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Being an Account of the Most Peculiar Case Ever Brought to 221B Baker Street As recorded by Dr. John H. Watson, M.D. (Installment being the third and final) Part the …

Being an Account of the Most Peculiar Case Ever Brought to 221B Baker Street As recorded by Dr. John H. Watson, M.D. (installment the first) It was in the autumn …

When the System Becomes Overloaded When biological signals repeatedly fail to align with expectations, the consequences do not appear all at once. They emerge gradually as the body attempts to …

In this week’s Study Spotlight, and over the next three columns, I’ll be sharing the background behind my latest book,  Dinner with God: Understanding The Language of Food, and why …

“If a man does not know to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” — Seneca If you listen long enough to the current conversation about food and health, …

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.”  — Thomas Pynchon As noted in the recent column, The MAHA Report Card, recent …

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) Understanding Food As Information (FAI) requires …

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates One aspect of understanding Food as Information (FAI) that fundamentally moves it beyond …

“It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.”— William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V The new guidelines often, if not precisely, speak about “highly …

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 …