by Michael O'Neill | Oct 27, 2013 | news
Just a quick note to point to Robert Lustig’s recent article in The Guardian: Fructose: The Poison Index. It’s typical Lustig. Written on the occasion of The European Food and Safety Agency’s (EFSA) ruling that allows food processors and mongers to...
by Michael O'Neill | Oct 25, 2013 | video
Robert Lustig attempts to reprise his viral hit, Sugar the Bitter Truth with a new installment. This one borrows part of the title from his book: “Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0”. As you might expect, it’s a pretty darn good view. Favorite quote? How...
by Michael O'Neill | Oct 25, 2013 | news
I consider myself to be as fortunate as I am frustrated to witness the current revolution in our understanding of the role of fats in proper nutrition and health. The tide seems to be turning and we’re returning from whence we came. Every week, it seems, someone...
by Michael O'Neill | Oct 15, 2013 | news
Watching this story sourced from the Annals of Internal Medicine make the rounds on the newswires… President William Howard Taft, the country’s heaviest commander in chief and a high-profile yo-yo dieter in his day, lost 60 pounds in the early 1900s on a...