Nutrition
Weekly menu: how to build your own instead of looking for a ready-made one
People look for a ready-made weekly menu to avoid thinking.
Blog
Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Nutrition
Which fats are healthy and which are not
Dividing fats into "healthy" and "unhealthy" is convenient for a headline but almost useless at the grocery shelf: a single product usually contains all types at once, and the difference between them is not about general health benefits, but about specific effects.
Nutrition
Fast and slow carbohydrates: what lies behind this classification
The classification of carbohydrates into fast and slow is older than the data it is supposed to be based on.
Nutrition
Lemon water on an empty stomach: what it does and what it doesn't
A glass of warm lemon water in the morning is a habit surrounded by an impressive list of promises: to boost metabolism, alkalize the body, flush out toxins, and help with weight loss.
Nutrition
Vitamin D: how much you need, where to get it, and when to get tested
Vitamin D differs from other vitamins in that humans can produce it themselves—in the skin under ultraviolet light.
Health
Cholesterol in food: do eggs affect blood cholesterol
Cholesterol from food and cholesterol in blood tests are not the same substance in different places, but two weakly related values.
Health
Body mass index: how to calculate it and where it goes wrong
Body mass index takes ten seconds to calculate and is therefore used where it shouldn't be: for an individual.
Shopping
Promotions and yellow price tags: how they work and when they are worth it
A yellow price tag works not because the price is low, but because it is high-contrast: the eye finds it before it reads the number.
Allergies
Allergens in restaurants and delivery: how to ask for a helpful response
Packaging includes mandatory ingredient lists and warnings about traces.
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