Published inIn Fitness And In Health·PinnedMember-onlyWhat I Think About the French Paradox — As a Nutritional Sciences PhDIs it really all about the wine? — The French Paradox is a phenomenon describing why heart disease deaths were lower than would be estimated in the French population during the early 1990s despite a high intake of animal products like butter and cheese. This idea is interesting because these types of foods are classically understood to increase…Nutrition8 min readNutrition8 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·PinnedMember-onlyDon’t Believe The Headlines From Every Nutrition Study. Here’s Why — From a Nutritional Sciences PhDA look at two recent studies on vegan diets and eggs — I am always scouring the latest articles published in nutrition journals to find interesting new research on diet and health. Sometimes, I find studies like these two below that advertise striking findings, but actually, turn out to be all smoke and mirrors. Two recent nutrition studies separately suggested that A)…Nutrition6 min readNutrition6 min read
Aug 30Member-onlyHow I Utilize Sauces as a Tool For Healthy EatingFive sauces to make even the blandest of meals flavorful — In today’s food environment laden with junk and convenience options, it can sometimes be difficult to consistently choose or cook healthy meals. Although the preconception that healthy eating requires time and effort is sometimes true, it never has to be. Not to mention, healthy food just doesn’t taste very good…Nutrition8 min readNutrition8 min read
Apr 1Member-onlyIs Writing Still an Important Skill in the Age of YouTube and ChatGPT?Why yes, it is actually more important than ever. — An idea that I think about a lot is how new technologies shape the way we live as humans. It just so happens that many of the major technological innovations over the past several years have been related to our methods of communication. Gone are the days of books, memos…Writing10 min readWriting10 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·Feb 20Member-onlyWhy Vitamin D Should Have Been More Heavily Promoted During the Covid-19 PandemicIt Can be Easy to Forget the Rule: Simple Stuff First — Looking back at the Covid-19 pandemic, we suffered through over two years of serious social and economic disruptions, along with a great amount of death and suffering caused directly by the disease. It took about a year since the beginning of the pandemic for the first vaccines to be rolled…Vitamin6 min readVitamin6 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·Dec 2, 2022Member-onlyWhy I Had To Put An End to My Podcast AddictionWhat To Do If You Suffer From Information Overload — Podcasts are one of the best media formats of our time. The magical thing about podcasts is that they provide a stream of information where one or more people can discuss topics with more thought than a tweet and provide commentary with multiple perspectives. …Podcast8 min readPodcast8 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·Nov 21, 2022Member-onlyWhy Postbiotics May Be More Important Than ProbioticsWhen it comes to gut bacteria, it’s not about who is there, but about what they are doing — The gut microbiome has been one of the most exciting areas in nutrition science for at least a decade. Thousands of studies, if not more, have been published describing how certain types of bacteria that live all throughout our GI tract can either be detrimental or beneficial to our health. …Fiber7 min readFiber7 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·Oct 27, 2022Member-onlyWhy Recent Nutrition Studies are Showing Negative Effects of Consuming Dietary FiberLet’s Look at the Context Behind the Headlines — Dietary fiber is something that most nutrition professionals would recommend as being important for our gut health and that most of us are not consuming enough of. Fiber is essentially all the “non-digestible” carbohydrates that we obtain from food, such as from fruit peels and grain hulls. Dietary fiber is…Nutrition7 min readNutrition7 min read
Jun 29, 2021Member-onlyFinal Fantasy XIV Online is an Unexpected Paradise for WoW PlayersI finally gave this game a try and was rewarded in kind — Seriously, what took me so long to get into this game? Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV), aka the critically acclaimed MMORPG with a completely free trial including the award-winning Heavensward expansion is entering a new and exciting time in 2021. …Video Games Industry10 min readVideo Games Industry10 min read
Published inIn Fitness And In Health·Jun 17, 2021Member-onlyCan Eating Mangoes Prevent Sunburn?Make sure to eat enough orange this summer — What gives orange, red, and yellow fruits and vegetables their color? Pigmented molecules called carotenoids are usually where that color is derived. Several types of carotenoids including beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein are beneficial for humans to consume because of their antioxidant properties, which is a result of their molecular structure. …Nutrition4 min readNutrition4 min read
