Uncertainty Principles

Fighting Obesity? The New England Journal of Medicine Has a Calorie Fixation

If the journal editors can't accept uncertainty in the science of weight regulation, the physicians never will.

Aug 24 • 

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Bing Crosby Science: Ultraprocessed Food edition.

What do you do when the latest clinical trial contradicts the core assumption of UPF science? How about accentuate the positive and eliminate the…

Aug 10 • 

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July 2025

Can Obesity Be Predicted? Does Inactivity Cause It? And What About Corn Syrup?

The latest nutrition news tells us more about the state of the science (and the reporting) than it does what we need to know.

Jul 27 • 

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The Curious Lessons of Calorie Restriction

What can we learn about aging well from the "potential downsides" of living hungry?

Jul 13 • 

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June 2025

Of Course Overeating Makes Us Fat... Except When It Doesn't?

What a pair of experiments--one a thought experiment, one a century old--tell us about the illogic of overeating.

Jun 29 • 

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Tales from the History of Carnivore Diets

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

Jun 15 • 

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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…

Jun 8 • 

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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 • 

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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…

May 14 • 

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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 • 

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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?

Apr 13 • 

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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 • 

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