This is a science-first guide to training a capacity your body once had—and can regain: the ability to switch cleanly between fuels. It shows how to pair meals, movement, and timing so you burn fat when you should, use carbs when you need them, and stop riding the energy roller-coaster. You’ll learn a simple, portable framework that fits any cuisine or schedule. Most plans argue over foods; this one teaches a skill. By improving insulin sensitivity, reinforcing circadian eating, and using short walks and strength work to tame postprandial glucose control, you’ll replace rules with range. The result: steadier mood, clearer thinking, and a metabolism that supports both workdays and workouts. Busy readers who want evidence without ideology; athletes who hit the wall; professionals who crash at four; travellers and shift workers who need reliability; anyone curious about fat vs carb metabolism and how to apply it without turning life into a lab. - A weekly rhythm that alternates easy endurance with targeted intensity (zone 2 training) - Practical fasting windows—intermittent fasting without dogma—that respect performance and sleep - Meal-building rules of thumb for stable energy meal timing at home, restaurants, or airports - A compact dashboard of signals you can trust, grounded in practical nutrition science and fuel switching diet principles By the final page, you’ll own a flexible playbook for eating and moving that travels across seasons, cultures, and goals—no food wars required.
Metabolic Flexibility
SKU: 9789374126806
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- Kenji Takahashi writes at the intersection of food culture and human physiology. Raised between Tokyo’s seasonal markets and the cadence of commuter trains, he learned early that energy depends as much on timing, light, and movement as on ingredients. His work champions capacities over cults: metabolic flexibility, practical nutrition science, and small, repeatable rituals that travel across cuisines and schedules. Kenji is known for translating complex ideas—insulin sensitivity, fat vs carb metabolism, postprandial glucose control—into simple “do-this-now” habits: a ten-minute walk after dinner, zone 2 training before meetings, stable energy meal timing on travel days. He has advised busy professionals, endurance amateurs, and shift workers on restoring rhythm without rigid rules or performative restriction. When he isn’t writing, he maps city walking loops, experiments with circadian eating and intermittent fasting without dogma, and hunts for the quiet signals—sleep, appetite, mood—that tell the truth long before the scale does.
