Michael S. Fenster, MD

“Although the use of fraud in every action is detestable, nonetheless in managing war it is a praiseworthy and glorious thing, and he who overcomes the enemy with fraud is …

“What we do in life ripples in eternity.” — Marcus Aurelius Previous columns (here and here) have touched on the subject of PFAs, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or, as they …

“In the land of the blind, the snake oil salesman is king.” ~ Anonymous Often in this column, we examine a particular study in depth to separate the wheat from …

“For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person …

“Everything in Nature is connected. Only human-made machines are linear.” ~Fritjof Capra, Philosopher & Physicist We like to think of ourselves as individuals, Captains of our fate, charting the course …

“I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time.’ So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.”  —  Steven Wright There has always been the breakfast conundrum. Breakfast …

Sweet dreams are made of this,  Who am I to disagree?” — The Eurythmics Ever since people have been eating and dreaming, there has been a perceived connection between what …

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own Every day, it seems, more data accumulates that …

“Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The very first artificial sweetener seemed an accident too good to …

“The early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten.” — Anonymous We’ve all encountered that singularly annoying person. For some it’s the incessantly hyperbolic perkiness of that …