I did not expect to see so many fit people in a CrossFit gym have high blood pressure and high fasting glucose — and especially that it could be resolved so easily in most people from simple diet changes. 🤯 youtu.be/ks0hHmkXXuo

Great presentation. I think it nicely illustrates that chocolate is not food. Rather, it is luxury that we can fully enjoy if we treat it as such. In my case, that means Neuhaus, Côte d'Or Double Lait Noisettes and Nestlé Galak with puffed rice.

What you're being fed is at most an indirect potential problem: if you don't eat it, it is doing you no harm, except possibly starvation. What you eat *is* the problem. This type of use of language is what makes people think that they are not getting fat because they eat too much,

Some people have wonderful humour and @vivalongevity.bsky.social is one of them. Here is a favourite: "low-carb diets were all the rage, before Atkins invented them in the 70s." Masterful! youtu.be/z4TMQ1PFYpU?...

Here is something to contemplate for all those smart MAHA people who know so much better than scientists that vaccines cause autism. Stay away from organic foods. They cause autism. Look! Forget vaccines, they are nothing! www.ithinkwell.org/autism-corre...

Highly enjoyable and enlightening low-carb conversation by @vivalongevity.bsky.social. I especially liked the remark about Toni making soy yoghurt with the Instant Pot. It is for the very same reason (ease) that I love to make nattou with it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4TM...

Une fois n'est pas coutume: it had disappeared from the shelves of Kai Wei in Toronto for far too long, in my opinion. My number one favourite junk "food": hard durian candy. Not only is it deliciously unhealthful, it is also vegan. A win on all fronts!

Really great conversation of @theproof.bsky.social with Jessica Knurick on public health and nutrition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvG-...

Here is something I remember from my younger years: Treets. I loved them. And then, they were transformed into m&m's. I never buy these. There was something irresistible in Treets and revolting in m&m's. It *could* be that the colours look inappropriate to me, but I don't know.

Today on @thepulse.whyy.org, @juliabelluz.bsky.social and I discuss several popular topics in nutrition science that are covered in our book #FoodIntelligence: whyy.org/episodes/wha...

Great conversation on nutrition and its complexities by @mariokratz.bsky.social. For me, this👇is the salient point. It is hard for a company to exist when no one buys its products. *We* are ultimately responsible for what *they* put on the market. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC75...

Highly enjoyable conversation on nutrition and the complexities of the field by @mariokratz.bsky.social. For me, this👇is the salient point. It is hard for a company to exist when no one buys its products. *We* are ultimately responsible for what *they* put on the market. youtu.be/hC756z_ovLs?...

Here is something that really pains me. Dry-roasted chickpeas are a wonderful food and snack, but this is what happens when the label designers or their employers don't care about providing accurate information to their customers: fibre = 0? What chickpea species would that be?

I am less than impressed with ChatGPT's accuracy, but I have to give it good marks in the humour department. It seems to be able to cater to my own sense of humour:

Here is another magnificent result from Google's AI. 35 g contains approximately 4 g of fibre and 100 g contains approximately 1.5 g of fibre. How fantastic. I admit that my limited brain is unable to grasp such an exquisite calculation. Artificial idiocy at its finest!

I saw this one yesterday as a recommendation on YouTube. Highly recommended! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx8Q...

It seems that @vanranstmarc.bsky.social has blocked me on Twitter. I do not know why, because I thought I agreed with most of his positions, but it is his right. So, I will no longer risk bothering him and will unfollow him here as well.

Excellent and hilarious-while-sad video about the dangers of 'alternative' health. Whether we like it or not, the only alternative to reality is fantasy, and that is not an impressively reliable basis for desirable results. We may not like that, but reality doesn't care about that either.

Wonderful talk by @kevinh-phd.bsky.social‬ that is well worth the time for anybody even remotely interested in weight gain, loss and maintenance.

When time is short, this is a lifesaver: sprouts/microgreens taken from a drawer next to my desk with TVP, psyllium-spice mix and water. The salt mill does not contain salt but citric acid.

Here👇is the little blurb about "Food Intelligence", the remarkably enjoyable and intelligent book on food written by @kevinh-phd.bsky.social and @juliabelluz.bsky.social I wrote on Google. I think it deserves many more and better reviews.

For people who believe that everything should be "organic", which is said to mean "containing no human-made chemicals": petroleum is perfectly organic. It was created at a time there weren't even any humans around to "contaminate" it with those hated human-made chemicals.

Here is my current number one favourite meal. I have to be careful with it, because it is prone to massive overeating: Sprouts/microgreens, crushed tomatoes and psyllium with nattou. Insanely delicious.

