Why Fiber Fails to Impress—and Why That’s the Point Fiber has a public relations problem. Unlike supplements or extreme diets, fiber does not promise instant transformation. Instead, it works slowly, predictably, and quietly. Because of that, people rarely notice it when it’s doing its job well. However, that very boredom is precisely why fiber matters….
Read MoreFood Noise Isn’t Hunger — and Why Broccoli Never Fixed the Brain Food noise does not announce itself politely. Instead, it hums in the background, persistent and exhausting. For years, patients tried to describe it. Meanwhile, medicine largely ignored it. Recently, however, GLP-1 receptor agonists forced the conversation into the open. I did not understand…
Read MoreWhole Milk Is Back in Schools But Hungry Kids Are Still the Real Problem Whole milk is back in school cafeterias. As a result, a lot of people are celebrating. Some are calling it a victory for nutrition. Others are calling it common sense. Meanwhile, a few are even calling it a breakthrough. However, that…
Read MoreWhen Influencers Replace Scientists, Everyone Loses Every few years, nutrition gets a makeover.First comes a new graphic.Then comes a new slogan.Soon after, we hear claims that this time, someone finally figured it all out. Recently, that makeover arrived in the form of a “reverse food pyramid” and the cheerful phrase “Eat Real Food.” On the…
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Ultra-Processed Food: Making Sense of the Madness Ultra-processed food has become the villain of modern nutrition.Scroll through social media, and you’ll hear that it’s poisoning us, wrecking our gut, and driving the obesity epidemic all by itself. At the same time, other voices dismiss the entire idea as fear-mongering.According to them, processing doesn’t matter at…
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Willpower Is B.S.: Food Noise, Healthspan, and What Actually Changed My Life For decades, I started every New Year the same way. In January, I promised myself this would be the year.By February, I tried harder.Every spring, I adjusted the plan.And by summer or fall, the weight crept back. That cycle repeated not because I…
Read MoreThe Holiday Party That Turned Deadly It started at a holiday party. Laughter, champagne, a toast — then a collapse. A fifty-two-year-old, active and healthy, suddenly lost consciousness. Paramedics did CPR and shocked her heart twice. She survived — barely. Doctors called it Holiday Heart Syndrome: an alcohol-triggered arrhythmia that can kill. What Is Holiday…
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