Fat vs. Carbohydrate Overeating: Which Causes More Fat Gain? Two human studies, published in 1995 and 2000, tested the effect of carbohydrate vs. fat overfeeding on body fat gain in humans. What did t...
What Role Does Fat Play in A Healthy Diet? I love it when other health-minded individuals contact me to share their work or research regarding a topic I have written about. And, The ...
Garden Update: A Banner Year Things are warming up here in Seattle and the flowers are blooming. I just planted my first crops of the year-- potatoes and strawberries. ...
More Graphs of Calorie Intake vs. BMI In the last post, a reader commented that the correlation would be more convincing if I graphed calories vs. average BMI rather than the pre...
Calorie Intake and the US Obesity Epidemic Between 1960 and 2008, the prevalence of obesity in US adults increased from 13 to 34 percent, and the prevalence of extreme obesity increas...
Uncovering the True Health Costs of Excess Weight Is excess weight hazardous to health, or can it actually be protective? This question has provoked intense debate in the academic community...
New Position with Nestlé Warning -- Satire -- April Fool's Post I'm happy to announce that I've accepted a Product Research and Development position with...