My unique life trajectory—which we will get into in this article—has led me to develop ‘healthy scepticism’ towards mainstream nutrition advice and popular dietary fads. As an engineer, I believe in data. For me, good data analysis = truth. I have spent a lot of time creating quantitative systems to cut through the noise and …
It may feel like you’re in a time warp or a bad diet-wars nightmare, but Kevin Hall just published YET ANOTHER study pitting the high-fat keto diet against a very low fat plant-based diet. Social media is enraged again – it seems we’re living in a world where only controversy gets clicks. I shared a …
I sometimes hear the phrase “animal protein” used as a derogatory term, as if there’s something inherently bad about them. But, are memes like this perpetuating an ethical paradigm or belief system rather than promoting human health or sustainability? Is there any difference between ‘animal protein’ and ‘plant protein’? Or are amino acids just more …
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A critical review of Kevin Hall’s latest study “A plant-based, low-fat diet decreases ad libitum energy intake compared to an animal-based, ketogenic diet: An inpatient randomized controlled trial” through the lense of nutritional optimisation.
Professor David Sinclair is arguably the smartest and perhaps the most well-known personality in the field of anti-aging research. I have been fascinated by his work over recent years. Sinclair has been involved in a lot of cutting edge research in the anti-aging field over the past few decades and has a deep understanding of …
Nutrition can be confusing. The fact that there is so much passionate disagreement over what constitutes an ‘optimal human diet’ suggests that we still have a lot to learn. One of the earliest Biblical conflicts and the first murder involved revolved around whether an animal vs grain sacrifice was more appropriate (i.e. Cain vs Abel). …
A comparison of the keto diet and vegan diet vs the for diabetes (e.g. Mangoman, Dr Greger and What the Health).