Reading Time: ~4 minutes (or less time than it takes to boil an egg, if you know how…) “We are always looking at the things around us in relation to others.” The Situation Growing up, one of the dietary staples for my brother and me was eating bowls of cereal. Pretty typical. But the problem was that, from ages 8-22, … Read More
How To Get 10% Smarter in 15 Minutes
Reading time: ~5 minutes (or less time than it takes to find your keys) Summary: Walking or biking to your job might actually make you better at it. Imagine in less than an hour you have a huge meeting, or exam or, if you’re particularly troubled, a stand-up comedy set. The venue is 20 minutes away. This thing is huge, … Read More
How Color Can Trick You Into Health
The salad is not only healthier if it is more colorful; the color variety attracts you to eat more of it
How To Prevent Overeating Healthy Foods (i.e. Ferriss’s ‘Domino Foods’)
When it comes to eating healthy food, can you eat too much of a good thing? If so, how can you limit this ‘Domino Effect?’
How To Improve Your Diet Without Having To Change Yourself
Rather than directing change at yourself, many researchers urge, make tiny, targeted changes to your surroundings— office, kitchen, bedroom. In this way, you can immediately and significantly influence your actions.
Should You Do the Whole30 Diet?
Reading time: ~ 7 minutes, or more time than it takes the average male to orgasm (Sorry ladies..) “This is the antithesis of a long-term healthy dietary pattern.” US News Nutrition Expert on the Whole30 Diet “Seven…Minute…Abs…” Hitchhiker, There’s Something About Marry The Hitchhiker A decade after a botched prom date, Ted an awkward but kind-hearted Rhode Island man, … Read More
3 Vegan Breakfasts With 20 g of Protein at Least
Reading time: 4 minutes This past summer, I ran an experiment on myself. The experiment was simple — can you add five pounds of muscle on a 100% vegan diet with no protein supplements? Well, It turns out you can. Since ‘Project Veggie Muscles,’ I’ve received a lot of questions about what I ate for breakfast. After all, I … Read More
Project Veggie Muscles: Can Vegans Add Muscle With No Protein Supplements and No Weights?
Summary Can you gain muscle eating a 100% plant-based, whole-food, vegan, green-light diet, with no protein or muscle-building supplements? How about if you are only doing bodyweight exercises — no weights? How about in just 100 days? How about if you’re traveling for about 30% of those days? Those are the questions I was pondering while looking at my recently … Read More
Should We Eat Meat, Wheat, Soy, Dairy or Eggs? Here’s What Researchers Say (The “Yellow-Light” Foods)
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” Bertrand Russell “NEVER eat ingredients you cannot pronounce. … Except quinoa. You should eat quinoa.” Random Funny Person Welcome back to the Intelligent Eater – the part of my Diletantric (invented word) writings that makes you feel bad … Read More
Eating Breast Cancer Away: The Research On How Food Can Help (Or Win) The Fight
When I was around 18 or 19, my mother, Barbara, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. As you can imagine, this was a shock to us all, and her mostly. It was shocking in part because it was my mom, but even more so because of what type of mom she is. She’s the cool mom. The one your sister’s friends … Read More
