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Are Ultra-Processed Foods the Problem?
With all the interest in the dangers and addictive nature of ultra-processed foods, can we start, please, with the right questions and the right…
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NIH Has A Nutrition Problem (Part 2 )
If you want to demonstrate that a low-fat diet is better than a ketogenic diet (or that ultra-processed food makes us overeat), these critical design…
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NIH Nutrition Research Takes it on the Chin
A "top" nutrition researcher exits, followed by two damning articles challenging his studies and claiming that a flagship $170 million NIH initiative is…
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Gary Taubes
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Why Do We Lose Weight on GLP-1 Drugs?
A new study once again suggests something far more profound than eating less.
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Diet or Drugs 3? First Wegovy, Then What?
Some large proportion of GLP-1 drug users will discontinue use eventually. What do they eat then to maintain their weight loss?
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Gary Taubes
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What's a Healthy Eating Pattern?
That depends on whether we believe the hypotheses or believe the tests: Part 3 of a rules of evidence controversy.
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Less Butter, More Plant Oils?
The latest from our friends in nutritional epidemiology. Should we be grateful? Part 2 of a rules of evidence controversy.
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Uncertainty Principles
Uncertainty Principles
When what we don’t know is more important than what we do. Wrestling with conflict and controversy in science, medicine, health and nutrition.

Uncertainty Principles

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