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!
If I lift, can I keep all my body fat?
Can you? Yes. *May* you? Also yes.
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!
"I gained 25 lbs without meaning to; what do I do?"
An affirmation of the great mystery that is the forever-changing human body.
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.
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.
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!
Are we allowed to talk about women's bodies?
The Hotness Box, moralism of healthism, and Natalie Portman's arms.
The "obligation" of "health"
Can the working-on-yourself snake eat its tail?