Adiponectin is a hormone exclusively secreted by body fat. This hormone has been recently gaining attention from researchers because of some...

Notes:   - This post is a joke, admittedly a weird one, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is filed under “Abstract humor”.   - I apolog...

Every year I travel to Europe on business, normally once or twice a year. These trips usually involve meetings with engineers, researchers, ...

This is a follow up on this post , which addressed the main argument put forth in a recent BBC article. The BBC article argued that people s...

The BBC article is here . It is based on meta-analysis of eight previous studies conducted by Harvard researchers, which the article states ...

I guess PepsiCo is moving ahead of the competition, but in a snail pace and in a very, very politically correct way. Will this help in any w...

Researchers can build mathematical equations (sometimes referred to as structural equations) that predict health outcomes based on health fa...

Often research results are expressed in means and standard deviations. For example, in the study reviewed in this post , it is stated that t...

This is a follow up on this post . Just to recap, an interesting hypothesis has been around for quite some time about a possible negative ef...

Ketosis is a state typically associated with very low carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet. In this state, the liver produces ketones...

Few would argue against eating seafood several times a week, except in the case of seafood allergy. Shrimp is a very good option, especially...

This is one of those interesting studies where the authors start with some pre-conceived assumptions and end up concluding something else, s...

Humans, like many animals, evolved to be episodic eaters and spend most of their time fasting. Body fat is the main store of energy in the h...