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Whole Health Source
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Whole Health Source is a personal blog at wholehealthsource.blogspot.com about health and science. Since 2008, 71 different Hacker News readers have linked it 144 times, most often “The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Sometimes recommended · 7 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
Stephan Guyenet's nutrition and obesity blog, cited on HN as a rebuttal to Taubes' carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis and as a source on food reward research. Readers link it for those arguments and call the author a favourite.
- Recommended for · 7 comments
- Called a favourite writer on the topic; a must-read refutation of Taubes; the best refutation one commenter has seen; good referenced articles; worth considerin
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about health, food, science, and whatever else captures my interest.
Most-linked posts?
- The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination12 people · 17 mentions · first linked 2011-08-14
- /9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2010-01-11
- /2008/07/mortality-and-lifespan-of-inuit.html5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2010-04-08
- Reversing Tooth Decay with Good Diet4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-04-02
- /2008/07/cancer-in-other-non-industrialized.html3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2009-08-20
- NuSI Study Serves Up Disappointment for the Carb-Insulin Hypothesis of Obesity3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-07-07
- Potato-only diet for 60 days - guy loses 21 pounds, stays healthy3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-12-26
- Dr. Mellanby's Tooth Decay Reversal Diet2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2010-12-11
- /2009/03/paleopathology-at-origins-of.html2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2010-02-09
- /2011/11/brief-response-to-taubess-food-rewad.html2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-06-05
What Hacker News says?
I know nothing about this product, but https://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/12/dr-mellanbys-... makes it plausible that something like it could work; though personally I'd prefer the diet from the referenced paper unless the product has a better paper behind it.
Comment linking /2010/12/dr-mellanbys-tooth-decay-reversal-diet.html
on “Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel”Submitted Reversing Tooth Decay with Good Diet as a story · 111 points
HN discussion> If that gets in the way of nutrition, taste wins every time. It's actually worse than that. A major current research thread is on the low-level mechanisms of "food reward" and the interaction of the brain and obesity. For example, Stephan Guyenet at the University of Washinton researches this area[1]. Even if nutrition is fine, hyper-palatable foods[2] can have a negative impact on health for a variety of reasons.…
Comment linking /2013/02/food-reward-friday_22.html
on “This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again”Submitted Full-fat-dairy for cardiovascular health as a story · 38 points
HN discussionhttp://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2014/07/instant-pot-el... If you see cooking primarily as a means of getting nutrients rather than a hobby, I very strongly recommend getting an electric pressure cooker. It greatly simplifies cooking because it's automated. Just add the ingredients, close the lid, press a button, and wait. You will get a perfectly cooked one-pot meal with minimum effort. You can even mix fresh…
Comment linking /2014/07/instant-pot-electronic-pressure-cooker.html
on “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”Submitted This is your brain on pumpkin pie as a story · 10 points
HN discussionHere's the health blog that was on the HN front page a few days earlier: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/10/vitamin-d-its-... He talks about bit about Vitamin A and Vitamin K2 at the bottom of the post; supplementing both might be something to consider.
Comment linking /2008/10/vitamin-d-its-not-just-another-vitamin.html
on “Save My Life - help a fellow HN'er”Submitted NuSI Study Serves Up Disappointment for the Carb-Insulin Hypothesis of Obesity as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThat kind of already happened, though it's only suppressed in the sense that no dentist ever hinted to me that nutrition might matter beyond avoiding sugar: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/12/dr-mellanbys-t...
Comment linking /2010/12/dr-mellanbys-tooth-decay-reversal-diet.html
on “Dentists reveal new tooth decay treatment”Submitted The Carbohydrate Hypothesis of Obesity: a Critical Examination as a story · 5 points
HN discussionCheck here: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2015/12/healing-back-p... And read comments (search for Todd Hargrove comment). Looks like there is more pain management science without drugs than many know.
