Insights, articles, & essays.
Long-form writing from the Metamed care team on metabolic health, longevity medicine, weight cycling, and the science behind sustainable change. Translated from clinical research into language that actually helps patients decide.
Recent writing.
What is weight cycling (yo-yo dieting)?
Yo-yo dieting is the cycle of rapid weight loss followed by regain, often driven by short-term changes in diet and activity. The hormonal aftermath — leptin suppression, slowed metabolic rate, lost lean mass — is what makes the next attempt harder than the last.
Curtailing the challenge of weight loss — the right way
The body is primitively engineered to resist weight loss — a survival mechanism from a time of food scarcity. Most commercial programs work against this biology rather than with it. Metamed's approach is grounded in the physiology of metabolism, not the marketing of metabolism.
Protecting your health and well-being during the pandemic
2020 brought unprecedented challenges to physical and mental health. Lockdowns disrupted sleep, exercise, nutrition, and social connection — and the metabolic consequences are still showing in patients today. Practical strategies for protecting your baseline matter more than ever.
The pandemic life and quarantine
Quarantine introduced sustained metabolic stress on a population scale — reduced movement, disrupted circadian patterns, altered nutrition, and the psychological burden of isolation. Understanding the metabolic cost of those months helps frame the recovery work that follows.
Curtailing the impact of COVID-19 on chronic illnesses
Patients with diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and cardiovascular disease faced compounded risk during the pandemic — and disrupted care continuity. The lessons from that period reinforce the case for continuous physician-led monitoring of metabolic conditions, not episodic visits.