The Origo Blog
Science-backed articles on fasting, insulin resistance, nutrition, and understanding your metabolism.
# Low Testosterone Can Be a Metabolic Signal, Not Just a Sex Hormone Problem A man can gain 8kg around the waist, lose strength in the gym, feel flat in the morning, sleep badly, and still be told the problem is just tes
# Lower Cortisol by Removing the Signal That Keeps It High Cortisol has somehow ended up with the reputation of a hormonal villain, which is a bit unfair considering you would have a hard time getting out of bed without
# Ghrelin Is Why Hunger Can Ignore a Full Stomach A person can eat breakfast at 8:00 and feel hungry again at 9:15. That sounds irrational if you think hunger is just the stomach reporting empty or full. The food went in
# Leptin Resistance Makes Hunger Harder to Trust Some people walk around with plenty of stored body fat and still feel hungry all the time. That sounds like a contradiction until you understand leptin. Leptin is one of t
# Fasting Helps Digestion Because the Gut Needs Time Without Food Coming In Most people talk about fasting as a weight-loss tool. Insulin drops, stored energy becomes easier to access, appetite changes, scale moves. That
# Fasting on Business Travel Works Best When You Stop Treating It Like a Perfect Routine Business travel is where good fasting plans go to get mugged by airport lighting, bad coffee, dry cabin air, client dinners, and a
# Fasting Should Make the Workday Simpler For a busy professional, fasting only works if it makes the day easier to run. That sounds obvious, but it is where most people get it wrong. They turn intermittent fasting into
# A Better Overnight Fast Starts Before Bed Most people think fasting begins in the morning, usually when they skip breakfast and start negotiating with themselves over coffee. In practice, the most important part of the
# Fasting Does Not Flip a Fat Burning Switch Most people ask the fasting question the wrong way. They want to know the exact hour when fat burning starts, as if the body is sitting there with a little red button waiting
# Mental Clarity During Fasting Comes From Steadier Fuel, Not Willpower Fasting gets described like some kind of monk-level productivity hack. Skip breakfast, transcend hunger, unlock your inner spreadsheet wizard. Cute
# Fasting for Women Should Follow Stress Load, Not Willpower A woman hits a plateau. The usual advice appears almost immediately, like a badly trained dog. Fast longer. Eat less. Add more cardio. Cut carbs harder. Be mor
# Fasting Feels Bad When Water Moves Faster Than Sodium A lot of people start fasting, feel terrible by hour 14, and assume they have discovered a deep biological truth about themselves. “I guess fasting just doesn’t wor
# Fasting Changes the Signal, Not Just the Portion Most people think fasting and calorie restriction are the same thing wearing different outfits. Eat less food, lose more weight. Simple. Except the body is not a spreads
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