The "obesity paradox" is the observation that people with higher fat mass sometimes have better health outcomes than lean people, ...

Warning: this post will be a bit more wonkish than usual, because I need to get detailed to make my points.   To read a summary, skip to the...

The brain is the central regulator of appetite and body fatness, and genetic variation that affects body fatness tends to act in the brain. ...

Linoleic acid (LA) is the predominant polyunsaturated fat in the human diet, and it's most concentrated in seed oils such as corn oil.  ...

Warning -- Satire -- old April Fools post! You've heard of Bulletproof Coffee , that mixture of coffee and butter that keeps you lean ...

The debate rages on over whether dietary salt (NaCl) increases the risk of cardiovascular events, with no clear answer in sight.  Yet few pe...

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