Agustus 2011

A Roadmap to Obesity

In this post, I'll explain my current understanding of the factors that promote obesity in humans. Heritability To a large degree, obe...

Anthony Colpo recently posted a discussion of one of my older posts on seed oils and body fat gain ( 1 ), which reminded me that I need to ...

FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The brain can be a convenient hiding place for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. That's the finding o...

ovarian cancer: is the fifth most common cancer in women. It is a cancer that forms in tissues of the ovary. There are three types: 1) thos...

Part I: Is there a Ponderostat? Some of the most important experiments for understanding the role of food palatability/reward in body fatnes...

It used to be good enough to be smart - good in science; good at figuring things out. When you only have penicillin or sulfa, then just maki...

The reaction to my post " The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination " has been overwhelmingly positive, parti...

Introduction I'd like to begin by emphasizing that carbohydrate restriction has helped many people lose body fat and improve their metab...

Last weekend I attended the Ancestral Health Symposium at the University of California, Los Angeles, organized by Aaron Blaisdell, Brent Pot...

Welcome back! Some day, heart disease will not be the biggest killer of people in the U.S. And someday, despite higher risks in men - simila...