
#71: Engineering the Alpha With John Romaniello
The Art of Manliness
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The Role of Leptin in Hormone Optimism
The Vermonster is a Ben and Jerry's confection made up of something like 20 scoops of ice cream, three brownies, three cookies, like two bananas. The reason to have cheat meals is for the upregulation of a hormone called leptin. Having a cheat day bumps leptin levels up because you're getting this huge caloric excess all at once.
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