#nutrition
GLP-1 and Muscle: What Protein and Strength Guidance Says
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Part of the weight lost on GLP-1 medications is lean mass. Here is what the trials and clinical advisories say about protein and resistance training, and what to ask your care team. Read more…
Peanut Allergy Diagnoses Fell After Early-Introduction Guidance: What Changed
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Advice to keep peanuts from babies was overturned by a randomized trial, and pediatric records now show fewer diagnoses. Here is what the evidence supports, and what it does not. Read more…
High-Protein Swaps for Every Meal to Keep Muscle at 40+
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A common starting point is roughly 25-30 grams of protein at each meal, plus lifting. Here are simple swaps for breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner, with the numbers and the research limits. Read more…
Is Oatmeal Actually Good for Weight Loss, or Is That Oversold?
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Oatmeal has a wholesome, health-halo reputation that’s mostly earned — but “good for weight loss” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. The honest answer has more nuance than either the fans or the skeptics usually give it. Read more…
Dates vs Figs: Nutrition Compared (USDA Numbers)
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Figs and dates get lumped together as “the chewy dried fruits” — both sweet, both fiber-rich, both easy to overeat straight from the bag. But they’re not nutritionally interchangeable, and which one makes more sense depends on what you’re actually trying to get out of your snack. Read more…
Low Muscle Mass That Nutrition Screening Can Miss in Hospitalized Cancer Patients
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In one Brazilian hospital study, CT scans found low muscle mass in about half of 272 hospitalized cancer patients, including some with a normal BMI, and two nutrition screening tools missed some of them. Read more…
