Nearly everything that shortens a life in a modern country is influenced by how we eat, move, sleep and manage stress. These articles are about that — written plainly, referenced properly, and revised when the evidence changes.
Americans spend over fifty billion dollars a year on supplements, mostly to prevent disease. The randomised trials designed to test whether that works have now reported — including the ones stopped early for harm. What the evidence shows, the handful of cases where supplementation is genuinely correct medicine, and the question to ask before buying another bottle.
Read the article →The single most consistent finding in all of nutrition research, and the one most people still under-act on. Being revised with the cohort and trial evidence published since it first appeared.
Being updated — coming soonNutritional needs do not stay still. What changes after 60 — protein, vitamin B12, vitamin D, appetite and absorption — and what the dietary recommendations for older adults actually say.
Being updated — coming soonThe amount and intensity required for health and for weight loss are not the same number, and the gap between them explains a great deal of disappointment. Being updated to the current physical activity guidelines.
Being updated — coming soonWhy whole grains behave so differently from refined ones — in the gut, in the bloodstream, and on the scale.
Being updated — coming soonThe structured, evidence-based programme of diet and activity change that clinicians actually prescribe — and how to follow it without a clinic.
Being updated — coming soonAn unusual entry for a medical site, and a deliberate one. Financial strain is a measurable risk factor for poor health, and it rarely appears on a problem list.
Being updated — coming soonThese articles are being rewritten one at a time as the site moves to its new design — each is checked against the current literature and given a full reference list before it goes back up. If you want to know when the next one appears, the list below is the only way I announce it.
A complete ten-part series on what actually works for lasting weight loss — motivation, biochemistry, plateaus, sleep, genetics, self-deception, and why individual differences deserve more grace than they usually get.
Start the series →Free calculators built on published equations rather than guesswork: ideal weight and BMI, basal metabolic rate, activity energy cost from the 2024 Compendium, the Rockport and six-minute walk tests, and a nutrient tracker.
Try the tools →Commentary and musings from a physician's perspective — on medicine, culture, and how reliably health research survives contact with the news.
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