If you've been eating reasonably well, moving your body, and still feel like something's off.. this is probably why. Chronic low-grade inflammation. It doesn't show up on a standard blood panel. It just runs in the background, making everything harder. Fat loss, energy, mental sharpness, recovery, drive. For most people it builds slowly over years. Stress accumulates. Sleep gets compromised. The diet isn't terrible but it isn't clean either. And the body — which was handling all of it fine at...

I just landed in Phoenix. Bachelor weekend for one of my best friends. Good people, good weather, and I'm sure enough alcohol flowing to sink a small boat. I'll probably have one drink all weekend. Maybe two. Not because I'm disciplined. Not because I'm making a point. But because I genuinely don't feel the pull.. and when I do have one, it'll be because I wanted it, with a proper meal, not because someone put a glass in my hand and the situation made it awkward to say no. I'm not telling you...

GLP-1 medications — Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro — are everywhere right now. And if you are a man in your 30s, 40s, or 50s who has been struggling with weight that will not move despite real effort, there is a good chance someone has already mentioned them to you. Maybe your doctor. Maybe a colleague who lost 30 pounds and looks like a different person. I am not here to tell you they are evil. They're not. But almost no one is looking at this with nuance. So I'll present some for you: Here is...