Overrated “precision medicine” may just be serving vested interests, and consumer DNA testing can be useless—or even worse. Today, you can get your DNA sequenced—the letters of your…
Read more Is Personalized Genetic Testing Worth It? | NutritionFacts.orgFasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over a century ago, fasting was hailed not only…
Read more Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity? | NutritionFacts.orgWhat can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered. It was the 21st documented fibroblast growth factor,…
Read more How to Boost Your Longevity Hormone | NutritionFacts.orgLet’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth of a teaspoon a day of onion powder do for body fat, and…
Read more Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS? | NutritionFacts.orgWeight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects. How Sustainable Is the Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery? I explore that issue in my video of the…
Read more The Hidden Costs of Bariatric Surgery | NutritionFacts.orgLosing weight without rearranging your gastrointestinal anatomy carries advantages beyond just the lack of surgical risk. The surgical community objects to the characterization of bariatric surgery as internal…
Read more Is Surgery Necessary to Reverse Diabetes? | NutritionFacts.orgThe 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, the third most common bariatric…
Read more Bariatric Surgery: Risks in the OR and Beyond | NutritionFacts.orgToday, death rates after weight-loss surgery are considered to be “very low,” occurring in perhaps 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 patients on average. The treatment of…
Read more Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery and Mortality | NutritionFacts.orgA smart scale does more than show your weight. It tracks metrics like body fat, muscle mass and water percentage, then syncs that data to your phone so…
Read more The best smart scales for 2025How can we use sensory-specific satiety to our advantage? When we eat the same foods over and over, we become habituated to them and end up liking them…
Read more Taking Advantage of Sensory-Specific Satiety | NutritionFacts.orgBig Food uses our hard-wired drive for dietary diversity against us. How did we evolve to solve the daunting task of selecting a diet that supplies all the…
Read more Dietary Diversity and Overeating | NutritionFacts.orgI debunk the myth of protein as the most satiating macronutrient. The importance of satiety is underscored by a rare genetic condition known as Prader-Willi syndrome. Children with…
Read more Hijacking Our Appetites | NutritionFacts.orgI dive into one of the most fascinating series of studies I’ve ever come across. Anyone can lose weight by eating less food. Anyone can be starved thin.…
Read more Lose 200 Lbs Without Feeling Hungry | NutritionFacts.orgPalmitic acid, a saturated fat concentrated in meat and dairy, can boost the metastatic potential of cancer cells through the fat receptor CD36. The leading cause of death…
Read more Dietary Components That May Cause Cancer to Metastasize | NutritionFacts.orgDrinking water can be a safe, simple, and effective way to prevent yourself from fainting. Within three minutes of drinking a few cups of water (12 mL/kg of…
Read more Does Drinking Water Affect Our Adrenal Hormones? | NutritionFacts.orgImplausible explanations for the obesity epidemic serve the needs of food manufacturers and marketers more than public health and an interest in truth. When it comes to uncovering…
Read more Obesity and a Toxic Food Environment | NutritionFacts.orgLike the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine to cigarettes, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal of maximizing the irresistibility of its products. The…
Read more Corporate Influence and Our Epidemic of Obesity | NutritionFacts.orgThe power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls. Food and beverage companies frame body weight as “a matter of personal choice.” Even when…
Read more Should We Take Any Responsibility for the Obesity Epidemic? | NutritionFacts.orgWe all like to think we make important life decisions, like what to eat, consciously and rationally, but if that were the case, we wouldn’t be in the…
Read more Are Food Ads Making Us Obese? | NutritionFacts.orgThe unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the obesity epidemic. In the 1970s,…
Read more Marketing Takes Off and Obesity Soars | NutritionFacts.org
