Here are some great science based (and some opinion based) articles in addition to the many great articles written by EBNC. You can also Follow me on Twitter @TWeber_EBNC if you would like instant alerts to new articles.
June 2017
- Of All the Categories of Fake News, Health News is the Worst!
- No, Sugar Isn't the New Heroin
- Do Poor People Eat more Junk Food than Wealthier Americans?
- Surgeons Save Constipated Man's Life by Removing 13kg of Feces
- Dog Owners Walk 22 Minutes More Per Day. And Yes, It Counts as Exercise
- The Conventional vs. Organic War Polarizes, but Gets Readers: Write about Sustainable Ag, Nobody Cares
- Hotels put Bigger Focus on Fitness with In-Room Equipment
- Baby Teeth Link Autism and Heavy Metals, NIH Study Suggests
- A Traumatic Experience Can Reshape Your Microbiome
May 2017
- A Healthy Diet is Cheaper, but We're Still Spending Big on Junk Foods
- No Evidence that Vegetarian Diet is Protective Against All-Cause Mortality
- Man Eats only Ice Cream for 100 days, Loses Weight, and Blood Work Improves!
- The Magical 99-cent Superfood
- Does Diet Soda cause Strokes and Dementia? A Skeptical Analysis
- Eating compared to Skipping Breakfast has No Discernible Benefit for Obesity-Related Anthropometrics
- Why Everything We Know about Salt may be Wrong
- Alternative Day Fasting offers No Advantage over Daily Caloric Restriction
April 2017
- Sorry, Vegetarians. Eating Green Probably won't Lower Your Risk of Early Death
- The "True" Human Diet
- World's Oldest Person, last Known to be Born in 1800s Dies
- Drugs that Work in Mice Often Fail When Tried in People
- There is much more abuse of Drug Users than Their is Abuse of Drugs
- Food Odors are More Enticing to Sleep-Deprived Brains
- The Glycemic Index may not be as Reliable as We once Thought
- In Australia, Added-Sugar consumption and Sugar Sweetened Beverage Intakes have Declined: Obesity has NOT
March 2017
- Sugar Fixation Hampering Obesity Battle
- States that Legalized Medical Marijuana Treated far fewer Opioid Users
- Artificial Intelligence vs. Medical Doctor: What happens when Diagnosis is Automated?
- Here's All the Stuff that Supposedly Costs US Billions in 'Lost Productivity'
- Impact of Carbohydrate vs. Fat Calories on Energy Expenditure and Body Fatness
- Astounding! 85% of People in Hunter-Gatherer Tribe have No Coronary Artery Disease
- Lazy, Busy or Both? Americans Phoned in Nearly 2 Billion Takeout Orders Last Year
- Almost Half of All Deaths from Heart Disease & Diabetes Linked to Diet: JAMA Study
- Do Humans Need Dairy? Here's the Science
- Study find Subway Chicken Strips contain less than 50% Real Chicken DNA
February 2017
- Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds
- Running More Doesn't Burn any Extra Overall Calories (In Mice)
- Why Sitting is NOT the 'New Smoking'
- Multivitamins just Create Very Expensive Urine
- Remember this the Next Time You Hear Soda Consumption is Going Down
- Are We Eating Our Fleece Jackets? Microfibers are Migrating into Field and Food
January 2017
- Requiring Non-Breakfast Eaters to Eat Breakfast Resulted in Higher Caloric Intake and Weight Gain
- Yogurt Shedding Sugar to Keep a Healthy Halo
- Potatoes get a Bad Rap. They Don't Deserve It
- Everybody Needs to Stop with This Turmeric Molecule
- Clean Eating - The Dirty Truth
- Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn't Be In Poor People's Grocery Carts
- "Personalized Nutrition" Isn't Going to Solve Our Diet Problems
- A Brief History of America's Favorite Fad Diets, According to Google
- Caloric Restriction Improves Health and Survival of Rhesus Monkeys
- Americans Eat Too Much Cake, but the Government Isn't To Blame
- Scientists can Now Grow a Beating Human Heart from Stem Cells
December 2016
- The Sugar Wars: Science Can't Prove It and the Industry Denies It, but Gary Taubes is Convinced that the Sweet Stuff Kills
- Why Vitamin Pills Don't Work and May be Bad for You
- Giving up Beef will Reduce Carbon Footprint more than Cars, Says Expert
- Harvard Study Promising Huge Health Benefits from Soda Tax Clashes with Reality
- Man Eats nothing but Potatoes for an Entire Year to Cure Food Addiction
- What's on Your Table? How America's Diet has Changed over the Decades
- PepsiCo Wants to Sell Healthy Food, Consumers Want Chips
- The "Night Owl" Phenotype is associated with Health Risks Ranging from Strokes & Diabetes to Mood Disorders
- Of 10 Different Diet Types, Which have the Largest and Smallest Land Footprint?
