Only the thin die young
I’m all for looking at overweight and obesity in new ways. I absolutely believe that it’s possible to be overweight and healthy. I am, however, sick of seeing claims that being overweight is...
View ArticleThe spice for life
A recent study was being touted in the media for the benefits of eating spicy foods. The study looked at the diets of 512, 891 people (yes, that’s a huge sample size) in several areas of China....
View ArticleWill canned fruit really kill me? Lessons from epi research
One of my twitter friends retweeted the above tweet yesterday (identifying info removed to protect the guilty). I asked if they had a link to research to support this claim and received a link to...
View ArticleForget sugar. Protein is the new smoking.
A recent study in Cell Metabolism prompted numerous headlines proclaiming that protein (specifically animal protein) may be just as bad as smoking for your health. Before we jump on the anti-protein...
View ArticleWhy the nut study made me nuts
A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the consumption of nuts was tied to lower mortality rates. I love nuts but I hate studies like this. The research was...
View ArticleThe best weight for longevity
Counteracting many of the resolutions surely made earlier this month was the release of a study showing that being overweight is linked to greater longevity. This study was actually a meta-analysis of...
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