Science Catch-up. Why is Harvard Sticking the Knife into Butter Again?
Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Why is Harvard sticking the knife into butter again?…
Do Low-Carb Diets Suppress Appetite?
Conveniently download this 32-page Science Report. Contains links to extra reading materials and scientific references. Feeling hungry is the most unwanted side effect of any dieting attempt. So finding ways to reduce hunger is the “holy grail” of weight loss. Low-carb diet books and blogs, promising that you can “diet without hunger”, seem like a…
Science Catch-up. Keto For Fat Loss Debunked?
Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Keto for fat loss debunked? 2. Sugar focus undermining…
[DOWNLOAD] How To Conduct An Effective Self-Experiment – The Ultimate Guide
With self-experimentation, you can try different ways of doing things, find out more about yourself, and learn what is good for you, or what isn’t. Conducting your own self-experiments can be quite fun. Like a series of mini-adventures. Isn’t it exciting to discover something every day? When done safely and ethically, running a self-experiment can…
Science Catch-up. Is Your Cluttered Kitchen Making You Eat More?
Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Is your cluttered kitchen making you eat more? 2.…
Science Catch-up. What Happens When Parents Comment on Their Daughter’s Weight?
Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. What happens when parents comment on their daughter’s weight?…
Book Review. Fat Planet: The Obesity Trap and How We Can Escape It
We thought it’d be fun to review a book (in this case Fat Planet) and highlight the kinds of things we noticed that perhaps most readers are not aware of. Before we get started, just bear in mind that this is not a full, exhaustive, comprehensive analysis. Instead, we’d like to share some pointers so…
Science Catch-up. High-Fructose Diet Harms 940 Brain Genes
Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. High-fructose diet harms 940 brain genes 2. What foods…
Veganism 101: Which Nutrients Might Vegans Lack?
Conveniently download this 38-page Science Report. Contains links to extra reading materials and scientific references. Is it unsafe to stop eating all animal-derived foods? More and more people, worldwide, are converting to veganism. However, most of them are unaware of certain deficiency risks. Or how to mitigate them. When you turn vegan, there are 12…
Avocado Pits: Start or Stop Eating?
Have you heard? There’s this viral craze going on, encouraging people to eat avocado pits. But the problem is that there is no “new” study showing that eating avocado pits is safe or beneficial. In fact, there is no study at all showing the benefits (or risks) of eating avocado pits. So where does this…