- Yet Another Study Showing No Metabolic Advantage to Very Low Carb Diets when Protein and Calories are Equated
November 2016
- "As Few as 8 Percent of Fast-Food Eaters make Healthy Choices Based on Menu Calorie Counts"
- Is Nutritious Food Really Pricier, and, if so, is that Really the Barrier to Healthy Eating?
- Personal Genomics, "We Really Have a Perfect Storm of Insufficient Data and Insufficient Competence"
- Plant Milks: Junk Food or Health Food?
- How (and How Not) to Refuel
- Appetite DOES NOT predict Energy Intake
- "Personalized nutrition" based on Your DNA isn't going to Solve Our Diet Problems
- Weight Loss is the Same in Obese Adults on Low vs. High CHO Diets, as Well as Mood Scores
October 2016
- The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Food Desire in the Human Brain
- More Calories Consumed from Alcoholic Drinks than Soft Drinks
- Scientists Raise Baby Mice from Eggs made in the Lab using Skin Cells from an Adult Mouse
- Food Fight Over GMOs - What Nobel Laureates Say on Both Sides
- Do Ice Baths Really Fight Inflammation?
- Big Soda sponsored 96 Health Groups - A Big Conflict of Interest, Study Says
- One in Five Cases of Chemical Induced Liver Damage come from Herbal and Dietary Supplements
- Our World is Awash in Bullshit Health Claims. These Scientists want to Train Kids to Spot Them
- This is What It's Really Like to go to the Gym as a Fat Person
September 2016
- Organic Gatorade: Healthy-ish Like Veggie Chips
- Check Your Privilege before Talking about Obesity and Personal Responsibility
- Top Wellness Award goes to Workplace where many Health Measures got Worse
- Is the Gut Microbiome an Important Cause of Obesity?
- The Dark Side of Agritainment
- 3,000 Year Old Cooking Fail Found at a Danish Dig Site (burnt cheese)
- Prescription Painkillers are More Widely Used than Tobacco
- Not so Safe Supplements: Emergency Room visits due to Dietary Supplements
- Prolonged Transfer of Feces from Lean Mice Accelerated Weight Gain and Obesity in Already Obese Mice
- Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease
- Shoddy Science Shields Paternalistic Pop Tax
- Diet Coverage in the New York Times? Chew Carefully, Swallow Selectively
- According to a Recent Survey, only 23% of Americans believe They can Afford to buy Organic Food
August 2016
- Can You Boost Your Metabolism?
- McDonalds Hands out Activity Tracker with Happy Meals
- Is Healthful Eating Really More Expensive?
