Nobody's Taking Away Your Pizza
Ordering a Cola: normal. Ordering butter instead of potatoes: justify yourself and have the emergency number ready. How watered-down dietary guidelines became societal consensus.
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Nutrition Doc: Cognitive Dissonance and Ignorance of Ketogenic Nutrition
In an episode of the Ernährungsdocs podcast, Germany’s most prominent nutritional physician demonstrates shocking ignorance of and attitude towards ketogenic nutrition
Read moreHow Many Carbohydrates Does the Body Actually Need?
The body needs glucose, but not carbohydrates. A look at the biochemistry shows how it effortlessly sources everything it needs on its own.
Read moreHow much does a calorie weigh?
Another invitation to question cause and effect — especially when it comes to losing weight.
Read moreWhat Does the DGE Recommend? Chapter 2
A dissection of the scientific foundations of the DGE guidelines - because even though I ignore them, I refuse to be accused of being anti-science.
Read moreWhat Does the DGE Recommend? Chapter 1
Behind the DGE dietary guidelines: scientific foundations and the choice of goals and solution spaces. How are the recommendations weighted?
Read moreInsulin, Chapter 2
Insulin is in the center of many noncommunicable diseases. In this chapter we’re looking at the various types of Diabetes. ☝️🤓: More than 2!
Read moreGood Carbs, Bad Carbs
The usual split into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ carbohydrates is a convenient shorthand, but my version of that scale looks different: The bar for ‘good’ is higher.
Read moreFibre: Necessary or Unnecessary Ballast? A Self-Experiment
The literature doesn’t list fibre as essential, yet standard guidelines treat it as indispensable. A self-experiment, with a surprising outcome.
Read morePlanetary Health Diet - The Great Misunderstanding
The one aspect most commonly cited in favor of the ‘Planetary Health Diet’ is an aspect the associated report explicitly did not examine.
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