Book Review: The Diet Fix–Why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work
The Diet Fix: why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work, by Yoni Freedhoff, MD, is available March 4, 2014. It starts with a prescription for chocolate. Clearly this is not your average diet book.
Compound That May Mimic Calorie Restriction Extends Life Span in Mice
The molecule is thought to activate proteins involved in metabolism and inflammation
The Point-By-Point Response To Beverage Industry Script That Was Removed From A News Station Website
UPDATE, Feb 3, 8:35 pm: As mysteriously as the comment was removed, after this blogpost was published the comment went back up. Still no word as to why it was removed in the first place.
Fat Tuesday: Why stress leads to obesity
Stress is transient Type II diabetes, even when you’re otherwise healthy.
The 4 Billion-Year-Old Story of Obesity
We've never had an environment so rife with cheap caloric energy. The population-level rise in obesity is a natural response to this situation.
For Diabetics, Healthy Habits Trump Medicine
Against the backdrop of a government shutdown precipitated by healthcare issues and the rollout of the insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act, a conference called Diabetes + Innovation 2013 took place in Washington, D.C.
Wide Faces Make You Selfish
An intriguing new paper in PLoS ONE by Haselhuhn and colleagues suggests that men with wide faces make you selfish.
Scicurious Guest Writer! Where do hunger and cognition intersect?
Please welcome this month’s Scicurious Guest Writer, Zarja Muršič!! Imagine it is Sunday morning. The day when you may finally be free in the morning and have time to go get your king-size breakfast, the one you probably should eat every day.
Is your nose making you overeat?
Some people are drawn to the thick smell of bacon, sizzling and crackling in the skillet on a Saturday morning. For others, it’s the aroma of freshly baked cookies on a Friday night or the smell of McDonald’s fries creeping in through the car window. At this time of year, I find the scent of [...]
Fat Tuesday: Believe in Will Power, and You Shall Have It
Some people believe that will power is a bodily function that requires glucose to power it. Carol Dweck's new paper shows that its not so.
Greenwire
As #SciAmFood week draws to a close, we’ve heard a lot about the food we consume, from not getting enough to astronaut nutrition (and getting too much) to tricking your brain about what it’s getting.
Introducing: The Food Matters Crew
Do you ever wonder about the science behind your food? We do, too. Our group of writers serves up juicy topics like genetic engineering, gut bacteria and the chemical reactions that occur during cooking.