Category Archives: Food War

Why I Left Academia

When I started my doctoral dissertation and the associated research, I was absolutely full of love toward what I was doing. I worked on understanding how specific hormones in the brain (neuropeptides) modify human decision-making. I ran clinical trials and … Continue reading

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And Now She is No Longer with ADA

She left in early 2021. I presume she was fired–or at least asked to resign–as a result of her turning against big pharma and making it public that she reversed her type 2 diabetes by simply cutting carbohydrates. Below, the … Continue reading

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Where is the Critical Media?

Where Is That Damned Critical Media When It’s Needed? How come they only complain loudly when we talk about red meat and eggs? Do you suppose that eating a steak and eggs is worse than this new sandwich from Kentucky … Continue reading

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Paradigm Shift: The Importance of the Right Anecdotal Evidence

The Power of Anecdotal Evidence by the CEO ***The link here was updated on 9/15/2020 because the original was removed. Concerns have arisen that she may lose her job if she doesn’t stop advocating the low carbs diets, because the … Continue reading

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Do You Like To Drink?

Does Alcohol Make You Fat? The gym I go to sends regular emails with suggestions and interesting facts. The email I received today sparked my curiosity, because it asked a provocative question: Does alcohol make you fat? The question linked … Continue reading

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Bad Science & Social Media Chatter

Image from The Lancet The Power of Social Media over Bad Science Can the common folk change their destiny by openly discussing science (good or bad science, even those that are just mimicking research)? Recently, on Twitter in particular, scientific … Continue reading

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Why We Can’t Beat The Vegans To It

They Did It Again The Game Changer movie is out and is sweeping through the minds of men of all ages! Yep, they will try the vegan diet because of the penis part of the movie. I am not going … Continue reading

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Children in Ketosis: The Feared Fuel

PRESS RELEASE I have written an article in Medium that I have completely forgotten about mentioning here. Bad girl… well, it is better later than never. Shortly after I published that article and it went viral, it was republished by … Continue reading

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Where is the Beef? The 6 Papers That Turned the World Up-Side-Down

Image Image from the New York Times article About the News on “No Harm” from Red Meat You have heard it by now. For sure. Several academic articles hit the press (below the belt) on October 1, 2019, published by … Continue reading

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Osteocalcin and Atherosclerosis

The Secret Cholesterol Theory Completely accidentally I bumped into an article about osteocalcin, and it turned out to be something pretty important. My research about the fight-or-flight mechanism, which is associated with migraine, led me to this article. Those of … Continue reading

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