by katkinsk | Feb 3, 2013 | research, Uncategorized
The world is becoming a sweeter place… At least in a very literal sense. In The Sweetening of the World’s Diet, Popkin and Nielsen explore the upward trend of caloric sweeteners in our lives. The article first lays out some very basic evidence: High consumption...
by katkinsk | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
So after my rather harsh take on the last review paper you might beg the question: What does a good review article look like? Well, I have to say that this article is an amazingly well written comprehensive review of the many various research aspects people are...
by Michael O'Neill | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Just wanted to drop a quick note here to publicly thank Wiley for sending me a review copy of Seyfried’s book, Cancer As Metabolic Disease. It showed up on my doorstep quite unexpectedly, and of course has prompted a complete revision of my reading schedule....
by Michael O'Neill | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Daniel Callahan, a bioethicist from The Hasting Center, just earned the Worst Person in the World award. It’s not one I give out lightly, but the vileness of his idea truly strikes new depths of turpitude. His big idea to help the obesity epidemic, it turns out,...
by katkinsk | Jan 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
I stumbled across this journal article the other day. At first I was intrigued and a bit excited; sometimes reviews have some tidbits of information or put together a new perspective from research papers in a particular area. However for any low-carb veterans I would...
by Michael O'Neill | Jan 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Some people lust after cars, or wealth, or beautiful things. Apparently, I’m demented enough to lust after books. But what a book… I’ve been following Seyfried for quite a while now. His talk at Ancestral Health Symposium 2013 (AHS13) is renowned....
