New Post on Eat Move Sleep Blog
Yesterday, the Dan's Plan blog Eat Move Sleep published a blog post I wrote about sleep, artificial light, your brain, and a free computer program called f.lux that can help us live healthier lives....
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This week's lucky winner... the Hardee's MONSTER THICKBURGER!Two 1/3 lb beef patties, four strips of bacon, three slices of American "cheese", mayo and bun. This bad boy boasts 1,300 calories, 830...
View ArticleDoes High Circulating Insulin Drive Body Fat Accumulation? Answers from...
The house mouse Mus musculus is an incredible research tool in the biomedical sciences, due to its ease of care and its ability to be genetically manipulated. Although mice aren't humans, they...
View ArticleBuckwheat Crepes Revisited
One of my most popular posts of all time was a recipe I published in 2010 for sourdough buckwheat crepes (1). I developed this recipe to provide an easy, nutritious, and gluten-free alternative to...
View ArticleAn Encouraging Trend
I was in the Seattle/Tacoma airport today, and I noticed quite a few people taking the stairs even though they're flanked by escalators. It's been my impression lately that more people are using...
View ArticleRecent and Upcoming Appearances
Smarter Science of SlimJonathan Bailor recently released an interview we did a few months ago on the neurobiology of body fat regulation, and the implications for fat loss. It's a good overview of the...
View ArticleTwo Recent Papers by Matt Metzgar
This is just a quick post to highlight two recent papers by the economist and fellow health writer Matt Metzgar.The first paper is titled "The Feasibility of a Paleolithic Diet for Low-income...
View ArticleFood Reward Friday
This week's winner: poutine!While not as appetizing looking as the Monster Thickburger, poutine is probably more popular. For those who aren't familiar, poutine is a large plate of French fries,...
View ArticleBeans, Lentils, and the Paleo Diet
As we continue to explore the foods our ancestors relied on during our evolutionary history, and what foods work best for us today, we come to legumes such as beans and lentils. These are...
View ArticleA Brief Response to Taubes's Food Reward Critique, and a Little Something Extra
It appears Gary Taubes has completed his series critiquing the food reward hypothesis of obesity (1). I have to hand it to him, it takes some cojones to critique an entire field of research,...
View ArticleAnother Simple Food Weight Loss Experience
Whole Health Source reader Sarah Pugh recently went on a six-week simple food (low reward) diet to test its effectiveness as a weight loss strategy, and she was kind enough to describe her experience...
View ArticleFood Reward Friday
This week's winner... the Starbuck's Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino!Read more »
View ArticleNew Review Papers on Food Reward
As research on the role of reward/palatability in obesity continues to accelerate, interesting new papers are appearing weekly. Here is a roundup of review papers I've encountered in the last three...
View ArticleIs it Time to Re-write the Textbooks on Insulin and Obesity?
A recent study in Cell Metabolism by Dr. Arya Mehran and colleagues found a result that, according to a press release, "could overturn widely accepted notions about healthy eating habits" (1), and has...
View Article60 Minutes Report on the Flavorist Industry
A reader sent me a link to a recent CBS documentary titled "Tweaking Tastes and Creating Cravings", reported by Morley Safer.Safer describes the "flavorist" industry, entirely dedicated to crafting...
View ArticleDoes "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" Exist?
Obesity is strongly associated with metabolic alterations and negative health outcomes including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some types of cancer (1, 2, 3, 4). Excess body fat is one of the...
View ArticleIs it Time to Re-write the Textbooks on Insulin and Obesity? Part II
A new paper published on December 6th in the journal Science once again tackles the question of whether elevated insulin drives the development of obesity (1). Mice were generated that lack Jun...
View ArticleFood Reward Friday
This week's "winner"...The Pizza Hut hot dog stuffed crust pizza!Read more »
View ArticleA Sign of the Times
Every now and then, I venture out to go shopping at mainstream chain clothing stores. Although I find it onerous, there are certain things I can't get at thrift stores. For example, I can never find...
View ArticleThe Potato Diet
In 2010, I wrote a series of blog posts on the health properties of potatoes (1, 2, 3). The evidence showed that potatoes are non-toxic, filling per calorie, remarkably nutritious, and can be eaten as...
View ArticleDoes the Vitamin and Mineral Content of Food Influence Our Food Intake and...
The Claim: We Overeat Because Our Diet is Low in Vitamins and MineralsWe know that animals, including humans, seek certain properties of food. Humans are naturally attracted to food that's high in...
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