“Formula for success…rise early, work hard, strike oil” J. Paul Getty Algae, Planet Earth, and Biofuels Rarely top of mind, algae are a major factor in this planet’s habitability for …
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From Tokens to Grammar: Behind The Language of Food; The Conclusion (Part 3 of 3).
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 …
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From Tokens to Grammar: Behind The Language of Food
Segment 2: The Grammar of Food Structure, Grammar, and the Meaning of Food The vocabulary is identical. The meaning is not. Consider two meals that appear nutritionally similar on paper. …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike: When Nutrition Science Loses Its Way
“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, …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike: Food & The Microbiome
“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 …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike: Eat, Hope, Focus
“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 …
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Is Dark Chocolate Actually Heart-Healthy—or Just Very Good Marketing?
Dark chocolate is constantly rebranding itself. What is usually treated as dessert suddenly becomes a cardiovascular ally, elevated by headlines that promise lower blood pressure, better circulation, and antioxidant protection. …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike: UPFs and The Misleading Narrative Of “Healthy” Ultraprocessed Foods
“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 …
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Study Spotlight with Chef Dr. Mike: Why Better Labels Still Won’t Fix What’s Broken in Nutrition
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 …
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Coffee vs. Conventional Wisdom: Why Caffeine Didn’t Spark A-Fib—And Sometimes Protects It—Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike
“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 …

