Science

You’ve tried diets, and the gym, and cleanses and meditation and acupuncture. The pounds landed– and stayed. Why are they still welded to your hips? The question baffles scientists and health professionals around the world, […]

To recap: The obesity epidemic began roughly 1978, rapidly accelerated until 1997, then leveled off. When it began, about 32% of the population was overweight, another 13% were obese, and a scant 1% were extremely […]

In our search for obesity triggers, hormones and chemicals that mimic hormones deserve attention: BPAs Birth-control hormones Something that affected children starting around 1960 and triggered at puberty Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a clear, hard plastic […]

Yes. Either. Both. But perhaps more on the foe side. Briefly, naturally-occurring antibiotics have been around for a long time, but the modern antibiotic era really started in 1928 when the researcher Fleming accidentally discovered […]

One possible contributor to the obesity epidemic is… corn. Corn, and things derived from corn, and things related to things derived from corn. Things such as: High fructose corn syrup. Artificial sweeteners. Increased fat consumption. […]

So following up on last year’s post about the population’s mysterious and abrupt weight gain beginning in 1978, plus or minus a year or two, and leveling off in 1997, plus or minus a year […]

Forget the “green hills of Earth.” Once upon a very long time ago, the hills on our planet– and many others– may have been purple. Or, more precisely, violet. It has to do with the […]

People, animals, plants– all begin with a single fertilized cell that divides, and divides, and divides again. These undifferentiated “stem” cells are identical to each other, and in human beings each cell possesses the capability […]

The “obesity epidemic” came upon us suddenly. It began roughly 1978, rapidly accelerated until 1997, then leveled off. When it began, about 32% of the population was overweight, another 13% were obese, and a scant […]

“You’ll never hear the bullet that kills you.” True. And by the same token, you’ll never see the disease that ends your life. Tiny and pervasive, the viruses and bacteria and fungi that invisibly permeate the […]