- Today's Men aren't nearly as Strong as Their Dads
- Dietitians More Likely to Misreport what They Eat than Nondietitians
- Social Determinants Matter Most to a Person's Health. Here's One Story
- Intestinal Cell Damage and Immune Activation in Individuals Reporting Sensitivity to Wheat in Absence of Celiac
- Preparing More Meals at Home Decreases Risk of Developing Type II Diabetes
- Animal Protein Linked to Death
- The Ultimate Diet Cleanse
July 2016
- Everyone Calm Down for a Minute About 'Sugar Addiction', Neuroscientists Plead
- Your Best Diet Might Depend on Your Genetics
- Altering Gut Microbiota with Antibiotics has No Impact on Metabolism or Inflammatory Markers in Humans with Obesity
- The Food Industry Spends a Cancer Moonshot on Advertising Every 3 Weeks
- 3000 Mile Bike Lane from Main to Florida
- Herbalife Ordered to Pay $200 Million Dollar Fine for Business Practices
- Neither Load Nor Hormones Determine RT-Medicated Hypertrophy or Strength Gains in RT Young Men
- It Gets Better, Unless You're Fat
- Half of All US Food Produce is Thrown Away, New Research Suggests
- Day-to-Day Interactions between People can Affect Transfer of Genes in the Human Microbiome
- A Body Blow to Those Claiming the Insulin Fairy Magically Stores Fat when Carbs are Consumed
- Does Glycemic Response to Food Really Affect Appetite?
- Eddie Hall Deadlifts 500kg (1102.31lbs): Don't try this at Home
- Don't Sweat the Sets, Reps and Other Details: Training to (near) Failure is What dictates Muscle and Strength Gains
- Why You Should Train to Failure for the Most Gains
- Evidence that Paleo diet included Eating Humans
- Sore Legs Become Pandemic as Pokemon Go Players Accidentally Get Exercise
- The World is Eating More Fish Now than Ever
- The Mind-Boggling Bullshit of Health and Fitness
- If You Eat Fish, You're Probably Getting Ripped Off
- Is Sushi 'Healthy'? What About Granola? Where Americans and Nutritionists Disagree
- Sugar Addiction: The State of the Science
June 2016
- Butter Doesn't Increase the Risk of Heart Disease After All
- The Fastest Growing Chain in America is a Simple Sandwich Shop
- This American Life Episode 589: Tell Me I'm Fat
- Widely Used Diabetes Drug Found in Many Southeastern US Streams
- Will Indoor, Vertical Farming Help Us Feed the Planet - or Hurt It?
- The Head of the American Medical Association calls many Health Apps Pure "Snake Oil"
- Gluten-Free Diets may be Harmful for Kids
- FDA Approves Stomach-Draining Obesity Treatment
- This is How Much Celebrities Get Paid to Endorse Soda and Unhealthy Food
- Almost Half of All US Workers say They've gained Weight in Their Current Job - Here's Why
- Convenience is King: How to Make Nutritious Foods the Easy and Preferred Choice
- Risk of Lung, Breast, and Prostate Cancer is the Same Among Vegetarians and Daily Meat Eaters
May 2016
- Which Diet will help You Lose the Most Weight? The One You can Adhere To
- Low-Sodium Diets don't Benefit Health? A closer Look at the Maddening Debate over Salt
- Most of us Misunderstand Metabolism. Here are 9 Facts to Clear that Up
- Probiotics are Useless, GMOs are Fine, and Gluten is Necessary
- Why Cleanses are so Popular, Even though They don't Work
- Is Organic Agriculture Really Better for the Environment?
