Always Be Skeptical Of Nutrition Headlines: Or, What “Red Meat Consumption...
Normally I’d be continuing my ongoing series on the evolutionary history of the human brain. However, there is yet another red meat scare story making the rounds—and many readers have asked me to...
View ArticleBig Brains Require An Explanation, Part V:Re-Orienting Ourselves In Time, and...
In Part IV, we established the following: Our ancestors’ dietary shift towards ground-based foods, and away from fruit, did not cause an increase in our ancestors’ brain size. Bipedalism was necessary...
View ArticleAnti-Nutritionism, L-Canavanine, And The Limitations of N=1 Self-Experimentation
What Is Nutritionism? While I disagree with Gyorgy Scrinis (and the popularizer of the concept, Michael Pollan) on their proposed solution, I believe Scrinis’ concept of “nutritionism” as an error in...
View ArticleBig Brains Require An Explanation, Part VI: Why Learning Is Fundamental, Even...
Our Story So Far (abridged) By 3.4 MYA, Australopithecus afarensis was most likely eating a paleo diet recognizable, edible, and nutritious to modern humans. (Yes, the “paleo diet” predates the...
View ArticleIt’s Just Like Drug Addiction EVERYONE FREAK OUT: The Role And Limits Of...
It’s good that we’re learning more and more about the brain’s reward systems. I’ve spent months dissecting their role in hunger—and indeed, hunger is the subject of my upcoming AHS 2012 presentation!...
View ArticleYour Whey Protein and Whey Isolate May Not Be Gluten-Free: Beware “Glutamine...
No, whey protein isn’t paleo…but it sure is convenient to have a portable, non-perishable, and relatively cheap source of quickly-digested protein for when I don’t have access to real food or the time...
View ArticleWhat Are “Hydrolyzed Soy Protein” And “Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein,” And Why Are...
A close inspection of the nutrition label on most processed foods will usually turn up—among other disturbingly-named ingredients whose function is unclear—something known as “hydrolyzed soy protein”...
View ArticleThe Most Important Event In History (Big Brains Require An Explanation, Part...
Click to see the timeline again at full size.We’re taught, as schoolchildren (usually around sixth grade) that the invention of agriculture is not only the most important event in human history…it’s...
View ArticleDietary Protein 101: What Is Protein, And Why Do We Need To Eat It Every Day?
Different schools of nutrition argue endlessly about protein. Vegans swear it destroys our kidneys and we’re eating far too much. Strength athletes and leangains devotees can’t get enough. The...
View ArticleDental Health And The Paleo Diet: Gingival Sulcus Depth, Periodontal Disease,...
I recently visited the dentist for my regular six-month cleaning and checkup. One mysterious practice you might recall from your own checkup is your hygenist probing around your gums with a pick, while...
View ArticleVideo Of My AHS 2012 Presentation: “What Is Hunger, and Why Are We Hungry?”–...
I was proud to be chosen as a presenter for the 2012 Ancestral Health Symposium, held in conjunction with the Harvard Food Law Society in Cambridge, MA. Here’s the long-awaited video of my...
View ArticleThere Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” (To Your Body)
A friend of mine once said “The problem with explaining complicated systems to the layman is this: it’s easy to simplify a concept to the point that that it’s no longer true.” To that end, I submit...
View ArticleThe Calorie Paradox: Did Four Rice Chex Make America Fat? (Part II of “There...
It’s possible to “prove” just about anything via a blizzard of citations and a few carefully-placed appeals to authority. It’s also easy to become seduced by a plausible and elegant biochemical...
View ArticleMore Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” To...
Even after the previous installment of this series, there are still people who believe that calorie intake—and calorie output via exercise—are the only factors that affect weight loss. Apparently my...
View ArticleProtein Matters: Yet More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing...
(This is a multi-part series. Go back to Part I, Part II, or Part III.) Empirical Evidence: Greater Weight Loss And Fat Loss On Isocaloric High Protein Diets Dozens of studies have demonstrated that...
View ArticleCan You Really Count Calories? (Part V of “There Is No Such Thing As A Calorie”)
(This is a multi-part series. Go back to Part I, Part II, Part III, or Part IV.) We’ve already proven the following in Part II, Part III, and Part IV: A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it at a...
View ArticleCalorie Cage Match! Sugar (Sucrose) Vs. Protein And Honey (There Is No Such...
We’ve already proven the following in Part II, Part III, and Part IV: A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it at a different time of day. A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it in a differently...
View ArticleCarbohydrates Matter, At Least At The Low End (There Is No Such Thing As A...
In previous installments, we’ve proven the following: A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it at a different time of day. A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it in a differently processed form....
View ArticleIntermittent Fasting Matters (Sometimes): There Is No Such Thing As A...
In previous installments, we’ve proven the following: A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it at a different time of day. A calorie is not a calorie when you eat it in a differently processed form....
View ArticleWhat Is Metabolic Flexibility, and Why Is It Important? J. Stanton’s AHS 2013...
As you might have heard, nearly all of the AHS 2013 videos are unwatchable due to technical and production failures. Therefore, I’m publishing my own presentation here in written form, exactly as it...
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