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The Potato Diet

admin kece Rabu, 19 Desember 2012 Add Comment Food reward, low-carb, overweight Edit

In 2010, I wrote a series of blog posts on the health properties of potatoes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). The evidence showed that potatoes are non-toxic...

Food Reward Friday

admin kece Jumat, 14 Desember 2012 Add Comment Food reward Fridays Edit

This week's "winner"... The Pizza Hut hot dog stuffed crust pizza! Read more »

Is it Time to Re-write the Textbooks on Insulin and Obesity? Part II

admin kece Kamis, 13 Desember 2012 Add Comment overweight Edit

A new paper published on December 6th in the journal Science once again tackles the question of whether elevated insulin drives the develop...

Food Reward Friday

admin kece Jumat, 07 Desember 2012 Add Comment Food reward Fridays Edit

This week's "winner"... Kellogg's Krave cereal! Read more »

Is it Time to Re-write the Textbooks on Insulin and Obesity?

admin kece Kamis, 06 Desember 2012 Add Comment overweight Edit

A recent study in Cell Metabolism by Dr. Arya Mehran and colleagues found a result that, according to a press release, "could overturn...

Food Reward Friday

admin kece Jumat, 30 November 2012 Add Comment Food reward, Food reward Fridays Edit

This week's winner... the Starbuck's Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino ! Read more »

Foundation for Women's Wellness - Women's Health Fellowship Award

admin kece Selasa, 27 November 2012 Add Comment Edit

The Foundation for Women's Wellness (FWW) is currently seeking applications for medical students (MD and/or PhD, residents and fellows i...

Food Reward Friday

admin kece Jumat, 23 November 2012 Add Comment Food reward, Food reward Fridays Edit

This week's winner: poutine ! While not as appetizing looking as the Monster Thickburger, poutine is probably more popular. For those w...

Food Reward Friday

admin kece Jumat, 16 November 2012 Add Comment Food reward, Food reward Fridays, superstimuli Edit

This week's winner: the Taco Bell Doritos Locos Taco! Read more »

An Encouraging Trend

admin kece Minggu, 04 November 2012 Add Comment exercise Edit

I was in the Seattle/Tacoma airport today, and I noticed quite a few people taking the stairs even though they're flanked by escalators....

Food Reward Friday

admin kece Jumat, 02 November 2012 Add Comment Food reward, Food reward Fridays Edit

This week's lucky winner... the Hardee's MONSTER THICKBURGER! Two 1/3 lb beef patties, four strips of bacon, three slices of America...

Food Reward Fridays

admin kece Jumat, 26 Oktober 2012 Add Comment Food reward, Food reward Fridays Edit

Each Friday, I'm going to post a picture of a modern food so ridiculous it makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time. I'm do...

Candy at the Cash Register

admin kece Sabtu, 20 Oktober 2012 Add Comment Edit

Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting editorial titled " Candy at the Cash Register-- a Risk Factor f...

Photos and More Gardening

admin kece Kamis, 04 Oktober 2012 Add Comment gardening Edit

I've needed new professional and blog photos for a long time. My friend Adam Roe was in town recently, and he happens to be professiona...

More Thoughts on Macronutrient Trends

admin kece Jumat, 14 September 2012 Add Comment diet, hyperphagia, overweight Edit

I had a brief positive exchange with Gary Taubes about the NuSI post. He reminded me that there's an artifact (measurement error) in th...

Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI)

admin kece Rabu, 12 September 2012 Add Comment diet, disease, low-carb, overweight Edit

Some of you may have heard of an ambitious new nutrition research foundation called the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). In this post,...

Calories and Carbohydrate: a Natural Experiment

admin kece Senin, 10 September 2012 Add Comment diabetes, diet, disease, exercise, hyperphagia, overweight Edit

In the lab, we work hard to design experiments that help us understand the natural world. But sometimes, nature sets up experiments for us,...

admin kece Jumat, 07 September 2012 Add Comment Amniocententesis, Chronic Villus Sampling, CVS, FISH, Genetics, Health Literacy, Nuchal Translucency, PCR, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Options Resources Edit

MORE INFO ON COMMUNICATING REPRODUCTION OPTIONS Provide clear, easy to understand information of complex genetic techniques and normal anato...

admin kece Kamis, 06 September 2012 Add Comment Heart Health Edit

Ischemic Heart Disease and Women One of the many amazing (and distinguished) cardiologist I am fortunate to know is Dr. Noel Bairey Merz. Re...

A Late Summer Harvest

admin kece Rabu, 05 September 2012 Add Comment environment, real food, success stories Edit

It's been a good year for gardening in Seattle, at least in my garden. Thanks to great new tools* and Steve Solomon's recipe for ho...

Are we PREPPED for PrEP?

admin kece Jumat, 31 Agustus 2012 Add Comment advocacy, HIV, PrEP, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Options Resources, Sexual Health Edit

PrEP is short for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis of HIV to prevent transmission of disease. Recent studies have demonstrated that a combination me...

Does Calorie Restriction Extend Lifespan in Mammals?

admin kece Rabu, 29 Agustus 2012 Add Comment cancer, diet Edit

Until about two years ago, the story went something like this: calorie restriction extends lifespan in yeast, worms, flies, and rodents. Li...

AHS11 Talk Posted

admin kece Rabu, 22 Agustus 2012 Add Comment Food reward, overweight, presentations Edit

After a one-year delay, my talk from the 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium is online with slides synched. The talk is titled " Obesity: ...

admin kece Senin, 20 Agustus 2012 Add Comment Poverty, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, sociocultural determinants of health, Teen Pregnancy Edit

Planning and Intention - A bit more about health and reproduction. So concluding our journal club today where we had an interesting discus...

Ancestral Health Symposium 2012

admin kece Kamis, 16 Agustus 2012 Add Comment diet, evolution, Food reward, low-carb, metabolic syndrome, overweight, paleolithic diet, presentations, research bloopers Edit

I recently returned from AHS12 and a little side trip to visit family. The conference was hosted at Harvard University through the Harvard ...

admin kece Selasa, 14 Agustus 2012 Add Comment Gender, Poverty, Reproductive Health, Teen Pregnancy Edit

In the Olympics of Teen Pregnancy, The U.S. 'Wins' While Young Women Lose. It is known that an association with becoming a teen mo...

Lorcaserin: the Latest FDA-approved Obesity Drug

admin kece Sabtu, 04 Agustus 2012 Add Comment overweight Edit

The FDA recently approved a new drug called lorcaserin (brand name Belviq) for the treatment of obesity. Lorcaserin causes an average of 13...

Two Great Quotes About Obesity (technical)

admin kece Kamis, 02 Agustus 2012 Add Comment hyperphagia, overweight, superstimuli Edit

By Dr. Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, from a recent paper, "The Neurobiology of Food Intake in an Obesogenic Environment" ( 1 ). I came ac...

How Should Science be Done?

admin kece Selasa, 24 Juli 2012 Add Comment Edit

Lately I keep running into the idea that the proper way to do science is to continually strive to disprove a hypothesis, rather than suppor...

New Review Paper by Yours Truly: High-Fat Dairy, Obesity, Metabolic Health and Cardiovascular Disease

admin kece Minggu, 22 Juli 2012 Add Comment Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, diet, disease, fats, metabolic syndrome, overweight, yogurt Edit

My colleagues Drs. Mario Kratz, Ton Baars, and I just published a paper in the European Journal of Nutrition titled " The Relationship ...

What Causes Type 2 Diabetes, and How Can it be Prevented?

admin kece Kamis, 19 Juli 2012 Add Comment diabetes, diet, disease, overweight Edit

In the comments of the last post, we've been discussing the relationship between body fatness and diabetes risk. I think this is really...

Interview with Aitor Calero of Directo al Paladar

admin kece Kamis, 12 Juli 2012 Add Comment diet, disease, Food reward, gluten, low-carb, overweight Edit

Aitor Calero writes for the popular Spanish cooking and nutrition blog, Directo al Paladar ("straight to the palate"). We did a ...

