Powered in the knowledge that fats aren’t in and of them selves automatically ‘fattening’, our headlining culture committed reductionism suicide once more and we singled out certain fats for praise, and others for blame. Are the name tags justified??

 We took studies that gave rabbits drastically altered diets that they were unable to handle, and started a new study: giving humans drastically altered diets that they were unable to handle. It was calories all along...

Processing is absolutely neccessary with a lot of foods. Cooking is a process. When does it become a problem and where do we draw the line?

Protein is found in the structural form of muscles, connective tissue including tendon, fascia and skin but fundamentally every hormone and enzyme in the body is a protein.

This is a contentious topic, one i have had to go full circle on, twice.

Fibre is the one type of carbohydrate that almost everyone agrees is beneficial.

Amongst a host of other health reasons to lose fat and build lean tissue, a higher resting metabolic rate leads to a greater energy expenditure at rest and protein intake is key to achieving this. 

It is my opinion that if your previous strategy has not enabled you to reach whatever your goals are, then learning to track is one of my fundamental "basics", whether i've made it "sexy" enough for you to buy into it or not remains to be seen.