Positions

What each team member recommends — and what they warn against. Every position is attributed to the person who stated it; nothing here is the site's medical advice.

Calley Means on a 15-Minute Post-Meal Walk: recommends

Calley Means on Added and Refined Sugar: warns against

Calley Means on Big Food Front Groups: warns against

Calley Means on Bringing Back the Presidential Fitness Test: recommends

Calley Means on Coca-Cola's Political Spending: warns against

Calley Means on Federal Grain, Corn, and Soy Subsidies: warns against

Calley Means on Full-Fat Dairy, Butter, and Tallow: recommends

Calley Means on Higher Protein Intake: recommends

Calley Means on Incentives for Regenerative Agriculture: recommends

Calley Means on Industrial Seed Oils: warns against

Calley Means on Letters of Medical Necessity for Food and Exercise: recommends

Calley Means on Ozempic as a Root-Cause Substitute: warns against

Calley Means on Patient Choice and Medical Freedom: recommends

Calley Means on Real, Whole, Nutrient-Dense Foods: recommends

Calley Means on Redirecting Healthcare Spending Toward Prevention: recommends

Calley Means on Seven to Eight Hours of Sleep: recommends

Calley Means on Soda Paid for with SNAP: warns against

Calley Means on Synthetic Food Dyes: warns against

Calley Means on the 'Sick Care' Model: warns against

Calley Means on the GRAS Self-Certification Loophole: warns against

Calley Means on the Old Food Pyramid: warns against

Calley Means on Ultra-Processed Foods: warns against

Calley Means on Using HSA/FSA Dollars for Food and Exercise: recommends

Calley Means on Whole Milk in Schools: recommends

Casey Means on 7-8 Hours of Quality Sleep: recommends

Casey Means on Antioxidants (Colorful Plants): recommends

Casey Means on Artificial Light and Circadian Disruption: warns against

Casey Means on Birth Control Pills: warns against

Casey Means on Continuous Glucose Monitors: recommends

Casey Means on Core Biomarker Testing: recommends

Casey Means on Environmental Toxins: warns against

Casey Means on Fiber (50g/Day Goal): recommends

Casey Means on Industrial Seed Oils: warns against

Casey Means on Morning Light and Time Outdoors: recommends

Casey Means on Omega-3s: recommends

Casey Means on Overmedicalization / the 'Sick Care' System: warns against

Casey Means on Pharma Advertising and Medical Conflicts of Interest: warns against

Casey Means on Probiotics and Fermented Foods: recommends

Casey Means on Psychedelics for the General Public: warns against

Casey Means on Refined Added Sugar: warns against

Casey Means on Regenerative, Local, Unprocessed Food: recommends

Casey Means on Resistance and HIIT Training: recommends

Casey Means on Stress Management (Mindfulness, Therapy, Gratitude): recommends

Casey Means on the Hepatitis B Birth Dose: warns against

Casey Means on Time-Restricted Eating (10-Hour Window): recommends

Casey Means on Ultra-Processed School Lunches: warns against

Casey Means on Ultra-Processed/Refined Grains: warns against

Casey Means on Walking 15 Minutes After Meals: recommends

Casey Means on Weight-Loss Drugs as a First-Line Answer: warns against

Gary Taubes on 'Manhattan Project'-style rigorous nutrition research: recommends

Gary Taubes on assuming 'healthy' whole-food diets work for everyone: warns against

Gary Taubes on bad health journalism: warns against

Gary Taubes on carbohydrate restriction as first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes: recommends

Gary Taubes on carbohydrate restriction: recommends

Gary Taubes on demonizing saturated fat and the diet-heart hypothesis: warns against

Gary Taubes on eating to satiety rather than counting calories: recommends

Gary Taubes on federal dietary guidelines' low-fat, high-carbohydrate advice: warns against

Gary Taubes on full-fat, traditional foods over low-fat reformulations: recommends

Gary Taubes on honesty about uncertainty in nutrition advice: recommends

Gary Taubes on institutional inability to self-correct (ADA, AHA, NIH culture): warns against

Gary Taubes on insulin as life-saving for type 1 diabetes: recommends

Gary Taubes on ketogenic and low-carb diets as clinical therapy: recommends

Gary Taubes on metabolic psychiatry as a research frontier: recommends

Gary Taubes on nutrition epidemiology as a basis for guidelines: warns against

Gary Taubes on regulating sugar like tobacco: recommends

Gary Taubes on resolving the obesity-theory debate experimentally: recommends

Gary Taubes on respect for clinical experience as evidence: recommends

Gary Taubes on sugar as the primary dietary problem: recommends

Gary Taubes on the 'calories in, calories out' model as the explanation for obesity: warns against

Gary Taubes on the 'ultra-processed food' category as a scientific concept: warns against

Gary Taubes on the long-term unknowns of GLP-1 drugs: warns against

Gary Taubes on treating dissent as heresy: warns against

Gary Taubes on uncritical faith in cholesterol-lowering: warns against

Jay Bhattacharya on Alzheimer's groupthink around the amyloid hypothesis: warns against

Jay Bhattacharya on blanket lockdowns: warns against

Jay Bhattacharya on CDC pandemic-era masking claims as settled science: warns against

Jay Bhattacharya on dangerous gain-of-function research: warns against

Jay Bhattacharya on DEI-directed NIH grantmaking: warns against

Jay Bhattacharya on focused protection of the vulnerable instead of blanket lockdowns: recommends

Jay Bhattacharya on free speech, dissent, and academic freedom at NIH: recommends