Metabolic health, separated from the misinformation.
Insulin resistance, blood sugar, GLP-1 medications, metabolic syndrome — there's a flood of confident, contradictory advice out there. We trace each claim back to the peer-reviewed research and tell you what the evidence actually supports.
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Every claim links to peer-reviewed studies — not press releases, not influencer threads. You can check our work.
We show the disagreement
Where the science is genuinely contested, we say so — and explain what's settled versus what's still being argued.
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Written to inform a decision, not to sell a supplement or a fear. We tell you what the evidence means for you.
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Deep, evidence-based explainers on the topics driving the most confusion right now.
Insulin Resistance
What it is, how it's actually measured, and which interventions hold up.
Foundational clusterBlood Sugar & CGMs
Glucose spikes, continuous monitors, and what the data does and doesn't tell you.
Foundational clusterGLP-1 Medications
Semaglutide, tirzepatide and the rest — benefits, risks, and the open questions.
Foundational clusterMetabolic Syndrome
The cluster of risk factors, the real numbers, and what moves them.
Foundational cluster“Eating fat is what raises your blood cholesterol.”
Dietary fat's effect on blood lipids depends heavily on the type of fat and the individual — and the saturated-fat story is one of the most genuinely contested areas in nutrition science. Here's what the trials actually show, and where researchers still disagree.
Read the full breakdownSome of the evidence we weigh
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