ARTICLES
Impact of Processed Foods
- Experiences of Physicians Who Implement a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet (PDF)
- The Role of the Transnational Ultra-Processed Food Industry (Link)
- Ultra-Processed Food Intake and Obesity (Springer Link)
- Processed Food Consumption and Excess Weight (British Journal of Nutrition)
- Processed Food – An Experiment That Failed JAMA Pediatrics
- Ultra Processed Food Addiction
- 5 Stages of Food Addiction
- Cortisol Ghrelin and Food Cravings
Hormones & Women’s Health Across the Lifespan
PMS and Menstrual Health
- Dietary Patterns in Relation to Menstrual Pain
- Nutrition as a Potential Factor of Primary Dysmenorrhea
- Dietary Solutions for Menstrual Cramps
- Penn State Hershey Medical Resource on Menstrual Pain
Perimenopause & Menopause
- Menopause impacts human brain structure, connectivity, energy metabolism, and amyloid-beta deposition
- Perimenopause as an obesogenic sensitive period: Contributions to elevated cardiovascular risk
- Clinical, Biochemical, and Psychological Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Climacteric Women
- Free weight resistance training and high-protein diet on body composition and strength in postmenopausal women: 12-week RCT
- Effects of resistance training on muscle mass, strength, and physical function in older women with sarcopenia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Sugar in Our Diets
- The Sweet Danger of Sugar
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents
- The Rise of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
- Ultra Processed Foods Are Killing Us
- The Pandemic of Obesity in Developing Countries
- World Sugar Per Capita Consumption
- Diet and Breast Cancer: The Possible Connection with Sugar Consumption
- The Global Sugar Market and US Sugar Consumption
- The Sugar Timeline
- WHO Urges Global Action to Curtail Consumption and Health Impacts of Sugary Drinks
- Medical News Today: Sugar Related Health Risks
- 45 Alarming Statistics on American’s Sugar Consumption
- Sweetener Consumption on Downtrend
Substance Use, and Nutrition/Lifestyle for Metabolic and Mental Health
- Sleep Disorders and Substance Abuse
- Alcohol Adipose Tissue and Lipid Dysregulation
- Alcohol and Metabolic Syndrome
- Alcohol and Gut Health
- Alcoholism Craving and Hormones
- Enhancing Recovery Through Nutrition
- Lifestyle Modifications and Substance Abuse Disorder
- BDNF and Muscle Mass
- Binge, Drinking and Insulin Resistance
- The Loss of Metabolic Control on Alcohol Drinking in Heavy Drinking Alcohol Dependent Subjects
- Metabolic Syndrome in Drug Abuse
- Adverse Childhood Events Dopamine Reward Pathway and Food Addiction
- Malnutrition in Substance Abuse Disorders
- Gut/Brain Axis – Dopamine
- Addiction and Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Health
- Exercise and Inflamation
- Muscle and Insulin Sensitivity
- Glucose and Nutrient Partitioning
- Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Stress and Inflamation
- Sleep Deprivation and Food Cravings
- Increased Hunger, Food Cravings, Food Reward and Portion Size Selection After Sleep
- The Role of Sleep in the Regulation of Body Weight
- Sleep Patterns, Diet Quality and Energy Balance
- Insufficient Sleep and Weight Loss Resistance
- The Correlation Between Circulating Ghrelin and Insulin Resistance in Obesity
- Sleep Circadian Biology and Skeletal Muscle Interactions
- Effect of 4 Nights of Sleep Restriction
- Sleep Disruption, Clock Genes and Metabolic Health
- Sleep and Lipids
- Sleep, Leptin, Ghrelin and Weight
- Sleep, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes
- Sleep, Food Cravings and Taste
- Sleep Disorders and Insulin Resistance
- Insulin Resistance and Cognitive Dysfunction
- Strategies for minimizing muscle loss during use of GLPs
- Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Health
- Exercise and metabolic health
- The Importance of Diet and Physical Activity to Support Skeletal Muscle Health during Weight Loss with New Generation Anti-Obesity Medications
- Exercise and Inflammation
- BCAA Metabolism and metabolic health
- Sex Hormones and Metabolism
- Antioxidant-Rich Functional Foods and Exercise – Unlocking Metabolic Health
- Lean muscle oxidative stress and inflammation
- Hormonal Influences on Skeletal Muscle Function in Women across Life Stages – A Systematic Review
- Low Muscle Mass and All Cause Mortality
- Methylene blue reduces monoamine oxidase expression and oxidative stress in human cardiovascular adipose tissue
- Aerobic and Resistance Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes
- Importance of Muscle for Weight Loss in Obesity
- Why stress causes people to overeat – Harvard Health
- The Impact of Skeletal Muscle on Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Health
- Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome
- Muscle and cognition
- Methylene Blue for the Diabetic Heart
- Neural Responses to Visual Food Stimuli After a Normal vs. Higher Protein Breakfast
