Michael S. Fenster, MD

Over the past year, initiatives like MAHA and renewed discussions around the Dietary Guidelines for Americans have signaled something important: a growing recognition that our dominant approach to food and …

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”— Leo Tolstoy After a year of much ballyhoo, we kick off the 2026 Study Spotlight with a …

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”  —  Marcus Aurelius. Over the last several decades, chronic diseases like Type II …

“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”  — Yogi Berra Almost everyone these days has heard about intermittent fasting and fasting …

“One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity.”  — Anna Quindlen No doubt you have heard that …

“Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected.” — Walker Percy Multiple sclerosis is a “chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, …

“Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is.” – Irish Proverb Or to phrase it more simply: “Good food, good mood.” But is it really just about the …

Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike:  “In my opinion, it has never been proven that food even has calories. When I bite into a hamburger, I see pickle and …

“You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” ―Ayn Rand Recently, in both the UK and the US, the latest dietary guidelines opted not to …

“Perhaps the most tragic way that self-deception harms us is that we start believing our lies and we teach them to others.” ―Cortney S. Warren We all have that friend …