A Powerful Tool

When you fast long enough to activate your body’s metabolic switch (typically 12 or more hours), your mind and body starts running on super-charged energy molecules called ketones.

One reason “flipping your metabolic switch” is so beneficial for the brain is that ketones generate approximately 25% more energy in the body than glucose (sugar).

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Written by Stephen Anton PhD on August 3rd, 2020

Intermittent Fasting and Building Muscle: Fasting for Muscle Gain

Building muscle is one of the many benefits associated with intermittent fasting. Learn how fasting is beneficial for muscle gain.

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Written by Stephen Anton PhD on July 27th, 2020

Two Keys to Ease Into Intermittent Fasting

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have likely heard about the benefits of intermittent fasting.

While it’s true that there are tremendous benefits to intermittent fasting, there are right and wrong ways to get started with an intermittent fasting lifestyle.

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Written by Stephen Anton PhD on July 23rd, 2020

How a Dream Metabolism Is Similar to an Electric Vehicle

Our bodies are amazing machines and can run off of two different fuel sources depending on need:

Glucose and fat (aka, ketones)

However, due to our usual eating patterns, most of us only run off one of these fuels (Glucose).

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Anton

I’ve had the privilege of studying the fields of obesity, metabolism, and aging for the past 20 years and felt an increasing desire to share what I’ve learned with as many people as possible the past few years.

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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Dr. Anton

    I’ve had the privilege of studying the fields of obesity, metabolism, and aging for the past 20 years and felt an increasing desire to share what I’ve learned with as many people as possible the past few years.

    BLOG CATEGORIES

    Aging

    Coffee

    Fitness

    Immune Health

    Inflammation

    Intermittent Fasting

    Metabolism

    Mind Health

    Weight Loss

    Get the Beginner’s Guide to Intermittent Fasting

    Take advantage of this 100% free PDF and learn the basics of intermittent fasting.

      Get the Beginner’s Guide to Intermittent Fasting

      Take advantage of this FREE PDF and learn the basics of intermittent fasting.