Dating. How To Approach (women) & Reject (men) – Episode 28
How should a man approach a woman he is interested in? How can a woman reject a man she is not interested in? A mix of the research on dating with a healthy dose of individual and clinical experience. Jade’s ex-wife Jill Coleman of Jillfit.com joins the show to discuss dating. Both Jade & Jill hav...
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What Matters In Nutrition? Quality, Quantity & More – Episode 27
What matters more? Calories? Hormones? Timing? It can get very confusing can’t it. In this episode Jade teaches you the different aspects of nutrition to pay attention to: amount, type, timing, order and setting
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Next Level Human Introduction- Episode 26
Next Level Human is a model that integrates several different psychological frameworks as well as philosophical principles to help people understand how to live a life of growth, happiness and meaning. In this podcast Jade introduces some of the basics of his model. For more information check out ...
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How To Build Muscle- Episode 25
So you want to know how to gain muscle? It comes down to a simple formula CCPW (calories, carbs, protein and weight training). In this episode Dr. Jade covers all the details.
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How To Find The Right Diet- Episode 24
There is only one true rule of nutrition and that is, “do what works for you!” But that answer is not satisfactory for many. As humans we prefer certainty and want everything spelled out for us. However, we are each unique in our metabolic expression, psychology and personal preferences. A single ...
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Q&A Podcast #3
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In this Q&A podcast Dr. Jade talks about BCAA vs. Whey protein. Women & HGH. Adaptogenic herbs. Supplements for sleep. Metabolic conditioning workouts and more....
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Thyroid: All The Details- Episode 23
The thyroid gland is a master metabolic regulator greatly impacting growth, energy, fuel use, metabolic rate and much more. In this episode you learn the basic science, how to test thyroid function and little known causes and contributing factors related to thyroid function.
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Stoicism: A Beginners Guide- Episode 22
Stoicism is over 2000 years old. It precedes most of the major religions and the most influential stoics lived during the time Jesus supposedly lived and the bible was being written. This is why many of the ideas of the stoics find their way into the bible. Stoicism is of way of thinking about the...
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Cortisol: All The Details – Episode 21
Cortisol is one of those hormones that everyone talks about but few really understand. It is not a fat storing hormone. It is not a fat burning hormone. It can be both depending on the circumstances. Learn the role it plays in our body and the proper context in which to understand this hormone.
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The Gut in Metabolism – Episode 20
The gut is a major hub of metabolism, not just in its digestion and assimilation of calories, but in its hormonal and bacterial impacts as well. In this episode Dr. Jade talks about some of the issues, controversies and new science around gut function.
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How To Deal With Someone Who Does Not Like You- Episode 19
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How to deal with someone who does not like you? As a human it is not easy when someone does not like you, but critics and haters are everywhere. In this episode D...
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Q&A Podcast 2
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In this podcast Dr. Jade answers questions about pregnancy and breast feeding. Thyroid and intermittent fasting. Vaginal dryness, estrogen and progesterone therap...
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Lying, Gossiping & Growing Up- Episode 18
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Lying and gossiping are something all humans do. They are also some of the most destructive forces in human relationships and severely detrimental to the process ...
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Fasting: How To Know If It Will Work For you- Episode 17
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How do you know if fasting will work for you or not? What are the different ways to fast? How does the metabolism respond to fasting. In this podcast Dr. Jade g...
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Q&A Podcast 1
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In this episode Jade takes direct questions from listeners. If you would like to submit questions for the Q&A podcasts go to www.patreon.com/jadeteta.
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Erections: The Science & Tools – Episode 16
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Erections? Every man, and every mans lover, wants strong and lasting erections. The erection is a complex interaction between the brain, biochemistry and blood ve...
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Digestive Health: Help With Constipation – Episode 15
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Digestive health is critical for dealing with constipation and many other metabolic issues. In this episode you get the basics of how the digestive system works. ...
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How Do You Stop Overeating? – Episode 14
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How do you stop overeating? First you realize that much of the debate on eating has centered on either fats or carbohydrates. In reality the science has been with...
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What Type Of Exercise Should I do? – Episode 13
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The type of exercise you should do depends on many factors. If you are trying to “look good,” then there are some things you may want to consider, but you can’t ...
