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APD Color Guard at Breeders' Cup
Members of the APD Color Guard were proud to present our Nation's Colors during op…
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Did the US Dietary Guidelines Cause the Obesity Epidemic?
A popular argument holds that the US Dietary Guidelines caused our obesity epidemic by…
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Cars as a metaphor for understanding obesity
If we want to understand the accumulation of excess body fat, it's tempting to foc…
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Do Blood Glucose Levels Affect Hunger and Satiety?
You've heard the story before: when you eat carbohydrate-rich foods that digest qu…
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The most slimming tortillas in the world
It's no secret that I'm an avid food gardener. In the last two years, I'v…
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The Hungry Brain: Book Update
In January of this year, I handed in a complete manuscript draft of my first book, Th…
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low-carb
NuSI-funded Study Serves Up Disappointment for the Carbohydrate-insulin Hypothesis of Obesity
A new metabolic ward study tests the idea that lowering insulin via severe carbohydrat…
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Two huge new studies further undermine the "obesity paradox"
The "obesity paradox" is the observation that people with higher fat mass so…
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A Serious Challenge to the 2012 Low-carbohydrate "Metabolic Advantage" Study
Warning: this post will be a bit more wonkish than usual, because I need to get detail…
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overweight
Why some dogs (and humans) are born hungry
The brain is the central regulator of appetite and body fatness, and genetic variation…
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My Recent Paper on Linoleic Acid in Adipose Tissue
Linoleic acid (LA) is the predominant polyunsaturated fat in the human diet, and it…
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