by Michael O'Neill | Apr 20, 2013 | video
Peter Attia’s TEDMED 2013 talk has been given some great reviews, but we’re going to take some time before it’s available on video. Until then, we have a teaser video that covers his own prejudism against the overweight and obese as a young(er)...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today a new article by Gary Taubes was published in the British Medical Journal. It’s entitled, “The science of obesity: what do we really know about what makes us fat?”, and it’s a good one. Those of us who have read Why We Get Fat or Good...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Arnold Foundation, which previously granted NuSi $5-million in seed money, has donated an additional $40-million to conduct three experiments examining the relationship between nutrition and disease. According to a press release not (yet?) available on the NuSi...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I posted a video from a Robert Lustig presentation where a woman who claimed to be a former brand manager for Fruity Pebbles spoke, in tears, about how parents in the focus groups she attended felt good about feeding their children Fruity Pebbles because...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 6, 2013 | video
There’s no doubt that Robert Lustig has a powerful (though not new) message, and he’s gaining an increasingly broad audience for his message. More and more people are making the connection between excess sugar (carbohydrate) consumption and obesity,...