Mission FORK U

Welcome to FORK U. Fork University. Where we make sense of the madness, bust a few myths, and teach you a little about food and medicine.

I’m Dr. Terry Simpson—surgeon, scientist, and your chief medical explanationist. At FORK U, we’re not here to sell you supplements or tell you carbs are evil. We’re here to bring the science back to your plate—with a healthy side of sarcasm.

Food hasn’t been medicine for 2,000 years, and despite what the smoothie bowl crowd says, it still isn’t. But we do know that eating better can help you live better. And that matters.

Our Mission

Here’s what we do:
We bust nutrition myths that clog your feed and your arteries
We decode the latest studies in easy, bite-sized episodes
We bring the receipts—every episode is evidence-based and referenced at ForkU.com

History

Making the Cover of Time in 1961 as he popularized that heart disease and diet were related

We’ve revisited the foundational studies of nutrition, like Ancel Keys’ Seven Countries Study—which didn’t just compare nations but followed real people in real villages for decades. We’ve explored the French Paradox. We’ve even told the story of the surgeon who discovered the first vitamin.

And we don’t just look back—we dive into current topics too: GLP-1s, gut health, ultra-processed foods, and yes—what happens when a shirtless influencer tries to sell you dehydrated buffalo hearts in the name of ancestral living. (Spoiler: you’re better off with lentils.)

If you’re tired of pseudoscience disguised as wellness, and you want real answers—served with wit, citations, and no BS—welcome to FORK U.

Let’s eat smarter. Let’s myth-bust louder. And let’s get cooking.

Dr. Terry Simpson

About the Author

You probably first saw Dr. Simpson on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Dr. Terry Simpson received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from the University of Chicago, where he spent several years in the Kovler Viral Oncology laboratories doing genetic engineering. Until he found he liked people more than Petri dishes. After a career in surgery, his focus is to make sense of the madness, and bust myths. Dr. Simpson, an advocate of culinary medicine, believes in teaching people to improve their health through their food and in their kitchen. On the other side of the world, he has been a leading advocate of changing health care to make it more "relationship based," and his efforts awarded his team the Malcolm Baldrige award for healthcare in 2018 and 2011 for the NUKA system of care in Alaska and in 2013 Dr Simpson won the National Indian Health Board Area Impact Award. A frequent contributor to media outlets discussing health related topics and advances in medicine, he is also a proud dad, author, cook, and doctor “in that order.” For media inquiries, please visit www.terrysimpson.com.