- Myths Busted: Sharks DO get Cancer & Sugar doesn't make Kids Hyperactive
- As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit a Sour Patch
- Last Week Tonight: John Oliver discusses Scientific Studies
- The Fast-Casual Conundrum: Fast-Causal Restaurant Entrees are Higher in Calories than Fast Food
- Too much Folic Acid during Pregnancy may be Linked to Autism
- Diet Soda is Probably Not what is Causing Childhood Obesity
- I'm an Obesity Doctor. I've Seen Long-Term Weight Loss Work
- Still No Association between Cell Phones and Brain Cancer
- What is "Natural" Food? A Riddle Wrapped in Notions of Good and Evil
- Labrador Retrievers have a Mutation in Brain Appetite Control Circuit (POMC) that makes Them Hungry
- The Lasting Damage of the Biggest Loser (Part I)
- Warren Buffett: "I Haven't Seen Proof that I'm more Likely to reach 100 if I stop drinking Coke"
April 2016
- When It comes to Food Ingredients just because You can't pronounce It doesn't mean it's not Safe
- A Database of Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS)
- Does Skipping Breakfast make You Gain Weight? (no)
- Why You Shouldn't Exercise to Lose Weight (You need Diet Too)
- Cutting out All Sugars Doesn't Mean You'll Lose Weight
- The Sinister, Secret History of The Potato and how it Affected Civilization
- Arguments "For" and "Against" Taxing Soda
- Cheap Eats: How American Spends Money on Food
- For People, Mealtime is All the Time. Restricting Eating Hours may Aid in Weight Loss
- What's so bad about "Processed Food"?
- Stop Wasting Food to Slow Global Warming. It might also help to eat less meat
- Soylent: What Happened when I went 30 Days without Food
- More exposure to Vegetation Linked with Lower Mortality Rates in Women
- Why Science is So Important to our World. Are You Homer or are You Spock?
- Nature does NOT give a Crap Whether You Live or Die!
- One of the Best Reviews of the Sugar vs Fat Hypothesis in the Etiology of Heart Disease I have Seen!
- Strong attachment to Traditional Ethnic Cuisine may Prevent Obesity
- Six real Consequences of GMO Labeling
- Meet a Business that wants to make eating Insects in the US Normal
- A (Half) Dozen Reasons to Ignore the EWG's Dirty Dozen anti Conventional Fruit's and Veggies Recommendations
- GMO Labels won't make Food Safer
- An Evolutionary Perspective on Food and Human Taste
- Protein Ingestion before Sleep increases Muscle Mass & Strength Gains during Resistance Training
- Brain Scans Reveal how LSD affects Consciousness
- The Richest American Men live 15 Years Longer than the Poorest 1 Percent
- Despite Fad Diet Claims, there's no Single Food that can "Poison' Your Diet
- What Separates Whole Grains from Refined Grains?
- A Prank Caller Tricked Burger King Workers into Smashing All the Restaurant's Windows
- Doing Exercise You Hate is Bad for Your Body and Your Mind
- 33 Maps that Explain the United States Better than any Textbook
- Ten Things to Know about Arsenic and Rice
- Some Playgrounds begin to Focus on Riskier Play to Encourage Physical Activity
- The Backlash Against Fish Oil has been Overcooked - here's why
- Walmart just Promised to Source only Cage-Free Eggs by 2025. Here's what that Means
March 2016
- What Storks Feasting on Junk Food Tells Us About Food Waste
- The Evolutionary Necessity of Grain in Our Anti-Carbohydrate World
- Sugar is Cheap, It Tastes Good & It Sells - Companies Have Little Incentive to Change
- How Michelle Obama has Dominated Food Policy: Guided by Her Personal Chef but Not by Science
- Superfoods: Not So Super After All?
- 8 Things You Didn't Know that McDonalds has Tried to Trademark
- General Mills is doing GMO Labeling, Because It's Just Easier
- Diet Books are Full of Lies. But They're Even Worse when Doctors Write Them
- We're Toast: 97% of Us Don't Live Healthy Lifestyles
- 1-2 Alcoholic Drinks/Day May Not be So Heart Healthy After All
- The Profound Planetary Consequences of Eating Less Meat
- Brain Training: Should You Believe the Hype?
- Integrative Medicine is an Ill-Conceived Concept Largely About the Promotion/Use of Unproven/Disproven Therapies
- Public Transport, Walking, and Cycling are All Associated with Reduced Body Fat in Mid-Life
- Regardless of the Headlines, the Scientific Consensus on Sucralose is that It's Safe to Consume
- How the Fitness Industry Gets Rich Doing Nothing?
