21 articles
Eating your vegetables and protein before the rice or bread isn't a diet trick — it's one of the most well-supported, zero-cost moves in blood sugar management. Here's what the science says, plus why your blood sugar probably behaves differently than your dinner companion's anyway.
Cal Reeves·
A landmark 2025 study revealed that a fiber-adapted gut microbiome doesn't just improve fructose metabolism — it intercepts and catabolizes fructose in the gut lumen before it ever reaches your liver. Here's the biochemistry, and what it means in the kitchen.
Theo Marsh·
Intermittent fasting has a thousand devoted fans, a thousand skeptics, and approximately one clear scientific verdict. Here's what the research actually says — no transformation story required.
Cal Reeves·
You've been tracking carbs, timing your meals, and debating saturated fat. But a 2025 Cell Metabolism trial suggests the light environment where you spend your day may be quietly running your blood sugar — and nobody's counting lux on their nutrition app.
Margot Laine·
Mindless snacking isn't a willpower failure — it's a biology problem. Here's the science behind habit loops, metabolic inflexibility, and why understanding your body's cue-response system is the first real step toward changing it.
Priya Anand·
The planetary health diet and the evidence-based healthy diet turn out to be the same diet. Here's why eating less ultra-processed food and more whole plants is the single move that benefits your body and the planet at the same time — no complicated framework required.
Cal Reeves·
The number on your scale tells you almost nothing about your metabolic health. Here's the biochemistry of visceral fat — the hidden tissue driving insulin resistance, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk from deep inside your abdomen.
Theo Marsh·
Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes come with a piece of information most people never hear: the underlying driver is largely reversible through diet. Here's what the latest research says about dietary remission — and the practical levers you can actually pull.
Cal Reeves·
Two people drink the same cup of coffee. One gets a measurable drop in inflammation markers. The other gets almost nothing. The difference isn't the beans — it's what lives in their gut. Here's the biochemistry of why your morning cup works differently in different bodies.
Theo Marsh·
Feeling fine doesn't mean your blood sugar is fine. Two decades of NHANES data show insulin resistance starts building 10–15 years before a diagnosis. Here's what added sugar is doing in the meantime — and how to interrupt it.
Cal Reeves·
The protein RDA hasn't been meaningfully updated for older adults in decades. Meanwhile, the evidence on sarcopenia, visceral fat, and microbiome aging tells a very different story. Here's the gap between the guidelines and the science — and who pays for it.
Jules Cortez·
The "eat every two hours" rule was never about your metabolism. Follow the money, the research timeline, and the three hunger systems that food companies learned to exploit — and you'll never look at a mid-morning snack bar the same way.
Jules Cortez·
Turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, garlic — your spice rack holds some of the most potent bioactive compounds in food. Here's the kitchen science of actually unlocking them.
Theo Marsh·
Same bowl of rice, completely different blood sugar response. A 2025 Nature Medicine CGM study confirms what you've probably sensed: the ideal diet isn't universal — and the science finally explains why your body has its own rules.
Margot Laine·
For decades, diet culture treated hunger as a failure of willpower. New research on appetite hormones, metabolic flexibility, and circadian eating rhythms tells a very different story — and the implications are damning.
Jules Cortez·
You've been told to eat more fiber for decades. But not what it actually does. Two landmark 2024–2025 studies finally explain the mechanism — and it's not about constipation.
Jules Cortez·
Your hunger hormones don't care how hard you tried. After weight loss, your body wages a biological counterattack — and it's not your fault. Here's the science, and what to do about it.
Margot Laine·
You're probably deficient in two nutrients that aren't trendy, aren't expensive, and aren't hard to fix. Here's the short version on vitamin D and choline.
Cal Reeves·
Ultra-processed food doesn't just make you eat more — new research shows it may structurally alter the brain regions that decide what and how much you want to eat. Follow the evidence.
Jules Cortez·
Dietary fat got a bad rap for decades. Here's what the science actually says about omega-3s, heart health, and which fats are worth eating.
Cal Reeves·
Blood sugar management has gotten a weirdly complicated reputation. Here's the simple version — and what you can actually do about those 3pm energy crashes.
Cal Reeves·