- Muscle Mass and Metabolic Syndrome
- Chronic Stress and Metabolic Health
- Leptin and Metabolism
- Impact of Skeletal Muscle Mass on Metabolic Health
- Muscle and metabolic health
- Overfeeding and Insulin Resistance in Lean Subjects
- Ghrelin and Metabolic Disorders
- Short and medium chain fatty acids in metabolism
- Leptin and Metabolic Health
- Fat Storage Signals and Food Reward
- High-Protein Breakfast Prevents Body Fat Gain
- Chronic Stress and Insulin Resistance
- Cortisol, ghrelin, and food cravings
- Oxidative Stress and Insulin Resistance
- Insulin resistance and early stage weight gain
- Methylene Blue and G6PD deficiency
- Fiber and Insulin Sensitivity
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Coronary Heart Disease
- Insulin Sensitivity and Exercise
- The influence of insulin on circulating ghrelin
- Dietary Protein and Muscle Protein Synthesis in Healthy Adults 1,2,3
- Meal frequency and Metabolic Health
- Fast Food Insulin Resistance and Obesity
- Thyroid hormone and muscle
- Overfeeding induces Insulin Resistance and Inflammation
- Leptin Resistance and Obesity
- The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans — Progress, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward
- Ultraprocessed Food Versus Diet Quality in Relation to Cardiometabolic Health and All-Cause Mortality: NHANES 1999–2018
- The Obesity Epidemic at a Crossroads
- Setmelanotide for the Treatment of Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity
Sleep
- Sleep Deprivation and Food Cravings
- Increased Hunger, Food Cravings, Food Reward and Portion Size Selection After Sleep
- The Role of Sleep in the Regulation of Body Weight
- Sleep Patterns, Diet Quality and Energy Balance
- Insufficient Sleep and Weight Loss Resistance
- The Correlation Between Circulating Ghrelin and Insulin Resistance in Obesity
- Sleep Circadian Biology and Skeletal Muscle Interactions
- Effect of 4 Nights of Sleep Restriction
- Sleep Disruption, Clock Genes and Metabolic Health
- Sleep and Lipids
- Sleep, Leptin, Ghrelin and Weight
- Sleep, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes
- Sleep, Food Cravings and Taste
- Sleep Disorders and Insulin Resistance
- Sleep, Health, and Obesity
Stress & Trauma
Protein & Muscle
Critical Variables regulating age-related anabolic responses to protein nutrition in skeletal muscle
Protein Intake to Maximize Whole-Body Anabolism during Postexercise Recovery
Increased protein intake reduced lean body mass loss during weight loss in athletes
Optimized dietary strategies to protect skeletal muscle mass during periods of energy deficit.
Strength Training Linked With Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women
GLP-1 Therapies
GLP-1s & Metabolic / Cardiometabolic Health
Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes
Long-term weight loss effects of semaglutide in obesity without diabetes in the SELECT trial
Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Obesity
Triple-Hormone-Receptor Agonist Retatrutide for Obesity
Dual GLP-1 | GIP show superior metabolic outcomes in phase 3 comparative trials
GLP-1 Drugs May Help Treat Psoriasis
Lifestyle Modification and Incretin-Based (GLP-1) Therapy for Obesity
GLP-1s & Body Composition / Muscle Preservation
GLP-1s, Reward, Craving, Alcohol & Addiction
GLP-1s & Eating Disorders / Binge Eating
Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in eating disorder populations
GLP-1 receptor agonists: A novel pharmacotherapy for binge eating? A systematic review
The emerging role of glucagon-like peptide 1 in binge eating
Anti-obesity Drugs for the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder
Incretin-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Binge Eating: A Systematic Review
GLP-1s, Mood, Flat Affect & Psychiatric Monitoring
GLP-1: Next-Generation Incretins
Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Obesity
Triple-Hormone-Receptor Agonist Retatrutide for Obesity
Effects of retatrutide on body composition in people with type 2 diabetes
Survodutide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Adults with Obesity
Mazdutide and Orforglipron—New Evidence in Obesity and Diabetes
Treatment With Mazdutide for Weight Reduction in Obesity
Orforglipron Added to Titrated Insulin Glargine in Type 2 Diabetes
New GLP-1 Options and More From ADA 2026
Retatrutide Phase 3 TRIUMPH-1 topline results (up to 30.3% weight loss) — Note: this is a press release, not yet a peer-reviewed publication.
GLP-1s, Peptides, & Cellular / Mitochondrial Health
GLP-1 & Peptide Regulatory Landscape
GLP-1 Side Effects & Monitoring
VIDEOS & TUTORIALS
Talks by Physicians
Juice Plus
- Secrets to Fueling Performance in Young Athletes | Dr Paul Stricker, MD, FAAP
- Tamara Sachs, M.D. – living in a toxic world
- Dr. Richard DuBois on gluten
- Dr. Richard DuBois on soy:
- Dr. David Phillips, M.D. on Inflammation
- Dr Paul Williams: Whole Foods or Multivitamins
- Kim Dalzell, RD. Dr. Kim Dalzell, RD, PhD
- Dr. William Sears, MD on brain health
- Various doctors speak