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GLB vs GLP-1
GLB vs. GLP-1: Fixing the System or Hacking the Symptom? We are living in an age of metabolic confusion. Rates of obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease, depression, and inflammatory illness are climbing together, like a badly synchronized choir. In response, science...
“Real Food” from a Metabolic Perspective
What Is Real Food? (A Metabolic Matrix Definition) The phrase “real food” is everywhere. It appears on packaging, in social media, in policy discussions, and in wellness marketing. Yet despite its popularity, the term has no consistent scientific meaning. Too often,...
Breaking Bad: When Food Targets Health
Breaking Bad: When Food Targets Health, Making the case for a Metabolic Revolution, promises to be one of the most exciting and informative events at the World Economic Forum 2026 meeting in Davos, Switzerland this year. The invitation-only Accredited Programme event...
The Dose Makes the Poison
The saying “All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not poisonous” is correctly attributed to the Renaissance physician and alchemist Paracelsus. This idea is foundational to modern toxicology and is commonly condensed into...
The Evolving Food Systems on Earth
Overview of the Eight Food Systems Food System I — Hunter–Gatherer Societies (>10,000 years ago) Human diets were shaped directly by local ecosystems through hunting, fishing, and foraging. Diverse, minimally processed, and seasonal diets supported metabolic...
How many added sugars in the food supply?
The above video references 56 names of sugar. We have now identified 262 names for Added Sugar. The Added Sugar Repository (ASR) was initially developed by the Eradicate Childhood Obesity Foundation (EChO), in collaboration with an innovative start-up called Perfact,...
Paris Declaration on Business and Nutrition 2030
On 27-28 March, Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought together global leaders across sectors to accelerate progress in the fight against malnutrition. On the eve of this event, ATNi, GAIN, and the Paris Peace Forum convened a high-level event Private Sector and...
Toxicology Trap
The Toxicology Trap: Why Nutrition Science Needs a New Paradigm In her thought-provoking article, "The Toxicology Trap: Why Nutrition Science Must Move Beyond Causal Thinking and Include Neurodiversity and Stress Models," Lori Hogenkamp challenges the way we approach...
“No system can be fixed by people who do not know why it is broken.”
Fixing Our Broken Food System: Why We Need a Science-Based Framework for Metabolic Health “No system can be fixed by people who do not know why it is broken.” Our global food system is broken. Chronic diseases are skyrocketing, obesity and diabetes are at record...
The Energy Balance Myth
The “Energy Balance Hypothesis” as Applied to Nutrition Is Marketing Mythology Debunking Junk Science Used to Sell Junk Food Eight primary diseases related to metabolic dysfunction account for a staggering 75 percent of healthcare costs in the U.S. To escape...
