Getty Images Don’t listen to everything your Paleo-obsessed friends tell you about your early ancestors. It turns out there’s a high likelihood that hominids ate starchy carbohydrates and cooked them too. And, according to new research, we have these foods to thank for our oversized human brains. While protein has long been acknowledged by evolutionary […]
Hunger sabotages diets. Many dieters know what to do, but they can’t stick to their diets because they feel too hungry. If you eat too much of anything, you’ll feel full. But which foods can fill you up without overeating? If you can answer that question, you can master your cravings. I’ll briefly discuss some […]
For all his contributions to science, controversial and otherwise, in modern context Sir Isaac Newton is most indelibly associated with one rather succinct assertion of physical truth: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Were the governance of this third law of motion limited to the domain of physics, as was Newton’s […]
Have you been passing on potatoes, skipping spaghetti, and banning bread in an effort to get leaner for summer? If so, your diet strategy may backfire because research suggests these favorite foods aren’t the diet disasters that they’ve been made out to be. A recent review of 19 studies with more than 3,000 subjects published […]
