TIMOTHY FERRISS

The author recommends Saturdays as your Dieters Gone Wild (DGW) days.

You are allowed to eat whatever you want on Saturdays.

There are no limits or boundaries during this day.

Should you do it? Yes, of course.

Different sources of calories = different results.

Scenario #1: 2 identical twins eat the same meals for 30 days. The only difference: one of them just finished a course of antibiotics and now lacks sufficient good bacteria for full digestion.

Will th...

These foods are prohibited:

All bread, rice (including brown), cereal, potatoes, pasta, and fried food with breading.

You'll be safe if you avoid eating the above foods and anything else white.

Exception: You are good to consume those...

The most successful dieters eat the same few meals over and over again. A thousand products are in grocery stores, but only a handful won’t make you fat.

Mix and match from the following list:

1. Proteins: Egg whites, chicken breast or thigh, beef.
2. Legumes: ...

Now that you understand the basic theories let's start to follow the diet rules.

1. Rule #1: Avoid white carbohydrates.
2. Rule #2: Eat the same few meals repeatedly.
3. Rule #3: Don’t drink calories.
4. Rule #4: Don’t eat fruits.
5. Rule #5: Take one day off per week....

Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, was once asked in an interview, "How do you become more productive?"

The interviewer wondered what a billionaire’s answer would be.

He broke the silence: "Work out."

Working out gave him at least fou...

Damage control means eating a lot but still minimizing fat gain.

Apply these three principles:

1. Principle #1: Minimize the release of insulin. How? Ensure that your first meal of the day is high in protein and insoluble fibre. The protein will decrease your appeti...

Humans don’t need fruit six days a week, and they certainly don’t need it year-round.

Can fruit juice screw up fat loss? Yes, very much.

Fruit juice increases albumin that binds to testosterone.

The only exceptions to the no-fruit rule are tomatoes and avocados ...

Two bacteria have been found to influence fat absorption regardless of diet: Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes.

• Lean people have more Bacteroidetes but fewer Firmicutes.
• Obese people have more Firmicutes but fewer Bacteroidetes.

How to increase t...

Before you jump into the workout routine, understand The Minimum Effective Dose (MED). MED delivers the most dramatic results in the least amount of time.

Anything beyond the MED is wasteful. For example:

1. To boil water, the MED is 100°C. H...

If you want a body transformation, there are two fundamental MEDs to keep in mind:

1. To remove stored fat: Do the least necessary to trigger a fat-loss cascade of specific hormones.
2. To add muscle: Do the least necessary to trigger local (specific...