The Body Fat Setpoint

One pound of human fat contains about 3,500 calories. That represents roughly 40 slices of toast. So if you were to eat one extra slice of...

Rabbits on a High-Saturated Fat Diet Without Added Cholesterol

I just saw another study that supports my previous post Animal Models of Atherosclerosis: LDL . The hypothesis is that in the absence of ex...

What's the Ideal Fasting Insulin Level?

Insulin is an important hormone. Its canonical function is to signal cells to absorb glucose from the bloodstream, but it has many other ef...

The Dirty Little Secret of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis

The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that saturated fat, and in some versions cholesterol, raises blood cholesterol and contributes to the ...

Butyric Acid: an Ancient Controller of Metabolism, Inflammation and Stress Resistance

An Interesting Finding Susceptible strains of rodents fed high-fat diets overeat, gain fat and become profoundly insulin resistant. Dr. Jia...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part IX

A Summary For those who didn't want to wade through the entire nerd safari, I offer a simple summary. Our ancestors had straight teeth, ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VIII

Three Case Studies in Occlusion In this post, I'll review three cultures with different degrees of malocclusion over time, and try to ex...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VII

Jaw Development During Adolescence Beginning at about age 11, the skull undergoes a growth spurt. This corresponds roughly with the growth ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part VI

Early Postnatal Face and Jaw Development The face and jaws change more from birth to age four than at any other period of development after ...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part V

Prenatal Development of the Face and Jaws The structures of the face and jaws take shape during the first trimester of pregnancy. The 5th t...

Omega-3 Eggs

Eggs are an exceptionally nutritious food, as are all foods destined to nourish a growing animal. However, one concern lies in eggs' hig...

Impressions of Hawai'i

I recently went to Hawai'i for the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Waikiki, followed by a one-week vacation on Kaua'i ...

Heart Attack Risk Reduction: The Low-Hanging Fruit

Dr. Yongsoon Park and colleagues recently published a great article in the British Journal of Nutrition titled "Erythrocyte fatty aci...