A Serious Challenge to the 2012 Low-carbohydrate "Metabolic Advantage" Study
Warning: this post will be a bit more wonkish than usual, because I need to get detailed to make my points. To read a summary, skip to the end. In 2012, David Ludwig's group published an interesting RCT that suggested a substantial "metabolic advantage"…
Why some dogs (and humans) are born hungry
The brain is the central regulator of appetite and body fatness, and genetic variation that affects body fatness tends to act in the brain. One important site of variation is the POMC gene, which codes for a signaling molecule that suppresses food intake. A new study…
My Recent Paper on Linoleic Acid in Adipose Tissue
Linoleic acid (LA) is the predominant polyunsaturated fat in the human diet, and it's most concentrated in seed oils such as corn oil. LA accumulates in fat tissue, and as with many of the nutrients we eat, it is biologically active. In a new paper, we systematic…
Invincible Coffee: The Next Evolution of Joe
Warning -- Satire -- old April Fools post! You've heard of Bulletproof Coffee , that mixture of coffee and butter that keeps you lean and supercharges your mental focus. The problem with Bulletproof Coffee is that the butter forms a greasy oil slick on top of your …
A Free Issue of Examine.com Research Digest
Examine.com is a website that provides unbiased information on supplements and nutrition. They publish the Examine.com Research Digest (ERD), which reviews the latest studies in these areas. I like ERD because it does a nice job of curating recent science, making it …
What I Eat
People often ask me what I eat. I've been reluctant to share, because it feels egocentric and I'm a private person by nature. I also don't want people to view my diet as a universal prescription for others. But in the end, as someone who shares my opinio…
Windows 10 Spying Concerns: Are They Still Viable?
When Windows 10 first launched many users quick to flock to the new operating system as they were in a hurry to get away from Windows 8. However, a lot of those users became unsure of Windows 10 when reports started coming in that the operating system was practically s…
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