Weekly Emails

If that weren’t enough to set me off, consider the overall weakness of this study, and the choice of the word “proven” borders on journalistic manslaughter.

That just floored me. Is there a connection between physical and emotional pain tolerance?

The purpose of the study was to find out if fasting could protect the intestines from high-dose radiation, which could allow for higher doses of radiation treatment in killing pancreatic tumor cells.

Cortisol is a hormone I’ve been paying a lot more attention to of late.

I almost can’t believe yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin touching down on the moon’s surface. What’s more unbelievable to me is that there are a number of people who entirely refuse that it ever happened.

As I’m coming off of a week of fasting and heading into a week of a ketogenic diet, the timing seems right to address the question of how I break a longer-term fast and the responses that some people get.

Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper?

I know I’m not alone in sensing this, as I’ve had this discussion with at least a dozen friends over the past few years. There is something fundamentally different about food in Europe, when compared to the food in North America. Yes, there are the obvious differences—in Europe the portions seem smaller, they seem to…

If you like concrete answers and absolutes, longevity is not a fun sandbox to play in.

How, you might ask, can a company withhold information about a drug that could potentially prevent such a devastating disease?