Prevention is Easier than Cure Experiments in animals have confirmed what common sense suggests: it's easier to prevent health problem...

[2013 update: I've edited this post to remove elements that I feel were poorly supported.  I now think that changes in the setpoint are ...

Dr. Ronald Krauss's group just published another article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, this time on the intervention t...

The Timeline of Fat Gain Modern humans are unusual mammals in that fat mass varies greatly between individuals. Some animals carry a larg...

Dr. Ronald Krauss's group has published a review article titled " Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the associ...

There was an article on the modern "Paleolithic" lifestyle in the New York Times today. I thought it was a pretty fair treatment ...

One pound of human fat contains about 3,500 calories. That represents roughly 40 slices of toast. So if you were to eat one extra slice of...