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weight loss

Oct
10
What everyone is getting wrong about 'eat less to live longer,' again

What everyone is getting wrong about 'eat less to live longer,' again

And it's not just that they're talking about mice (though that is part of it). Plus: we found the brain's garbage collection system; the compounded GLP-1 crackdown; a really good baked potato. This is Link Letter 147!
7 min read
May
19
If 'diets don't work'... uh... isn't 'cutting' a diet? Explain yourself immediately

If 'diets don't work'... uh... isn't 'cutting' a diet? Explain yourself immediately

11 min read
Dec
31
If I lift, can I keep all my body fat?

If I lift, can I keep all my body fat?

Can you? Yes. *May* you? Also yes.
13 min read
Dec
21
If the teen was taking Ozempic 'for her health,' shouldn't she have been unhealthy?

If the teen was taking Ozempic 'for her health,' shouldn't she have been unhealthy?

It's not New Year's yet; there's still time! Plus: a bodybuilder thriller trailer; "good" tired; year-end lists. This is Link Letter 114!
8 min read
Sep
03
"I gained 25 lbs without meaning to; what do I do?"

"I gained 25 lbs without meaning to; what do I do?"

An affirmation of the great mystery that is the forever-changing human body.
12 min read
Jun
11
What everyone got wrong about "eat less to live longer"

What everyone got wrong about "eat less to live longer"

A journey into the dark heart of late 2000s scientific research, magazine reporting, and the Calorie Restriction Society.
11 min read
Jun
09
The weight-loss drug issues everyone refuses to talk about

The weight-loss drug issues everyone refuses to talk about

The three classic rhetorical blunders of talking about Ozempic; Arnold will miss the real-world gym when he is reunited with Joe Gold at the great Gold's Gym in the Sky; you take your "fearless girl" and you shove it! This is Link Letter 89.
6 min read
May
19
Fake weights for my sham friends, champagne for my real friends

Fake weights for my sham friends, champagne for my real friends

Lizzo isn't trying to be thin; sodium's "Reputation" tour [MSG's version]; eustress. This is Link Letter 86!
5 min read
Apr
30
Are we allowed to talk about women's bodies?

Are we allowed to talk about women's bodies?

The Hotness Box, moralism of healthism, and Natalie Portman's arms.
10 min read
Apr
02
 doctor in a coat crossing his arms with stethoscope

The "obligation" of "health"

Can the working-on-yourself snake eat its tail?
9 min read