What Fiber Actually Does on the Way Down
Soluble, insoluble, and fermentable describe what a fiber does at each stop between your stomach and your colon, and knowing which is which makes the box easier to read.
The science, the women's health, and the long stories behind ordinary foods
Long reads with real sources in the margin, a Dietitian's Note, and three things worth remembering at the end.
Nutrition Science
The studies behind the advice, read plainly.
Gut Health Without the Supplement Aisle
The two moves with the best evidence for your gut are in the bean aisle and the cold case, and neither is a supplement.
Eating on a GLP-1 When You're Not Hungry
Semaglutide and tirzepatide blunt hunger and slow the stomach, which is why protein, fluids, and small meals do most of the work, and why food that's stopped being fun belongs in your next appointment.
Women's Health
Iron, bone, and the years around menopause.
Perimenopause and Protein
Estrogen's decline adds to the muscle loss that comes with age, and the protein numbers you've seen for midlife were written for people over 65.
Iron, for Women Whose Labs Came Back Normal
Ferritin drops before hemoglobin does, and the lab's idea of normal may not be yours. How I read the numbers, and what I'd put on the plate.
Culture and History
The long stories behind ordinary foods.
Nixtamal: The 3,500-Year-Old Chemistry Inside a Tortilla
Dried corn, a spoonful of slaked lime, and a night's soak made maize a food people could live on. Where the corn traveled without the lime, they got sick.
Black Pepper, From a King's Ransom to a Peppercorn Rent
How a vine from the Malabar coast ransomed Rome, made Venice rich, became English law's word for nothing, and still earns its place beside the turmeric.