Metabolism

Lithium Weight Gain: Thirst, Sugary Drinks and What to Track

Lithium weight gain is real for some people, and much of it arrives in a glass: thirst leads to juice and soda. See where the weight comes from, what never to cut and five numbers to bring to your psychiatrist.

Amitriptyline Weight Gain: Night Cravings and What to Track

Amitriptyline weight gain happens to some people, not all. See where the weight usually comes from, what to track at home and how to bring the numbers to your doctor without quitting your pain medication.

Risperidone Weight Gain: What to Track, Including in Kids

Risperidone weight gain affects a share of the people who take it, and it tends to be more noticeable in children. See where the weight comes from, what to watch in adults and kids, and how to bring the numbers to your doctor without touching the dose.

Birth Control Weight Gain: Pill, Shot and the Scale

Birth control weight gain depends on the method: the combined pill barely moves the scale, the shot moves it more. See why the scale misleads at the start and which numbers to bring to your doctor.

Antidepressant Weight Gain: What to Track Without Quitting

Antidepressant weight gain depends on the drug and the person. See where the weight usually comes from, what to track at home and how to bring it to your psychiatrist.

Pregabalin Weight Gain: Hunger, Swelling and What to Track

Pregabalin weight gain affects part of the people who take it, and the pounds can come from hunger or from swelling. See how to tell them apart, five numbers to track and how to bring them to your doctor without touching the dose.

Quetiapine Weight Gain: What to Track and Tell Your Doctor

Quetiapine weight gain affects a share of the people who take it, and it usually comes in through the hunger after the nighttime pill. See where it comes from, five numbers to track and how to bring them to your psychiatrist without touching your dose.

Quitting Smoking Weight Gain: How Much and How to Limit It

Quitting smoking weight gain averages 9 to 11 pounds in year one. Here are the three causes and how to cap the gain without risking your quit.

Carb Counting: How to Get the Number Right

Carb counting per meal: how to turn labels and tables into grams, where raw and cooked diverge, where the eyeball estimate misses, and one lunch counted item by item.

Prednisone Weight Gain: Is It Fat or Water?

Prednisone weight gain is real, but most of what shows up in the first weeks is fluid, not fat. Here is how to tell them apart, how the form and the length of the course change the picture, and the five numbers to track.

How to Lower A1C Before Your Next Blood Test

A1C measures 90 days, and the last month is worth half the result. Here is the reverse timeline month by month, the five levers ranked by effect, and why cramming the week before the test does nothing.

Diabetes Foods to Avoid: The Real List

Guidelines do not ban foods, they count carbohydrate. See the diabetes foods to avoid that genuinely matter, how many grams fit in each meal, and why rice, beans and fruit stay on the plate.

High Cholesterol Diet: the Fat Spread Across Your Day

One egg has 1.6 g of saturated fat. A regular afternoon snack has 8. Here is why a high cholesterol diet fails when it targets a single food, what your daily cap in grams is, and how to split that cap meal by meal.

How to Lower Triglycerides: the Order That Works

How to lower triglycerides: the levers ranked by effect, from alcohol to lost weight, what each test range means, and when to see a doctor.

Hypothyroidism Weight Loss: How Much Is Really the Thyroid

Hypothyroidism weight loss feels rigged, but the thyroid usually accounts for 5 to 10 pounds, and much of that is retained water. See what the gland explains, what it does not, and how to lose fat once TSH is normal.

Signs of Fatty Liver in Women: Usually There Are None

Fatty liver is silent in most women. Here is why the symptom lists mislead, which markers actually point to it, which test confirms the diagnosis, and how much weight loss reverses the condition.

Leptin Resistance: Why More Leptin Means More Hunger

Leptin resistance is the reason a body full of the satiety hormone still asks for food. Here is what the research actually shows, why the blood test rarely changes anything, and the five levers that move the signal.

Hormones That Cause Weight Gain: What They Really Do

Hormones that cause weight gain get all the blame for a stuck scale. They change hunger and fat storage, but none create weight without a calorie surplus. Here is the real role of each.

What Is Glycemic Index? And Why It Alone Won't Slim You

What is glycemic index? It ranks how fast a carbohydrate raises your blood sugar. Learn the scale, the food chart, glycemic load, and why it does not decide your weight on its own.

Fatty Liver Diet: The Tea Won't Fix It, the Plate Will

Insulin Resistance Meal Plan: the Plate Rule

An insulin resistance meal plan that steadies your glucose: the plate rule, a 7-day menu, and the foods to choose or skip.

How to Reverse Insulin Resistance (Before Diabetes)

Insulin resistance is your body needing more and more insulin to control blood sugar. See the signs, the tests, and how to reverse it with weight and food.

Slow Metabolism Signs: What's Real and What Isn't

Most slow metabolism signs are misread. The gap between two people's metabolism is small and rarely stalls weight loss on its own. Here is what is real and how to respond.

How to Speed Up Metabolism: 2026 Science Guide

How to speed up metabolism the way science actually supports it: the 4 components of daily burn, 7 proven strategies, real thermogenic foods and a practical meal plan.

How to Calculate BMR in 3 Steps (2026)

How to calculate your BMR in 3 steps: gather the 4 right data points, apply the Mifflin-St Jeor formula, and multiply by your activity factor to get your daily burn.

Basal Metabolic Rate: How to Find Your Floor (2026)

Your basal metabolic rate is the floor of your diet, never the ceiling. Learn how to calculate your BMR, what lowers it, and how to stop stalling the scale.

Daily Calorie Burn: How to Calculate Your TDEE (2026)

Daily calorie burn is the total energy your body uses in 24 hours. Learn how to calculate your TDEE with the Mifflin-St Jeor formula and use the number to set your daily target.