Food

The Ghost in the Guidelines: How the Fat Debate Shaped the Story of Heart Disease

🎧 Available in audioYou can listen to this article — The Echo Chamber of Cardiology — narrated in full. Whether you’re walking, driving, or just prefer to hear it aloud, click play below.     Just days ago, something remarkable happened. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary stood at a podium and said what would’ve once been … Read more

The Explorer Who Ate Only Meat—and Lived to Tell the Tale

In the winter of 1906, somewhere north of the Arctic Circle, a young explorer named Vilhjalmur Stefansson sat cross-legged in an igloo, surrounded by Inuit hunters. Outside, the wind cut like a knife, shrieking across the frozen plain. Inside, the flickering light of seal oil lamps cast dancing shadows on the snow-packed walls. The air … Read more

The Carnivore Diet: Bold Health Revolution or Risky Nutritional Experiment?

If you’ve spent time in the nutrition world lately, you’ve probably heard about the Carnivore Diet – a way of eating that takes low-carb to the extreme. No plants, no fiber, no “healthy whole grains.” Just meat, fish, eggs, and maybe some dairy. Sounds radical, right? But is it just another fad, or is there … Read more