Do carbs and insulin make you fat? The argument centers on the ability of insulin to promote the conversion of carbohydrate to fat and lock fat in adipose tissue, as well as the necessity of glucose to provide the backbone to fat molecules within adipose tissue. But the argument ignores that all of these pathways are …

Last year, I wrote a post about why I chose the Aquacera Countertop SS as my water filter. In that post, I told the story of how I almost bought a Berkey but went with the Aquacera because of its smaller size. In this post, I describe why I’ve now switched to the Berkey. Here’s …

In this episode, we look at whether fat can fuel the athlete. We begin with the physiological principles involved, then take a look at the evidence from studies swapping fat for carbs to see how it impacts athletic performance. Listen on ITunes or Stitcher. Click here to stream. Right-click (control-click on the Mac) here and choose “save as” (“save link as” on …