Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"...  Kirkland Signature Cashew Clusters!!      WHS reader Brad Dieter mentioned these on Facebook t...

Snacktime in My Kitchen

Here is a photo of all visible food in my kitchen:     Along the back wall, we have glass containers of raw nuts, unsalted roasted nuts, gr...

Why Do We Overeat? A Neurobiological Perspective

I just posted a narrated Powerpoint version of my talk " Why Do We Overeat? A Neurobiological Perspective " to YouTube.  Here'...

Mindless Eating

You think you're in control of your eating behavior-- but you aren't In 2005, Brian Wansink's research group published a remarka...

5 Easy and Effective Ways to Eat Less

Why do we overeat?  Why is it hard to lose fat once we've gained it?  Is there a way to comfortably and sustainably eat less and lose fa...

Mysteries of Energy Balance and Weight Loss

How to Lose Weight Effortlessly   You've probably seen this claim many times: a pound of fat contains 3,500 kilocalories (kcal).  A slic...

NutriScience Seminar in Lisbon with Lindeberg, Fontes, and Bastos

My friend Pedro Bastos has asked me to spread the word about a seminar he's organizing in Lisbon titled " Evidence and Evolution-ba...