Archive - Uncertainty Principles

Tales from the History of Carnivore Diets

Nutrition dogma habitually ignores the past. Paying attention, after all, can be terribly inconvenient.

Jun 15 •

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…

Jun 8 •

May 2025

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…

May 25 •

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…

May 14 •

April 2025

Why Do We Lose Weight on GLP-1 Drugs?

A new study once again suggests something far more profound than eating less.

Apr 24 •

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?

Apr 13 •

March 2025

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.

Mar 30 •

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.

Mar 16 •

Less Meat, More Plants?

Part 1 of a rules of evidence controversy.

Mar 15 •

Diet or Drugs 2? The Eating-Less Question.

Ozempic and Wegovy will curb your appetite. Is that why you lose weight?

Mar 2 •

February 2025

When contemplating the ideal therapy for chronic conditions like obesity and diabetes, shouldn't this always be the context?

Feb 16 •

Life Lessons from the Blue Zones? Maybe Not.

After a lengthy run of wonderful publicity from the media, Dan Buettner and his blue zones run into a storm of criticism. A good thing? Yes, but it…

Feb 4 •

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