Nutrition and Diet

Eating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic. If you search online for “Crohn’s disease and diet” or “ulcerative colitis and diet,” the top results are a hodgepodge of conflicting advice, as you can see below and at 0:15 in my video Preventing Inflammatory Bowel Disease with […] More

CHEAT ON BORING BREAKFASTS WITH QUESTIFIED CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE PROTEIN WAFFLES. Some mornings you wake up craving a milkshake. Others you wake up craving waffles. But every so often—you wake up ready to shatter the rules of breakfast entirely. That’s where Questified Chocolate Milkshake Waffles come in. Made with the World’s Most Powerful Milkshake and a […] More

CHEAT ON TACO TUESDAY WITH QUESTIFIED BITE-SIZED SALSA VERDE PROTEIN TACOS. Fighting traffic for tacos? Hard pass. Riding the couch in style in with Questified Bite-Sized Protein Tacos? That’s the move, amigo. They’re made with crunchy Quest Salsa Verde Tortilla Style Protein Chips, seasoned ground turkey, avocado, and all the toppings you love—instead of some […] More

CHEAT ON THE ICE CREAM TRUCK WITH A QUESTIFIED ORANGE CREAMSICLE PROTEIN SMOOTHIE. Remember those orange creamsicle pops from childhood? Then imagine that same flavor—only fruitier, creamier, and way more protein-forward. The Questified Orange Creamsicle Protein Smoothie blends real frozen orange, tangy Greek yogurt, Quest Vanilla Flavored Protein Milkshake, and a swirl of whipped cream […] More

What are the three sources of liver fat in fatty liver disease, and how can we get rid of it? Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the most frequent chronic liver disease, thanks in part to our epidemic of obesity, and is even seen in children. “[N]early 70–80% of obese children may have NAFLD.” […] More

CHEAT ON THE PUPU PLATTER WITH QUESTIFIED CHEESE CRACKER PIGS IN A BLANKET. Let’s be real: whoever named these things pigs in a blanket was clearly having a day. And honestly? Respect. Especially now that there’s a recipe to transform them into the ultimate snack hack. Questified Cheese Cracker Pigs in a Blanket take everything […] More

In the United States in January 2025 alone, approximately 20 million commercially-raised birds, mostly egg-laying hens, were affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1). These numbers are staggering yet barely scratch the surface of a potentially larger threat looming over the country. If action is not taken now, the next pandemic could be far […] More

What do hospitals have to say for themselves about serving meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business? “Hospital food needs a revolution.” I was surprised to learn that most inpatient meals served in hospitals are “not required to meet national nutrition standards for a healthy diet.” An analysis of the nutritional value […] More

Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling patients they have much more serious, unstable diseases than they really have—fraud that results in unnecessary procedures, unnecessary costs, and unnecessary patient harm. “The history of medicine abounds with dogmas assumed and later overcome”—sometimes, much later. The Women’s Health Initiative study showed that giving women Premarin, a […] More

CHEAT ON ORDINARY APPS WITH QUESTIFIED SALSA VERDE PROTEIN CHIP MOZZARELLA STICKS. Ah yes, a classic dish passed down for generations from the picturesque border region where Italy gently fades into Mexico. A time-honored recipe where rich mozzarella meets the zesty crunch of Quest Salsa Verde Protein Chips in a pairing as natural as Mariachi […] More

Again and again, studies have shown that doctors tend to make clinical decisions for patients based on how much they themselves will get paid. In 2007, we learned from the COURAGE trial that angioplasty and stents—percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)—don’t reduce the risk of death or heart attack, but patients didn’t seem to get the memo. […] More

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients. Angioplasty and stents—percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)—for stable, non-emergency coronary artery disease are among “the most common invasive procedures performed in the United States.” Though they appeared to offer immediate relief of angina chest pain in […] More