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There was a time when weight loss had a predictable emotional arc. First came optimism. Then came hunger. Then came resentment toward celery. Then came partial success. Then came slow, steady regain, usually accompanied by a shrug and the phrase “well, that was inevitable.” Now we have a new storyline—one with syringes, subscription medicine, discreet packaging, and a marketing aura that whispers this time it’s different . Until it isn’t. According to newly published data in the British Medical Journal , people who stop taking weight-loss injections like GLP-1 agonists regain weight four times faster than people who lose weight through old-fashioned dieting and exercise. Not slightly faster. Not modestly faster. Four times faster. On average, 0.8 kilograms per month , a metabolic boomerang that brings users right back to baseline in roughly eighteen months. Which raises an uncomfortable question no glossy ad wants to answer: If the weight comes back faster than it ever left,...

Let’s talk about soy. Yes — soy. The humble bean that has starred in more performance-enhancing controversies than a 1990s baseball team but somehow still can’t get the respect it deserves from half the internet. While humans argue on social media about soy turning frogs into conspiracy theories, your hens are over here thriving, glowing, digesting amino acids like finely tuned athletes, and silently judging every farmer who dares cut corners on feed consistency. Because here’s the thing: in the world of layers, soy is not just an ingredient — it’s the entire backbone of performance, profitability, and egg-size sanity. And new research is making that clearer than ever. Especially when you use soybean meal from the U.S., which apparently is the Rolls-Royce of soy ingredients while other regions are offering… let’s say… gently used scooters with questionable mileage. So buckle up. We’re going on a deep, feathery journey through why feed consistency matters, why U.S. soy is the prom qu...

(Tips for Patients Who Think Pizza Counts as a Food Group) By: [Name Withheld Because Snark Protects the Guilty] Introduction: Your Body is a Temple… More Like a Gas Station Bathroom Omega-3 fatty acids. The nutrients your doctor keeps bringing up while you nod politely, pretending you’ll Google it later but instead end up ordering Taco Bell. These fats aren’t the enemy—they’re not the butter on your garlic bread or the grease dripping from your $1.99 burger. They’re the stuff your body literally can’t make enough of on its own . Which means, shocker, you have to eat them. But here’s the fun part: most of us eat like raccoons on a sugar bender, so the idea of choosing foods with Omega-3s feels about as likely as voluntarily reading the terms and conditions on your iPhone update. Still, if you don’t want your heart to give up faster than a toddler denied an iPad, you might want to listen up. Let’s dive into what Omega-3s are, why they matter, and—since I know you’re not about to ...

By Someone Who’s Been Side-Eyed for Not Owning an Air Fryer If you’ve ever been told that eating "within guidelines" makes anything healthier, allow me to introduce you to the delightful circus act that is modern nutrition science. Or more specifically, the brilliantly awkward tug-of-war between food industry marketing departments and the people still trying to figure out why their "whole grain, low fat, vitamin-enriched, heart smart" lunch made them pass out at 2 p.m. like a tranquilized zoo animal. Enter the UPDATE trial (no, not your computer screaming at you during a Zoom call), but a real-deal randomized, controlled, crossover study that dared to ask: what if we actually tested whether processed food—even if it wears a kale sticker and a fake mustache of “Eatwell” approval—still wrecks your health? Spoiler alert: it does. But let’s unpack it with a healthy dollop of sarcasm. The Setup: A Battle of Franken-Food vs Grandma’s Kitchen So here’s what happened...

Congratulations, America. We’ve made it. Not as a fitter, leaner, more salad-munching nation—oh no. We’ve simply reached the point where even our fasting needs a rebrand. Forget about that old-school nonsense where you “ate sensibly” and “exercised regularly.” What are you, stuck in 1997? It’s 2025, and now we’re choosing our weight loss strategies like Netflix categories. “Would you like ‘Time-Restricted Drama’ or ‘Alternate-Day Thriller’?” Enter: Alternate-Day Fasting , or as I like to call it, “Yes, you can still suffer—just on a flexible schedule.” According to a new review involving 6,500 brave (or desperate) souls willing to toy with starvation science, alternate-day fasting (ADF) might be marginally better than the intermittent fasting darling you’ve been Instagramming about since January. That’s right—ADF supposedly helps you drop a dazzling 1.29 kilograms more than good old continuous calorie restriction. That’s... drumroll... about three pounds. Let the fat confetti rain do...

Happy International No Diet Day, 2025! Or as I like to call it, “The Annual Celebration of Telling People They’re Fine While Secretly Hoping They Just Eat More Kale.” Once a year, society drops its collective obsession with calorie-counting, Fitbits, and shame-inducing mirror glances to offer up a moment of self-love and radical acceptance. It’s the one day where saying, “I had cake for breakfast,” is a political statement, not a cry for help. And in honor of this sacred 24-hour pause on our collective weight-related anxiety, here comes a listicle so comforting, it could double as a donut pillow: Five Amazing Ways to Lose Weight Without Dieting. Because nothing screams “body positivity” quite like a thinly veiled attempt to lose weight while pretending you’re not trying to lose weight. 1. Listen to Your Body – Unless It’s Telling You to DoorDash a Cheesecake Let’s start with the ever-enlightened gem: “Listen to your body.” It’s a nice sentiment—if your body were Siri and not an ...

Oh look, humans have once again meddled with nature in ways that backfire spectacularly. This time, we’ve disrupted bat habitats, altered their diets, and—surprise!—increased the spread of deadly viruses. If this were a horror movie, it’d be called Bats: The Fast-Food Plague , and we’d all be the clueless extras about to get wiped out in the opening scene. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (a journal that sounds fancy but essentially tells us we’ve done something dumb again) has connected diet changes in bats to increased viral shedding. Translation: When bats lose their native food sources, thanks to rampant deforestation and climate change, they turn to whatever they can find—like agricultural crops—and, in doing so, become more contagious. Fantastic. The Plot Thickens: Junk Food Bats and Virus Central Dr. Raina Plowright and her team at Cornell University took a closer look at this unfolding disaster and found that bats eating suboptimal diets—like t...