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Metabolic Toggles Part 2- Episode 12
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Metabolic Toggles Part 2. In this episode we go a little deeper into the different types of nutritional approaches that can be used with each toggle. You are also...
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Metabolic Toggles: ELEL, EMEM, ELEM & EMEL – Episode 11
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Metabolic Toggles are different levers you can pull in terms of calorie intake and output. This is a concept Jade developed that helps you circumvent metabolic co...
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Adrenal Fatigue? Real or not? – Episode 10
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Adrenal fatigue? It is not actually a real medical condition, so what are we really saying when we use the term. In this podcast you will learn more about the is...
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Overtraining: Exercise Recovery, Repair & Adaptation- Episode 9
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Overtraining? How are you managing exercise recovery, repair and adaptation? Stress can be either a positive growth enhancing stimulus (eustress) or a destructive...
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Keto Diet: weight loss, health, fitness, etc- Episode 8
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Keto Diet is all the rage right now. What is the science behind it? Is it right for you? Is it safe? What about the keto supplements I hear and read about? In t...
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Doing Everything Right? Not Getting Results? – Episode 7
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Doing everything right? Not getting results? You are likely missing one of the most important insights regarding diet and exercise? That is that there are two oth...
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The Social Battery: Tribe, Haters, Mentors- Episode 6
The Social Battery can be drained or charged depending on the people we associate with. Research has shown that our social circle dramatically impacts our health, fitness, career and happiness goals. In this podcast, Jade covers how to vet your social circle and how to think about recruiting, or ...
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Reading Food Labels- Episode 5
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Reading food labels can be simple and effective if you don’t let yourself over complicate things and understand that some very strange sounding ingredients are ac...
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Reading Research, Understanding Science- Episode 4
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In this podcast you learn what science is, how to use it and how Jade does his own research. Science is a process that checks against our natural human tendenci...
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The 5 Laws Of Metabolism- Episode 3
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Master these 5 laws of metabolism & your body will finally begin to respond to diet and exercise. The 5 laws govern much of the way the metabolism functions and...
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Menstrual Cycle Training & Dieting- Episode 2
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Menstrual cycle training. Learn how to time diet and exercise with the menstrual cycle to burn more fat, gain lean tissue, perform better and control hunger and...
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The Truth About Metabolism? – Episode 1
Before you can control a thing, you need to understand a thing. Here we cover the basics. What is the best way to conceptualize the metabolism? What are its parts? How does it function? How do we know if it is working or not? What are hormones and more………
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Sleep, Hunger, Mood, Energy & Cravings (SHMEC): Is Your SHMEC in Check?
Is Your SHMEC in Check?
It is true that in order to lose weight -- and more specifically, fat -- you do need to have a caloric deficit. But a low-calorie diet does not lead to a balanced and stable metabolism. In fact, it leads to the reverse.
Taking a calorie-first approach by following the "eat ...
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Eat Less, Exercise Less (ELEL): Another Weight Loss Strategy?
The eat less, exercise less (ELEL) protocol is one of the most well known protocols here at Metabolic Effect. First discussed in our book Lose Weight Here. In this blog you get all the in-depth information on how it works and how to use it.
Research tells us that greater than 90% of individuals who...
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How To Do A Detox; The Right Way
Detox diets are all the rage. You know what I am talking about, right? Drink 4 gallons of water a day. Drink the juice of 12 lemons. Take these nine supplements, and whatever you do, avoid the dreaded "toxins," they are every where.
If you sense a bit of sarcasm, you are not mistaken. One of my b...
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Doing “Everything Right” and still not losing weight?
Weight Loss: 3 Reasons You Are Not Doing “Everything Right” Even If You Think You Are
One of the most prevalent questions I get asked goes something like this, “Dr. Jade, I have done everything right and I am still not losing weight, why?”
The answer is simple for me, but complex for everyone els...
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The Pregnancy Reset: How Pregnancy Heals The Metabolism
Most women view pregnancy as a time when their metabolism abandons them in favor of their growing little one. They almost resign themselves to a ruined post-partum metabolism, and start strategizing how to deal with this situation after they give birth.
In reality, pregnancy is one of the best thin...
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The Female Workout advantage: Is HGH the secret?
