The 2012 Atherosclerosis egg study: More smoking is associated with more plaque, unless you eat more eggs
I blogged before about the study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosi…
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Does tallness cause heart disease? No, but sex does
Popular beliefs about medical issues are sometimes motivated by a statistical phenomenon known as “spurious relationship”, a…
No fat gain while eating well during the Holiday Season: Palatability isolines, the 14-percent advantage, and nature’s special spice
Like most animals, our Paleolithic ancestors had to regularly undergo short periods of low calorie intake. If they were succ…
The bipolar disorder pendulum: Depression as a compensatory adaptation
As far as explaining natural phenomena, Darwin was one of the best theoretical researchers of all time. Yet, there were a fe…
The man who ate 25 eggs per day: What does this case really tell us?
Many readers of this blog have probably heard about the case of the man who ate approximately 25 eggs (20 to 30) per day for…
The steep obesity increase in the USA in the 1980s: In a sense, it reflects a major success story
Obesity rates have increased in the USA over the years, but the steep increase starting around the 1980s is unusual. Wang an…
The anatomy of a VAP test report
The vertical auto profile (VAP) test is an enhanced lipid profile test. It has been proposed, chiefly by the company Atherot…
Familial hypercholesteromia: Why rely on cholesterol levels when more direct measures are available?
There are two forms of familial hypercholesteromia (FH), namely heterozygous and homozygous FH. In heterozygous FH only one …
Daniel Suelo, the man who quit money, seems remarkably healthy
Daniel James Shellabarger (better known as Daniel Suelo) is portrayed in the bestselling 2012 nonfiction book by Mark Sundee…
The 2012 Atherosclerosis egg study: Plaque decreased as LDL increased with consumption of 2.3 eggs per week or more
A new study by David Spence and colleagues, published online in July 2012 in the journal Atherosclerosis ( ), has been gain…
Ancestral Health Symposium 2012: Evolutionarily sound diets and lifestyles may revolutionize health care
The Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 was very interesting on many levels. Aaron Blaisdell and the team of volunteers really …
The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Putting it in practice
In my previous post I argued that the human body may react to “eating big” as it would to overfeeding, increasing energy exp…
The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Is it real?
When you look at the literature on overfeeding, you see a number over and over again – 14 percent. That is approximately the…
