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Studies from recent Ramadan seasons tie dawn-to-dusk fasting to real metabolic gains, but the benefits depend heavily on what happens after iftar each night.

Apr 20, 2025

Nutrition

Meal Timing and Late-Night Eating: What Circadian Nutrition Research Actually Shows

Chrononutrition research links late eating to worse metabolic outcomes, but the field is younger and messier than headlines suggest.

Sep 25, 2025

Nutrition

Low-Carb vs Low-Fat: What Decades of Trials Converged On

The biggest head-to-head diet trial ever run found near-identical weight loss. The real variable turned out to be the person, not the macro.

Nov 18, 2024

Nutrition

Psyllium Husk Is the Dullest Thing in the Supplement Aisle and Almost the Only One That Works

It has an authorised FDA health claim, which almost no supplement does, and meta-analyses behind it for cholesterol, blood glucose and constipation. One gel-forming property explains all three, and so does the way it goes wrong.

Aug 20, 2026

Nutrition

Intermittent Fasting: What the Trials Actually Show

A major Cochrane review of nearly 2,000 people found intermittent fasting barely beats ordinary dieting. Here is what the data really supports.

Mar 10, 2026

Nutrition

The Mice Kept Eating Less and Put the Weight Back On Anyway. That Is the Interesting Part.

A Yale study found semaglutide switches the brain's hunger neurons on rather than off, and that those neurons are required for fat loss to last. Remove them and the mice ate just as little and regained the weight within fifteen days.

Aug 25, 2026

Nutrition

Ultra-Processed Food: What the Research Actually Shows

One rigorous NIH trial proved ultra-processed diets cause overeating. A UK parliamentary report says the classification behind it is too blunt.

Jun 2, 2026

Nutrition

What Happens to Your Gut When You Remove Fruit and Vegetables

Fibre is not a supplement you can skip and make up later. Take it out of a diet and the effects run from the bowel to blood glucose to long-term cardiovascular risk.

Jun 24, 2026

Nutrition

The Carnivore Diet's Evidence Problem, Explained Plainly

All meat, no plants, and a wave of enthusiastic testimonials online. The actual research base behind the claims is nine small studies with no control group at all.

Apr 5, 2026

Nutrition

Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning: What Research Says

The Mediterranean diet isn't trendy, it's proven. New 2025 research shows it cuts diabetes risk by a third when combined with lifestyle changes.

Feb 10, 2025

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Ramadan Fasting and Metabolic Health: What Research Shows

Meal Timing and Late-Night Eating: What Circadian Nutrition Research Actually Shows

Low-Carb vs Low-Fat: What Decades of Trials Converged On

Psyllium Husk Is the Dullest Thing in the Supplement Aisle and Almost the Only One That Works

Intermittent Fasting: What the Trials Actually Show

The Mice Kept Eating Less and Put the Weight Back On Anyway. That Is the Interesting Part.

Ultra-Processed Food: What the Research Actually Shows

What Happens to Your Gut When You Remove Fruit and Vegetables

The Carnivore Diet's Evidence Problem, Explained Plainly

Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning: What Research Says

Results

Ramadan Fasting and Metabolic Health: What Research Shows

Meal Timing and Late-Night Eating: What Circadian Nutrition Research Actually Shows

Low-Carb vs Low-Fat: What Decades of Trials Converged On

Psyllium Husk Is the Dullest Thing in the Supplement Aisle and Almost the Only One That Works

Intermittent Fasting: What the Trials Actually Show

The Mice Kept Eating Less and Put the Weight Back On Anyway. That Is the Interesting Part.

Ultra-Processed Food: What the Research Actually Shows

What Happens to Your Gut When You Remove Fruit and Vegetables

The Carnivore Diet's Evidence Problem, Explained Plainly

Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning: What Research Says