Filet mignon is one of the tenderest cuts of beef. It is also one of my favorites. Filet mignon comes from the tenderloin area (see this pic...

I have recently read an interesting study by Yashin and colleagues (2009) at Duke University’s Center for Population Health and Aging. (The ...

Deary and colleagues (2007) conducted an interesting study on differences in intelligence scores among men and women. In the context of this...

Media Health Data Analysis with HCE    http://youtu.be/fvGmBEaX-4E Managing Multiple Health Variables with HCE    http://youtu.be/CjbDduHt4z...

Ketones are compounds that have a specific chemical structure. The figure below (from: Wikipedia) shows the chemical structure of various ty...

Insulin is often presented as a hormone that is at the core of the diseases of civilization, particularly because of the insulin response el...

This is a study (Grieb, P. et al., 2008; full reference at the end of this post) that I read a few years ago, right after it came out, and a...

This post has been revised and re-published . The original comments are preserved below. Typically this is done with posts that attract man...

I often refer to foods rich in refined carbohydrates in this blog as among the most disease-promoting agents of modern diets. Yet, when one ...

Small-dense LDL particles are particles that are significantly smaller than the gaps in the endothelium. The endothelium is a thin layer of ...

As noted in this post , it is possible for a food-related trait to evolve to fixation in an entire population in as little as 396 years; not...

Ancel Keys is often heavily criticized for allegedly originating the fat phobia that we see today in the US and other countries, perhaps wit...