- Here's How to Trick Your Brain Into Eating Better
- It's Never too Late to Become the Best Version of Yourself - As Long as You're Not Dead
- Processed Foods Don't Have to Be a 4-Letter Word
- World's Oldest Man on Surviving Auschwitz and His Philosophy on Eating
- The US Diet is Made Up of Mostly Ultra-Processed Foods
- Great Produce Shopping Tips and Images
- Frozen Fruits and Veggies are Just as Nutritious as Fresh Ones
- Bad News for Good Cholesterol: High HDL Levels Aren't Always a Positive Sign
- Regardless of Body Weight, "Out of Shape" Youth Face Increased Risk for Diabetes Later in Life
- Human "Knockouts" are Revealing that Genes We Thought We Needed are not Necessary to Survive
- Superfoods are NOT Proven by Science
- Fasting Diets are Gaining Acceptance
- How Sweet is a Sweet Potato? Pretty Sweet!
- "Essential" Genes May Not Be So Essential at After All
- Food Companies Distort Nutrition Science. Here's How to Stop Them
Articles Prior to March 2016
- Most Weight Programs Flunk Five Simple Criteria
- Why Food Studies Should be Taken with a Grain of Salt
- Why Skinny People Don't Diet
- Lack of Fluoride in Calgary Drinking Water Leads to Rise in Kids' Tooth Decay
- 5 Late-Blooming Athletes Prove It's Never Too Late to Start Exercising
- Two More Meta Analysis Find Organic to be Nutritionally Superior to Conventional
- The US Military Has Created Pizza That Stays Edible for Three Years
- Destroying Worn-Out Cells Makes Mice Live Longer
- What this Scathing Exchange between Top Scientists Reveals about what Nutritionists actually Know
- This Is, Hands Down, What's Wrong With the Fitness Industry
- No Food is Healthy. Not even Kale
- The Clean Eating Delusion
- The Fast Can't Last Weight Loss Myth
- Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity
- Why You Eat so Much
- No Health Benefits from Organic Food
- Child Develops Scurvy from Almond Milk-Based Diet
- Restaurants, not just Fast-Food, are Driving Obesity
- Freeze-Dried Poop Pills being Tested for Obesity Treatment
- The 50 Best At Home Workouts
- In Nutrition, Where Does Science Stop and Fantasy Begin? Paleolithic Diets: Hardly a "Garden of Earthly Delights"
- I asked 8 Researchers why the Science of Nutrition is so Messy. Here's what They Said
- Always Hungry? It's Probably not Your Insulin
- Americans Pretty Much only Stop Eating When They're Sleeping
- Do any Cold Remedies Actually Work?
- Hey Sugar! My Name is Mark, and Sometimes I Consume Things that are "Bad" for Me. It's Okay if You do Too
- The Putative 104 Causes of Obesity Update
- Processed Meat and Cancer - What You need to Know
- A Teacher Lost 56 Pounds Eating Nothing but McDonald's and People are Pissed
- The U.S. doesn't have Enough of the Vegetables We're Supposed to Eat
- Spare Your Health, Budget, and the Planet: Ditch the Paleo Diet
- A 12-Hour Window for a Healthy Weight
- The Simple Math that Explains why You may or may not get Cancer
- 5 Reasons to Skip taking Vitamin C for Colds
- Vaccines Work: Here are the Facts (Fun Cartoon Illustrations)
- Scientists Tallied Up All the Advice on Dr. Oz's Show. Half of It was Baseless or Wrong
- You Can't Detox Your Body. It's a Myth. So How do You get Healthy?
- 8 Things Nutrition Experts Wish You Would Stop Saying About Food
- Diet Lures and Diet Lies
- Fitness Crazed
- Sweet and Sour: The Media Decided Fructose was Bad for America; But Science had Second Thoughts
- More to Come!
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- Will Eating Carbs Make You Fat?
- More to Come!