Why Before-and-After Photographs Are a Photography Skill
The transformation in the two pictures is often produced in a single afternoon. Every variable that changed between them is under…
Diets & Eating
Eating patterns, the claims made for them, and the evidence underneath.
21 articles · updated August 11, 2026 · page 2 of 2
Ketone Strips Measure Something, Just Not What You Want
A colour change proves you are in ketosis, which is a metabolic state rather than an achievement. What it does not prove is that…
Starvation Mode Is Real, Small, and Not What You Were Told
Metabolism does adapt downwards when you eat less, which the fitness internet exaggerates and the diet industry denies. The…
Inflammation Is Not One Thing You Can Eat Away
The word covers a swollen ankle, a marker in a blood test and a vague sense of being unwell, and these are not the same phenomenon.…
Feeding Your Microbiome Without a Map to Follow
The gut microbiome is one of the most active areas in biology, which is precisely why products claiming to optimise it are ahead of…
Seed Oils and the Argument That Keeps Moving
The case against vegetable oils is built from laboratory chemistry, a ratio and a graph of two trends rising together. What it is…
Skipping Breakfast and the People Who Skip It
Studies linking breakfast to better health mostly compare two groups of people who differ in dozens of ways. The randomised…
Weight Regain Is the Result Diets Rarely Report
Almost every diet trial reports the loss and stops measuring around the point the regain begins. The long-term picture is genuinely…
Food Intolerance Tests and the Antibody That Means Exposure
These kits measure a real antibody with a real meaning, and that meaning is not intolerance. The result is a list of foods you have…