Comment linking /2015/12/healing-back-pain.html
on “Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug”Submitted NuSI study serves up disappointment for carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIt's typical how most people really want to immediately buy into the simple fixes and religiously believe them without knowing why it worked. Overweight? Must be the fructose (recently) / carbs (a while back) / fats (further back). Same old story. Somebody makes rounds in media and makes a lot of money after publishing a book with something "new" - a simple fix. Fortunately we have people like Lyle McDonald, Alan Ar…
Comment linking /2016/01/testing-insulin-model-response-to-dr.html
on “The Sugar Conspiracy”Submitted Glucose Tolerance in Non-industrial Cultures as a story · 3 points
HN discussionStephan Guyenet, obesity researcher and neurobiologist, critiques the carbohydrate-insulin-obesity hypothesis put forward by Lustig, Taubes, et al. He and Lustig exchange arguments here: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2016/01/always-hungry-... https://medium.com/@davidludwigmd/ludwig-responds-to-whole-h... http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2016/01/testing-insuli...
Comment linking /2016/01/testing-insulin-model-response-to-dr.html
on “The Sugar Conspiracy”Submitted The Big Sleep as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI would agree with banning any ads for children under 18 years old, b/c they get bombarded with ads for junk food on all media channels. Plus I would agree with media campaigns teaching people that sugary drinks are a leading cause of obesity. But I disagree with banning ads on sugary drinks specifically because I am increasingly concerned about recommending, taxing or banning foods based on weak scientific evidence…
Comment linking /2011/09/humans-on-cafeteria-diet.html
on “Singapore to become first country banning ads on sugary drinks”Submitted Masai and Atherosclerosis as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt amazes me that this article still pushes the agenda that "fat makes us fat." If there's one thing that hasn't proven out at all, it's that fat makes us fat! Overeating makes us fat. Caloric surplus makes us fat. It's pretty trivial to consume a caloric surplus eating lots of fatty foods. In that sense: fat makes us fat and it's silly to try denying it. It doesn't mean a low-fat diet will make you lose weight, it…
Comment linking /2011/08/carbohydrate-hypothesis-of-obesity.html
on “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food”Submitted New Human Trial Undermines the Carbohydrate-Insulin Hypothesis of Obesity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI initially thought Good Calories/Bad Calories, and "Why we get Fat" were revelations - until I read http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/carbohydrate-h... . Turns out Taubes just masquerades as a scientist - he's more like gladwell in his approach to writing - it _appears_ to be correct, but if you dig a little deep at all, you discover there isn't really much substance. So - in that sense, "Good Calories,…
Comment linking /2011/08/carbohydrate-hypothesis-of-obesity.html
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011”Submitted Do Slower-Digesting Carbohydrates Make Us Feel More Full? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'll just point out that Taubes is a charlatan, and most of his scientific claims have been debunked. See here, for one example: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/carbohydrate-h...
Comment linking /2011/08/carbohydrate-hypothesis-of-obesity.html
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011”Submitted Is Sugar Fattening as a story · 2 points
HN discussionStephen Guyenet's my favorite writer in this area, by that criterion. http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/ On Good Calories, Bad Calories, I was convinced by the critique of the mainstream but not by his alternative proposal.
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on “Salt, We Misjudged You”Submitted Potato-only diet for 60 days - guy loses 21 pounds, stays healthy as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> Taubes also responded to Guyenet Guyenet also responded to Taubes: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/11/brief-response...
Comment linking /2011/11/brief-response-to-taubess-food-rewad.html
on “Salt, We Misjudged You”Submitted Low Micronutrient Intake may Contribute to Obesity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI loved GCBC, but unfortunately Taubes goes a little bit too far near the end in condemning carbohydrates. It's really hard to recommend the book because of that overreaching. http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2011/08/carbohydrate-h...
Comment linking /2011/08/carbohydrate-hypothesis-of-obesity.html
on “Salt, We Misjudged You”Submitted Vegetable Oil and Homicide as a story · 2 points
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