February 8, 2026 — When public figures talk about science, the stakes are high. So when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently asserted that research shows a ketogenic diet can “cure” schizophrenia, it was more than a casual misstatement. It was a distortion that risks misleading patients, families, and clinicians confronting one of the most serious mental illnesses in medicine. […]
February 7, 2026 — Recent news from Hims & Hers adds to our discomforting thought that compounded GLP-1s have become little more than a ploy to grab quick money from vulnerable consumers. Thursday, the company announced they are launching a compounded semaglutide tablet to compete with Wegovy. Reporting from Reuters suggests this announcement aimed to spark gains in their […]
February 6, 2026 — Metabolic and bariatric surgery in 2026 faces a strategic fork in the road. On one path we insist that surgery as the best option for weight loss – full stop. The other positions surgery as an essential tool for achieving optimal health in people living with obesity. How we choose to frame the value of […]
February 5, 2026 — It would be hard to find a sharper contrast than the one displayed yesterday in the report of fourth quarter 2025 business results for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Lilly is enjoying the best of times. Novo is suffering the worst. “Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 growth is only getting started,” says CNBC, “as Novo Nordisk braces […]
February 4, 2026 — At the same time a daily tablet of an advanced obesity medicine is capturing much attention, two new monthly obesity medicines are advancing. The first, Maritide, is something we’ve been following for a while now. Amgen provided an update yesterday with their latest quarterly briefing on business results. The second is the fruit of a […]
February 3, 2026 — Right now, we are witnessing a great withdrawal from healthcare, especially for people living with obesity. Many people are losing health insurance coverage altogether because it has become unaffordable. Many others are finding that their insurance will no longer pay for the care they need – if they want the care, they must have the […]
February 2, 2026 — Who knew? The vaguely wholesome but ultra-processed graham crackers we use to make s’mores and pie crusts had their beginnings in the righteous temperance movement of the 19th century. Sylvester Graham was a Presbyterian minister and dietary reformer. In his powerful preaching, he explained that God intended for us to be vegetarians and that coarsely […]
February 1, 2026 — It’s a perfect straw man argument. To make the case that dietary guidelines with the personal stamp of RFK Jr. are revolutionary, HHS has resurrected the long-defunct food pyramid and turned it upside down. It perfectly satisfies the impulse to tell the nutrition establishment that they’re wrong about everything. But folks who know a thing […]
January 31, 2026 — If you were confused this week by headlines proclaiming that “nearly half of Americans will have obesity by 2035,” don’t feel bad. It means you are paying attention. Because this proclamation flies in the face of headlines from last year telling us obesity rates are declining in the U.S. So what gives? The New Research […]
January 30, 2026 — Good luck if you want to make sense of headlines about health insurance and coverage trends for GLP-1 medicines. Peruse the headlines and you can find just about any narrative you want. “Rising health premiums push more small business to drop coverage,” according to Inc. “Employers are opting out of covering GLP-1s,” claims Hines, a […]
