Nutrition
Is Personalized Genetic Testing Worth It? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Overrated “precision medicine” may just be serving vested interests, and consumer DNA testing can be useless—or even worse. Today, you can get your…
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Nutrition
Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over a century ago,…
Nutrition
How to Boost Your Longevity Hormone | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered. It was the…
Nutrition
Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth of a teaspoon a day of onion powder…
Nutrition
The Hidden Costs of Bariatric Surgery | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Weight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects. How Sustainable Is the Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery? I explore that issue…
Nutrition
Is Surgery Necessary to Reverse Diabetes? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Losing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical risk. The surgical community objects to the characterization…
Nutrition
Bariatric Surgery: Risks in the OR and Beyond | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The extent of risk from bariatric weight-loss surgery may depend on the skill of the surgeon. After sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass,…
Nutrition
Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery and Mortality | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Today, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 patients…
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The best smart scales for 2025
[ad_1] A smart scale does more than show your weight. It tracks metrics like body fat, muscle mass and water percentage, then syncs that…
Nutrition
Taking Advantage of Sensory-Specific Satiety | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How can we use sensory-specific satiety to our advantage? When we eat the same foods over and over, we become habituated to them…
Nutrition
Dietary Diversity and Overeating | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Big Food uses our hard-wired drive for dietary diversity against us. How did we evolve to solve the daunting task of selecting a…
Nutrition
Hijacking Our Appetites | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] I debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient. The importance of satiety is underscored by a rare genetic condition known…
Nutrition
Lose 200 Lbs Without Feeling Hungry | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] I dive into one of the most fascinating series of studies I’ve ever come across. Anyone can lose weight by eating less food.…
Nutrition
Dietary Components That May Cause Cancer to Metastasize | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Palmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential of cancer cells through the fat receptor CD36.…
Nutrition
Does Drinking Water Affect Our Adrenal Hormones? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Drinking water can be a safe, simple, and effective way to prevent yourself from fainting. Within three minutes of drinking a few cups…
Nutrition
Obesity and a Toxic Food Environment | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers and marketers more than public health and an interest in truth. …
Nutrition
Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal of maximizing the…
Nutrition
Should We Take Any Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls. Food and beverage companies frame body weight as “a matter…
Nutrition
Are Food Ads Making Us Obese? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] We all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously and rationally, but if that were the case,…
Nutrition
Marketing Takes Off and Obesity Soars | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the…