I think that this lovely conversation is a great example of how policy decisions will always make people unhappy. I also think that people's unhappiness is not as important as population's safety. Personal freedoms are wonderful, but they should stop where they start hurting other people and this is

People sometimes wonder why I am not impressed by the abilities of current programmers and associated "ITers". Here is but one minor example. As far as I know, time travel is not available yet.

I was honored to participate in this webinar discussing ultra-processed foods with @meganranney.bsky.social, @cgardnerphd.bsky.social, Susan Mayne, and Fatima Cody Stanford hosted by @nam.edu. If you missed it, a recording is now available in the link below! nam.edu/event/what-s...

Fantastic interview with @cgardnerphd.bsky.social‬ by ‪@vivalongevity.bsky.social‬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LDe... There is so much to love here, one could write a book about it, and as a sprout enthusiast, the snippet about Henrietta Chick stood out: I grow over a kg of sprouts a day in my office.

Fascinating interview and analysis by @vivalongevity.bsky.social on (un)healthful diets. My own diet (no animal products) didn't come out on top, but very close to it, so I am guessing I could do worse than I am. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPXW...

“It’s frustrating to see the enormous political capital of the MAHA movement expended on actions like the proposed product formulation changes that have little chance of reducing prominent diet-related chronic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes,” Hall said.

I just discovered that @kevinh-phd.bsky.social 's new book is available for preorder on Google play and that there is/will be an audio version. Given that my job consists of sitting, I ordered the audiobook. I can listen to it while walking to the grocery store, killing three birds with 1 stone.

Anyone who thinks MAHA is about health should consider that MAHA also stands for make America hungry again, because by making food more expensive, that is what will happen. On top of that, maybe we should think hard about how a few milligrams (if that) of colouring agent will lead to fat storage.

Here is my latest attempt at telling ChatGPT to be less of a yes-man. Trump may like that, but I don't. I am not convinced that I am getting through.

Chat GPT is as helpful as ever. What repsonse do you prefer?

One of the best documentaries on obesity I have seen. Features @HermanPontzer of "Burn" and "Adaptable", two books that are on the top of my reading list and that I highly recommend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubn8...

Nice documentary on the horrors of seed oils. Obviously, this is why the Japanese died out so long ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYB...

While this isn't my cup of tea because I feel no need of imitating other foods, but that does not mean I think this is not interesting. I think it is fascinating: food tech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxN5...

Here is another example of the intelligence of AI, separated by mere seconds and a question in which one word has changed. I do not know how other people think, but this type of difference does not inspire confidence. Not for me, anyway.

This is an excellent interview with a great scientist and doctor. Highly recommended. I listened twice so far.

I do not always like what he proposes, but this time, he is spot on. @aragusea.bsky.social on beef tallow, and more. Worth listening too, and yes, he's quite entertaining too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xvU...

Here👇is a nice example of why dieters are told not to worry about a day when things didn't go as planned. In this case, I was experimenting with *added* fibre, leading to a somewhat elevated intake yesterday 20250524. Average energy intake remains on the lowER side.

I should be working, but I felt I needed a walk (from my front door to my window and back...) and I am listening to Chapter 8 of @HermanPontzer's "Adaptable". His humour is irresistible. Here👇on the aquatic ape theory:

I just finished listening to Chapter 7 "Turning energy into offspring" of @HermanPontzer's "Adaptable". It tackles controversial sex/gender issues and definitions of 'woman' and 'man' with great skill and clarity. This touches me personally quite a bit.

This video by @PCRM makes some interesting points but is also quite misleading. The one point I fully agree with is something we have known for very many centuries: youtu.be/7tV-VlFTnns?...

In view of the show currently going on in Rome, here are some interesting statistics about Belgium. It seems that reason is still gaining on fiction and that is a Good Thing, in my opinion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_IL...

Interesting video on 1 of my favourite foods: natto, the Époisses of the soy world. Beware, it is insanely delicious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzk...

Short but fascinating lecture by Prof. Roy Taylor on weight loss and type 2 diabetes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzsy...

A fantastic lecture by Prof. @RobinMay9 from @GreshamCollege about how vaccines work that makes it clear that vaccines are not space suits or force fields, but army motivators. He also raises hopes and ethical issues. Inspiration for documentary makers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=voC0...

Here is a good lecture on vaccination by Prof. Vincent Racaniello. "Vaccines do not protect against infection. They protect against disease." www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TwI... Your immune system is NOT a force field or a space suit. It is an army.

Great documentary. More than worth your time. I would like more science, but science wasn't the subject, so I can't fault it for that. I am just longing for a good documentary that adequately explains the science. There are some, but they are really old, such as: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3dO...

Here is something that many people don't seem to know about weight loss: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIl...