Nutrition
How to Read a Nutrition Label Without Falling for the Front of the Pack
Front-of-pack claims like 'low fat' or 'natural' are not lies, but they are not the whole story. Here is what to check instead.
Feb 14, 2024
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Nutrition
How to Judge a Diet Claim Before You Follow It
Seven checks that need no science background and would have flagged nizam al-tayyibat in about ten minutes. The next system will be different in content and identical in shape.
Jul 29, 2026
Nutrition
Why Fast Weight Loss Is Not Evidence That a Diet Is Right
Every restrictive plan produces results in the first month, including plans that contradict each other completely. That is a fact about restriction, not about the theory attached to it.
Jun 30, 2026
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
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
A Protein Bar Is Ultra-Processed. New Trial Data Says That May Not Be the Point
Protein-enriched processed foods produced higher satiety hormones and lower calorie intake than normal-protein versions of the same products. It complicates a classification a lot of advice now rests on.
Aug 17, 2026
Nutrition
They Changed the Light and the Algae Started Making the Vitamin B12 a Human Can Actually Use
Ordinary spirulina is full of a B12 lookalike the body cannot use, which is why it has never been the answer for anyone avoiding animal food. Adjusting the light it grows under produced 1.64 micrograms of the active form per 100 grams.
Aug 31, 2026
Nutrition
Olive Oil Grades: What Extra Virgin Proves, What Virgin Admits, and What 'Pure' and 'Light' Are Hiding
The grades are chemical and sensory standards, not marketing tiers. Extra virgin has passed a lab test and a tasting panel. Refined oil has been stripped and deodorised. 'Light' refers to flavour, not calories.
Jul 25, 2023
