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The Body Fat Setpoint, Part IV: Changing the Setpoint

thumbnail Prevention is Easier than Cure Experiments in animals have confirmed what common sense suggests: it's easier to prevent health problems ...

The Body Fat Setpoint, Part III: Dietary Causes of Obesity

thumbnail [2013 update: I've edited this post to remove elements that I feel were poorly supported.  I now think that changes in the setpoint are ...

Krauss's New Article on Saturated Fat Intervention Trials

thumbnail Dr. Ronald Krauss's group just published another article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, this time on the intervention t...

The Body Fat Setpoint, Part II: Mechanisms of Fat Gain

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The Timeline of Fat Gain Modern humans are unusual mammals in that fat mass varies greatly between individuals. Some animals carry a large ...

New Saturated Fat Review Article by Dr. Ronald Krauss

thumbnail Dr. Ronald Krauss's group has published a review article titled " Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the associ...

Paleo is Going Mainstream

thumbnail There was an article on the modern "Paleolithic" lifestyle in the New York Times today. I thought it was a pretty fair treatment ...