What’s the Real Takeaway From Yesterday’s Big Low-Carb vs. Low-Fat Showdown?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A number of people have pointed out to me that the New York Times has a very different take on yesterday’s big diet study: The Key to Weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds A new study, published Tuesday in JAMA…found…
Trump Drags Sessions Into His Meltdown Over Russian Meddling
Yin Bogu/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump dove into his fifth day of blaming everyone but his administration for failing to act against Russian interference, this time dragging in Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump misspelled the attorney general’s name while challenging the Justice Department for…
Stephen Colbert Praises the Young Survivors of the Parkland Shooting Demanding Action
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert returned to the “Late Show” for the first time since last week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida to praise the impassioned young survivors who have risen in the wake of the horrific tragedy to demand action from lawmakers. “I hope these…
Humans Are Responsible for Nearly All Modern Global Warming
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. No special reason for this post, but in case anyone ever suggests to you that, sure, global warming is real, but we don’t know how much is caused by humans—well, yes we do: This is from the Fourth National Climate Assessment, which states with high…
Louisiana Denies Parole to Man Whose Supreme Court Win Freed Hundreds of Others
Henry Montgomery at the time of his arrest in 1963 /Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, courtesy of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2016, against all odds, Henry Montgomery managed to get his case before the Supreme Court and win it. The 71-year-old was serving life…
Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb: A New Study Puts Them to the Test
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Nutrition Science Initiative was co-founded by Gary Taubes, one of the leading advocates of a low-carb/low-sugar diet. He argues that sugar is the real enemy in the American diet, not fat. I’ve been intrigued by this for a long time, and recently NSI teamed…