Stephan J. Guyenet

This is huge. PEPFAR is the US gov's HIV treatment/prevention program in low-income countries that has saved tens of millions of lives and prevented millions of babies from acquiring HIV. I'm glad that enough people had a heart and a spine to push back against the aid cuts.

Many modern foods are supernormal stimuli that overstimulate our natural reward-seeking brain circuitry. This causes problems for individuals and society. Supernormal stimuli aren't limited to food: social media, porn, gambling, drugs. AI companions are supernormal stimuli.

incredibly grateful to @SenatorCollins for her work on this

Many moons ago, @KevinH_PhD and I talked about a book we both wished existed. No fads, no weight loss hacks—just the nutrition and metabolism science. I’m thrilled to announce that we wrote it! Out September 23 @Avery_Books & available now for pre-order. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334/f…

What are the relative impact of diet vs physical activity on the global obesity crisis? New paper out @pnas uses the DLW Database with 4000+ participants across 34 populations to investigate Obesity & Energy Expenditure Across the Economic Spectrum. Open access link below!🧵1/

🎙️ Episode 1 is LIVE! Why is eating well so hard – even when we want to? Neuroscientist @sguyenet breaks down: 🏪 Why our food environment outpaced our biology 🧠 How certain foods hijack our brains 💊 What the data shows about Ozempic & GLP-1 drugs Apple:…

Grok is a capable AI model but it can't be trusted. This is the third time Musk has gotten busted for biasing it toward his personal views. Talk about "maximally truth-seeking" AI is just lip service. It's being crafted into a propaganda tool.

"[Chronic inflammation rising with age]... appears to be largely a byproduct of industrialized lifestyles, with major variation across environments and populations." Looks interesting. I haven't gotten the full text yet. h/t @JoHenrich doi.org/10.1038/s43587…

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States nytimes.com/interactive/20…

We take it for granted today, but a single hour on the internet exposes you to more concentrated stupidity than a peasant in the 1400s would get in his whole lifetime.

Vaccination generally, the MMR vaccine specifically, thimerosal in vaccines, mercury in vaccines... None of it is associated with autism across cohort studies.

Can you really reverse type-2 diabetes just by losing weight? A new Lancet meta-analysis of 22 global RCTs says a clear: YES. And, for the first time, we have a formula for calculating the odds of success! Let’s bust the “magic diets” myth and look at the data. 🧵👇

So shocking to see the USA killing the goose which has laid so many of its golden eggs. NIH supported research and the trainees funded by it have done so much to fuel American dominance in pharma/biotech

Instant Pot finally died after 13 years Got a new one immediately