The figure below (click to enlarge) is from the outstanding book Physiology of sport and exercise , by Jack H. Wilmore, David L. Costill, an...

Postprandial glucose levels are the levels of blood glucose after meals. In Western urban environments, the main contributors to elevated po...

This cut of pork is the equivalent in the pig of the filet mignon in cattle. It is just as soft, and lean too. A 100 g portion of roasted p...

Engineered foods are designed by smart people, and the goal is not usually to make you healthy; the goal is to sell as many units as possibl...

For the sake of simplicity, this post treats “atheism” as synonymous with “non-spiritualism”. Technically, one can be spiritual and not beli...

The text below is all from commenter Jack C.’s notes on this post summarizing research on cheese. My additions are within “[ ]”. While the ...

Several bacteria feed on lactose, the sugar found in milk, producing cheese for us as a byproduct of their feeding. This is why traditionall...

I have been doing a lot of reading over the years on isolated hunter-gatherer populations; see three references at the end of this post, all...

The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities a...

Regardless of type of exercise, disease markers are generally associated with intensity of exertion over time. This association follows a J-...

Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B 3 , or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads...

Notes: - This post is a joke, a weird parody of academic research, which is why it is labeled “humor” and is being filed under “Abstract hum...

I love statistics. But statistics is the science that will tell you that each person in a group of 20 people ate half a chicken per week ove...