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The 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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Why 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...

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Forget 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...

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Will 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...

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The 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....

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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...

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