Michael S. Fenster, MD

“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 …

The subject of chrononutrition has been covered in several previous columns, e.g., here and here. The very existence of time-dependent effects, i.e., health outcomes impacted by the timing of the …

“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice The auguries of the Bard may indeed be true, and the sins of …

“Problem is, while the lie may be sweet as it falls from your lips, the feeling in your gut is always putridly sour. And almost always bang-on.” — Caz Frear, …

“What is real? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply …

“Hush little baby, don’t say a word And never mind that noise you heard It’s just the beasts under your bed In your closet, in your head…” — Metallica, Enter …

“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 …