The male perspective has dominated the studies of the metabolic effects of exercise. Mostly due to the fact that, historically, exercise research has been geared toward young male athletes or fit college-aged males. This has changed in the last 30-40 years, but female research into exercise has stil...
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Boners & Biceps: Testosterone Replacement & Erections A Complete Guide
My friend sends me a cryptic text. It says, “Jade, I need to talk to you about something. Can you call me?”
I don’t know about you, but in the era of text, I am like “Bro, seriously? You are going to make me call you?” hahahaha!!
Anyway, after rolling my eyes I reluctantly dial his number.
“Wh...
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Always Hungry? The Definitive Guide On How To Use Food To Control Hunger
If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you must control hunger. The goal needs to be maximal hunger suppression with minimal calories. This blog teaches you the science and take homes on how to accomplish this.
If this is your first time reading a Metabolic Effect blog, and you hate science, ...
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Food Sequencing? Eating Order? Why eating protein & fat before carbs helps fat loss
There are many different ways to think about food. Unfortunately, the view that calories are all that matter continues to dominate most discussions around food.
Anyone who says calories don't matter when it comes to weight loss is either ignorant of the vast amount of research showing it does, or i...
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The Three Speeds. How To Train Hard, Recover Fast & Not Be Stupid
The other day I was hanging with my good friend Brad Davidson who spent much of his career as an elite strength and conditioning coach. We discussed workouts, and why so many people burn out and overtrain.
Let me share some overarching perspective; some of the things Brad and I talked about. Here ...
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How To Cure Constipation. Everything No One Ever Told You
You haven’t used the bathroom in days. When you have been able to go, it has felt incomplete. Your abdomen feels distended and uncomfortable.
Wanting to solve your problem, you head to the internet and search, “how to solve constipation” or “what to do if you can’t go number 2.” (I like rhymes ;-)...
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Eating Frequency. How Often Should You Eat For Weight Loss?
Eating frequency is always a hot topic in health and fitness. I have written on this subject a few other times. You may want to check these blogs out HERE and HERE.
The important thing to remember about your metabolism is it is unique. As a result of that, you will have unique reactions to the amo...
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The Reverse Yo-Yo Diet: How To Reset Your Set-point (Reverse Diet)
I am coming off of a month of travel where I essentially took the entire month off from any training. Prior to this trip, I had not been training much either. I would skip entire weeks of exercise and then do a few workouts the next week. I probably averaged one workout a week over the last three ...
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Fat Burning Foods? What The HEC?
Count your hormones!!
Calories...
don't control metabolism -- hormones do.
Calories...
don't determine what type of weight you will lose and where you may lose it from -- hormones do.
Calories...
have little influence over hunger, cravings, energy, and mood -- but hormones do.
Using the phras...
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Hunger, Energy & Cravings (HEC): Is Your HEC in Check?
It is true that in order to lose weight -- and more specifically, fat -- you do need to have a caloric deficit. But a low-calorie diet does not lead to a balanced and stable metabolism. In fact, it leads to the reverse.
Taking a calorie-first approach by following the "eat less, exercise more" dogm...
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Hormones & Weight Loss
Weight loss and fat loss are not the same thing. You can be burning calories and losing weight, but those calories and that weight may or may not be fat. In fact, the one-size-fits-all weight loss model of "eat less and exercise more" can result in muscle being lost as readily as fat.
The greatest ...
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Getting Back to Fitness, Overtraining & How much exercise it too much?
Let's talk about the idea of overtraining and eating as it pertains to engaging or reengaging with fitness and nutrition in order to lose weight. Typical scenarios are individuals who were very fit and exercising regularly in the past, but maybe suffered an injury, had a child or simply fell out of ...
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Cravings? This Will Help
So you are 10 days into your diet. You made it through the first weekend with flying colors and you even lost 5 pounds and several inches. You are kicking ass.
But Wednesday morning you wake up feeling tired. For some reason you were tossing and turning last night. You had a near miss with a birt...
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Craving Salt? Craving Sweet? Pregnancy Cravings? This Will Help
"Have a protein shake in the morning. Have a big salad for lunch. Eat a sensible dinner. Oh, and take this cocoa drink at least twice daily whether you want it or not." That's what I told her. She had been suffering from the worst cravings. They came in the morning about two hours after her typical ...
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