When I visited Japan several years ago I noticed a variety of dried small fish for sale in grocery stores and supermarkets. They came in wha...

Like most animals, our Paleolithic ancestors had to regularly undergo short periods of low calorie intake. If they were successful at procur...

Many readers of this blog have probably heard about the case of the man who ate approximately 25 eggs (20 to 30) per day for over 15 years (...

The idea that calorie restriction extends human life comes largely from studies of other species. The most relevant of those studies have be...

Nuts are generally seen as good sources of protein and magnesium. The latter plays a number of roles in the human body, and is considered cr...

Typically obesity leads to health problems via insulin resistance ( ). Excess calories are stored as fat in fat cells up to a certain poi...

Trying to understand each body response to each diet and lifestyle change, individually, is certainly a losing battle. It is a bit like the ...