Plant-Based Diet for Diabetes: What About Carbs?

Carbohydrates are often criticized in very simplistic terms, especially when it comes to diabetes, but does that tell the whole story?

Got Joint Pain? An Anti-Inflammatory Diet May Be the Key to Your Relief

A lot of people are living with joint pain, and many of them don’t need to be. While physical therapy is the standard of care, some thoughtful changes to your diet can have a notable impact.

3 Missteps in the 2020-2025 USDA Dietary Guidelines

From added sugar to alcohol and saturated fat, the latest edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans fails to provide the best recommendations for human and societal health.

Experts Agree: Keto and Vegan Keto Diets Should Be Avoided

You’ve heard the buzz about how you can lose weight on a keto diet, but is it safe? What about a vegan keto diet? Hear about the science from the experts.

Can the Ketogenic Diet Cure Cancer? What Does the Science Say?

The ketogenic diet does not offer the benefits that fasting and plant-based diets provide for cancer patients, in terms of reducing the side-effects of medical treatment and enhancing its effectiveness. But does the keto diet help fight cancer?

Can the Ketogenic Diet Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?

Can the keto diet reverse type 2 diabetes or manage it? What does the research say? How does keto compare to a whole food, plant-based diet? Find out the best diet for diabetes management.

Does the Ketogenic Diet Really Work for Weight Loss?

There is a claim that ketogenic diets offer a metabolic advantage over every other type of weight loss diet, including low-carb diets that aren’t ketogenic. Will a keto diet help you lose weight?

Is the Ketogenic Diet Natural for Humans?

Ketosis is an adaptive state that allowed our ancestors to survive temporary food shortages. Should we aim to keep ourselves in a permanent state of ketosis? Is it a natural for humans?

Plant-Powered Workout: Eating Around Your Exercise Schedule

Eating the right foods before and after workout can greatly affect your performance and fitness goals. Check out these great tips to fuel your body pre-workout and post-workout using optimal plant-based options.

What Is the Ketogenic Diet?

The ketogenic diet has become the latest low-carb diet fad. This article answers: what is the keto diet, why was it developed, what are ketone bodies and how do they affect metabolism.

Is Sugary Fruit Healthy?

Most of the calories in fruit come from carbohydrates—specifically sugar. Should we eat fruit, be cautious, or avoid it?

Response to NYT article “Could Your Healthy Diet Make Me Fat?”

I wrote a Letter to the Editor of the New York Times regarding an opinion piece about low-carb diets.

Questioning the Ethics & Science of a Pure Vegan Diet

Research shows that a pure whole food plant-based diet may be ideal, but perfection may not always be the ultimate goal.

‘Fed Up’. Part Two.

I read with interest the comments on my essay, Fed Up With Fed Up. I particularly welcome the challenges, especially those who thought that I understated the case against sugar.

Fed Up With ‘Fed Up’

In case you missed it, a new diet and health documentary movie called “Fed Up” was released in theaters on May 9. I’ve never written a movie review before—in fact, I am not much of a moviegoer.

The Great Grain Debate

Whether the latest diet debate centers around gluten-free, Atkins or Paleo, carbs are a hot topic these days.

A Fallacious, Faulty and Foolish Discussion About Saturated Fat

The New York Times has done it again, reporting on a summary of studies on the associations of various dietary and clinical risk factors with heart disease in a way that creates, in my opinion, more confusion than clarity.

More Plants on the Plate

Crispy, crunchy, colorful, and curiously delicious — all are words that describe a wide variety of vegetable, fruit, and whole-grain dishes.

A Lean Muscular Body: A Mere By-Product

Those who limit healthy carbohydrates for a prolonged period have been shown to demonstrate mental lethargy and increased general fatigue as the first symptoms.

Eating More Calories, Staying Thinner

Although the average caloric intake of the Chinese is higher than that of Americans (2640 vs. 2360 for adult males), and despite their smaller stature, the Chinese are much thinner than Americans.

A Health Disaster in the Making

In 2002, the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released their most recent recommended nutrient intakes. Since 1943, the FNB has been telling us how much of each nutrient to consume,…