If you’re a woman on a mission to burn fat, there’s a good chance you are making one or two (or more ) mistakes along the way. I see it time and time again and yet, few women eve…
Hello dear readers, After nine years of blogging on this platform, I've decided to move to a new website at stephanguyenet.com . This coincides with the impending release of my book, The Hungry Brain , on February 7, 2017,…
A photo Staffan sent me, showing him weighing a Kitavan man as part of the Kitava Study. I recently heard the sad news that Staffan Lindeberg, MD, PhD, lead researcher of the Kitava Study, has died. Staffan w…
I've written twice before about the Instant Pot, an electronic pressure cooker that helps make healthy food in a time-efficient manner ( 1 , 2 ). At some point, I'll write another review of my Instant Pot, but the gist i…
Image credit: Evan Amos Thanksgiving is a special time in the United States when we gather our loved ones and celebrate the abundance of fall with a rich palette of traditional foods. Yet a new study suggests that the …
A popular argument holds that the US Dietary Guidelines caused our obesity epidemic by advising Americans to reduce fat intake. Does the evidence support this idea, or is it simply a fantasy? Introduction Read more » This p…
If we want to understand the accumulation of excess body fat, it's tempting to focus our attention on the location that defines the condition: adipose tissue. Ultimately, the key question we want to answer is the following: …
You've heard the story before: when you eat carbohydrate-rich foods that digest quickly, it sends your blood sugar and insulin levels soaring, then your blood sugar level comes crashing back down and you feel hungry and crank…
It's no secret that I'm an avid food gardener. In the last two years, I've moved from exclusively growing vegetables to growing large quantities of staple calorie crops, such as potatoes, flour corn, and long-storing…
In January of this year, I handed in a complete manuscript draft of my first book, The Hungry Brain , to my editor at Flatiron Books . This book represents more than two full-time years of my life, and I can't wait for it t…
A new metabolic ward study tests the idea that lowering insulin via severe carbohydrate restriction increases metabolic rate and accelerates fat loss, independently of calorie intake. Although carbohydrate restriction did modest…
The "obesity paradox" is the observation that people with higher fat mass sometimes have better health outcomes than lean people, including a lower overall risk of death. Evidence has been steadily mounting that this f…
Warning: this post will be a bit more wonkish than usual, because I need to get detailed to make my points. To read a summary, skip to the end. In 2012, David Ludwig's group published an interesting RCT that suggested a …
The brain is the central regulator of appetite and body fatness, and genetic variation that affects body fatness tends to act in the brain. One important site of variation is the POMC gene, which codes for a signaling molecule t…
Linoleic acid (LA) is the predominant polyunsaturated fat in the human diet, and it's most concentrated in seed oils such as corn oil. LA accumulates in fat tissue, and as with many of the nutrients we eat, it is biologicall…
Chewing food longer and more thoroughly has several benefits. One of those is potential weight loss. Solid food, of course, requires chewing. In a research study, participants consumed 150 calories prior to serving themselve…
It is said that picky eating is a characteristic that is in your child's gene. One of the first worries that bothers parents, especially mothers is 'What if my child becomes a picky eater '? One of the most commo…
Want to know how to eat healthy? Most people have no idea how they are slowly committing suicide with what they eat... Why well for 2 main reasons, 1. Because it's easy to just eat whatever comes your way and 2. Because…
Remember when you were told to "finish your green beans" or to "eat all of your spinach"? So you tried to use salt, catsup or just holding your breath to get it all down. After all, no dessert until you ob…
Do you get cravings at night? Are they often for alcohol, or for sugar? Do you have trouble getting to sleep without at least one of them? This post covers a simple plan for handling night cravings. Foods change brain chemis…