The Metabolism Journal

Learn the plot of your own body

Short reads on the science behind the engine, written to be understood. Every article lists its sources.

Glucose

Can an app show how food affects blood sugar without a sensor?

What a model-based estimate can and cannot tell you about blood sugar after a meal, how it compares with a continuous glucose monitor, and what drives the rise.

Tracking

How accurate is calorie counting? Labels, databases and photo estimates

Every way of counting calories has error: label tolerances, database gaps, portion guesses and AI photo estimates. What the research shows, and why consistent logging is still useful.

Weight

Why your weight changes from day to day, and how to read the trend

Most day-to-day changes on the scale are water and the food still in your gut, not body fat. What moves the number, how big the swings tend to be, and how to read the trend underneath.

Cravings

Cravings aren't hunger: how to tell the two apart

Post-meal dips, habit windows and stress: the anatomy of "I need a snack."

Fat-adaptation

Fat adaptation isn't instant, and that's fine

What the research says about the first weeks of keto.

Glucose

Why the same meal hits differently at 8 am and 8 pm

Glucose tolerance is lower in the evening than in the morning. Here is what the research shows and what it means for your dinner.