Giving It Your All

I first came across Dr. Gabe Mirkin about a decade ago. Someone forwarded me his newsletter as a rebuttal to my keto and meat-heavy lifestyle. According to his website, Dr. Mirkin is a practicing physician for more than 50 years and a radio talk show host for 25 years. He is one of a very…

Although Old Wives Tales amount to only observational studies, we know intuitively that they have high value. Take chicken soup for example. When you have a cold, the home remedy works because it boosts hydration and increases body temperature. In Venezuela, sopa de pata de pollo — soup with chicken feet — is the go-to…

I came across a tweet recently from a guy on Twitter who is aiming to make blueberries his niche, to become the “blueberries guy.” He’s from the corner of social media that runs interference for fructose, where people believe that fruit can be consumed in vast quantities without consequences. Last week he posted, proudly: I…

Here is the best description I’ve come across to explain the term Bro Science: 200 lbs. is 200 lbs. You can’t use statistical slight-of-hand to make the weight lighter. There is no amount of fraud that can cause the weight to squat itself. 200 lbs. is 200 lbs. A few days ago I was scrolling…

One of my favorite political pundits tweeted recently about how mainstream messaging pummels us morning, noon, and night with stupidity until we collapse from exhaustion. “Then you wake up tomorrow and it’s more turbo stupidity until the next day.” While the tweet was related to world events, you could just as easily apply this sentiment…