Category Archives: scientific research

The (missing) role of genetics and genomics in nutrition research

By preston | Published: November 3, 2010
I’m a little late to discovering his blog and work but Keith Grimaldi at Eurogene has some excellent thoughts in this post about why most human nutrition research is pretty weak, inconclusive, and misses the boat much of the time.   This line of thinking really struck a chord with me because ever since I’ve transitioned [...]
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Why Dean Ornish is Wrong

By preston | Published: September 11, 2010
Hot Air in the Huffington Post In a much-publicized brouhaha this week, Dr. Dean Ornish wrote an article in the Huffington Post summing up his take on a recent observational study comparing animal and plant-based diets.  The cohort study, which was published last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, studied long-term mortality rates among [...]
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Exploding Nutrition Myths #2: The myth of meal frequency and timing

By preston | Published: August 17, 2010
Many of you enjoyed my first ‘Exploding Nutrition Myths’ installment on agave nectar and the glycemic index.  The next myth that needs to be exposed is the idea that eating smaller, more frequent meals ‘revs up’ your metabolism and is a better way to lose weight and remain lean and energized.  Along with the meal [...]
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Debunking Junk Science: Goodbye China Study

By preston | Published: July 11, 2010
This extremely well-done skewering of T. Colin Campbell’s The China Study has set the blogosphere ablaze in the last week.  But I had to re-post it here as it deserves all of the attention it can get! Denise Minger, a raw food enthusiast and freelance writer from Portland, Oregon  has done an incredible job of [...]
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Some science behind acupuncture

By preston | Published: June 1, 2010
An interesting paper published in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience last week has proposed some physiological mechanisms for pain relief underlying acupuncture treatment. Although is uses the mouse model and is not yet conclusive for humans, it points the way toward future research and furthers our understanding of possible benefits of these therapies.
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