One of the most hotly debated subjects over the past few years has been the cause of the obesity epidemic, and along with that, the best strategy for weight loss.
Some folks (Atkins, Taubes, Eades, etc.) believe that carbohydrates are to blame. Others (Ornish, Campbell, Esselstyn, Fuhrman, etc.) believe that fat is the problem. More recently, researchers like Seth Roberts and Stephan Guyenet and clinicians like Dr. Sharma have raised awareness of another hypothesis, called ...
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Over the last couple of years, as the popularity of the Paleo diet has expanded, a lot of controversy has emerged over exactly what a Paleo diet is.
Part of the problem is that there are now a number of authors and bloggers - from Mark Sisson to Kurt Harris to Robb Wolf to Paul Jaminet to myself - that advocate what might generally be called a Paleo diet, but with slight variations in each case. ...
Just a quick note to tell you that my interview with the legendary Jimmy Moore of the groundbreaking Livin' La Vida Low-Carb show is now live.
We talked about my own story (how I became involved in this work) and addressed topics like the efficacy of statin drugs, the link between fat and diabetes, the most important voices in nutrition medicine and more.
As many of you know, Jimmy is not only an excellent ...
I imagine some of you have heard about the new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine claiming that low-carb, meat-based diets raise the risk of heart attacks, other cardiovascular events and death. With headlines in the media like "Low carb, high meat diet has high risks" and "Low-carb diets might be deadly", you might be (understandably) concerned.
Well, as they say in NYC, "fuggedah-bout-it."
As many preposterous and poorly designed studies as I read (and ...
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