June 8, 2021
As you no doubt know by now, I'm a sucker for ice cream, or any other cold, frozen beverage remotely resembling ice cream, which is probably why even my morning superfood smoothie is essentially...
Low Carb & Ketogenic Diet
August 4, 2020
Have you noticed that every other week a new diet seems to materialize, seemingly out of nowhere, in the health and wellness space; and most of the time, this "hot new diet" is nothing...
July 28, 2020
It's been a keto-packed couple of weeks here at Ben Greenfield Fitness—starting with the article "All Of Your Burning Keto Questions Answered: Fasting On Keto, Keto For Fat Loss, Keto Nootropics & Supplements, &...
July 21, 2020
I've been experimenting with some semblance of a ketogenic diet for nearly a decade now - specifically for a host of goals, including muscle gain, ultra-endurance, longevity, cognitive performance, and beyond. I have used...
June 2, 2020
It's (un)officially summertime, baby! After spending my Memorial Day, as most Americans do, fine-tuning my grillmaster skills and cooking up all sorts of mouth-watering delicacies for my family, I got to thinking about how...
February 9, 2015
When it comes to not packing on extra pounds this Valentine's Day, what are some sweet hacks that will tickle you or your Valentine's sweet tooth, yet not take you out of that fat burning...
February 2, 2015
OK, here's the deal - I've said this before and I'll say it again: an extremely high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet is not for everyone. But since ketones are a preferred fuel for the heart...
June 2, 2014
Perhaps you've decided that you're simply tired of sickeningly sweet sports gels. Maybe it's the candy-like taste. Maybe it's having your brain wired on a potent combination of caffeine and sugar for hours after your workout or race. Maybe it's...
May 27, 2014
In Rewriting The Fat Burning Textbook - Part 1 you discovered how eating a high fat diet doesn’t make you fat, and may actually increase the amount of fat you burn as fuel at both rest and...
May 25, 2014
Lying facedown on a cold, vinyl-plastered laboratory bench, I grimaced and squirmed uncomfortably as a medical technician yanked a giant biopsy needle out of my right quad - sucking nearly 200 milligrams of my precious muscle...
May 26, 2013
For the next 12 weeks, I am going into self-experimental, bio-hacking guinea pig mode in preparation for Ironman Canada in Whistler on August 25. It's called the "Great Ketogenic Ironman Experiment", and in just a moment,...
September 1, 2012
Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. A few weeks ago I tweeted about a fasting low carb diet: Today I talked to guy who hammers through 6hr workouts after 24hr fasts...
August 19, 2012
In the past, there's been several posts here on the site about how to practically implement a low carbohydrate diet. For example, a few months ago, I released the podcast: Is It Possible To Be...
May 31, 2012
Meet my brother Zach Greenfield. He's been following my Superhuman Food Pyramid for the past 6 months. For anyone who doubts that you can build muscle on a low carbohydrate diet because you don't have enough "fuel", my...
August 19, 2011
I'm often asked how to start a low carb diet and whether or not "low carb" is safe. A few days ago, I posted about the 10 Hidden Dangers of a Low Carbohydrate Diet....
August 15, 2011
If you're a frequent visitor to this website, or listener to the BenGreenfieldFitness podcast, you've probably gotten the idea that I'm a pretty big fan of limiting your carbohydrate intake. And you'd be right. To understand...
July 11, 2011
Lately, I've become a sucker for sardines. As a matter of fact, as I sit in the airport, I just gulped down for breakfast a giant can of sardines in extra virgin olive oil, neatly...12