Why Did Energy Expenditure Differ Between Diets in the Recent Study by Dr. Ludwig's Group?

admin kece Minggu, 01 Juli 2012 Add Comment diet, low-carb, overweight Edit

As discussed in the previous post, a recent study by Dr. David Ludwig's group suggested that during weight maintenance following fat los...

New Study: Is a Calorie a Calorie?

admin kece Kamis, 28 Juni 2012 Add Comment diet, fats, low-carb, overweight Edit

A new study in JAMA led by Dr. Cara B. Ebbeling and colleagues purports to challenge the idea that all calories are equally fattening ( 1 )....

What Puts Fat Into Fat Cells, and What Takes it Out?

admin kece Senin, 25 Juni 2012 Add Comment leptin, overweight Edit

Body fatness at its most basic level is determined by the rate of fat going into vs. out of fat cells. This in/out cycle occurs regardless o...

A Pressure Cooker for the 21st Century

admin kece Selasa, 19 Juni 2012 Add Comment real food Edit

Pressure cookers are an extremely useful kitchen tool. They greatly speed cooking and reduce energy usage by up to 70 percent. This is bec...

New Study Demonstrates that Sugar has to be Palatable to be Fattening in Mice

admin kece Rabu, 13 Juni 2012 Add Comment diet, Food reward, overweight Edit

Dr. Anthony Sclafani's research group just published a study definitively demonstrating that high palatability, or pleasantness of taste...

Sugar Intake and Body Fatness in Non-industrial Cultures

admin kece Sabtu, 09 Juni 2012 Add Comment diet, Hadza, Kuna, native diet, nutritionism, overweight Edit

Around the world, non-industrial cultures following an ancestral diet and lifestyle tend to be lean. When they transition a modern diet and ...

Calories Still Matter

admin kece Selasa, 05 Juni 2012 Add Comment diet, overweight Edit

The Centers for Disease Control's NHANES surveys documented a massive increase in obesity in the United States between the 1960-62 and 2...

How Bad is Fructose? David Despain Interviews Dr. John Sievenpiper

admin kece Senin, 28 Mei 2012 Add Comment diet, overweight Edit

In my article " Is Sugar Fattening? ", I discussed a recent review paper on fructose, by Dr. John Sievenpiper and colleagues ( 1 )...

Lower Blood Pressure Naturally

admin kece Senin, 21 Mei 2012 Add Comment diet, hypertension Edit

Recently, Chris Kresser published a series on dietary salt (sodium chloride) and health ( 1 ). One of the issues he covered is the effect ...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part III

admin kece Kamis, 17 Mei 2012 Add Comment archaeology, celiac, diet, evolution, Genetics, gluten, Masai, minerals, native diet, paleolithic diet, phytic acid Edit

In previous posts, I reviewed some of the evidence suggesting that human evolution has accelerated rapidly since the development of agricult...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part II

admin kece Senin, 07 Mei 2012 Add Comment diet, evolution, native diet, paleolithic diet Edit

In previous posts, I described how Otzi was (at least in large part) a genetic descendant of Middle Eastern agriculturalists, rather than be...

Media Appearances

admin kece Sabtu, 05 Mei 2012 Add Comment diet, Food reward, native diet Edit

Last October, I participated in a panel discussion organized by the Harvard Food Law Society in Boston. The panel included Drs. Walter Wil...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part I

admin kece Sabtu, 28 April 2012 Add Comment diet, evolution, Genetics, native diet, paleolithic diet Edit

In the previous post, I explained that Otzi descended in large part from early adopters of agriculture in the Middle East or nearby. What I...

admin kece Kamis, 26 April 2012 Add Comment Edit

APRIL IS DISTRACTION AWARENESS MONTH! Imagine that you are blindfolded and driving 55 miles per hour. It will take about 4.5 seconds for you...

admin kece Add Comment advocacy, elderly, Incontinence, Obesity Edit

CHECK IT OUT - HOT OFF THE PRESSES APRIL 2012!! NO MORE PADS, NO MORE DRIPS - TIPS TO ADDRESS AND HELP PREVENT URINARY INCONTINENC...