Food Reward Friday

This week's "winner"... the Heart Attack Grill's Quadruple Bypass Burger! Read more »

Extreme Flu Activity in the US

A friend of mine came down with a nasty flu recently.  I checked Google Flu Trends , and found that flu activity is currently at "inten...

The Potato Diet

In 2010, I wrote a series of blog posts on the health properties of potatoes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ).  The evidence showed that potatoes are non-toxic...

Food Reward Friday

This week's "winner"... The Pizza Hut hot dog stuffed crust pizza! Read more »

Is it Time to Re-write the Textbooks on Insulin and Obesity? Part II

A new paper published on December 6th in the journal Science once again tackles the question of whether elevated insulin drives the develop...

Food Reward Friday

This week's "winner"... Kellogg's Krave cereal! Read more »

Is it Time to Re-write the Textbooks on Insulin and Obesity?

A recent study in Cell Metabolism by Dr. Arya Mehran and colleagues found a result that, according to a press release, "could overturn...