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Cuckery 101: Cate Shanahan's Masterclass in Debate Dodging
It's basically a sound induction at this point that anti-seed oil clowns won't debate me. My comprehensive, 15,000+ word, 200+ reference...

Nick Hiebert
Jun 6, 202415 min read
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The Big Fat Surprise: A Critical Review
Nina Teicholz’s The Big Fat Surprise (BFS) is a book that claims to reveal “the unthinkable: that everything we thought we knew about...

Seth Yoder
May 22, 202487 min read
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Sweet Deception: Debunking Meme Diabetes Diets
Because every online diet camp purports that their pet diet cures every disease known to mankind, naturally each one will give you some...

Nick Hiebert
Apr 16, 202423 min read
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Electrolyte Sponsorships Don't Improve Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of Joseph Everett
Firstly, I'd like to thank all of the people who volunteered days of their time in order to make this article possible! Some time ago,...

Nick Hiebert
May 1, 202369 min read
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Quack-Smashing
By no stretch of the imagination is there any shortage of quackery on social media. Chances are excellent that if you’ve spent any...

Nick Hiebert
Dec 24, 202223 min read
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The Sapien Diet: Peak Human or Food Lies?
Brian Sanders is an entrepreneur and filmmaker who advocates for an "ancestral" diet he has coined the Sapien Dietâ„¢. This diet is...

Nick Hiebert
Aug 24, 202228 min read
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Grading Tucker Goodrich: A Lesson in Debate Etiquette
Back in August of 2021, I invited Tucker Goodrich to a debate about the health value of seed oils. Tucker agreed to participate...

Nick Hiebert
May 13, 202219 min read
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A Systematic Appraisal of Pro-meat Apologetics
Recently, a controversial paper reviewing both the health and environmental benefits of animal foods was published to the journal, Animal...

Nick Hiebert
Apr 13, 202220 min read
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A Comprehensive Rebuttal to Seed Oil Sophistry
The popular consciousness has accepted many dietary villains over the course of the last half century, ranging from fat, to protein, to...

Nick Hiebert
Nov 1, 202166 min read
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Should Modern Humans Eat Like Hunter-Gatherers?
Many Paleo diet advocates claim that hunter-gatherer diets optimally promote the long-term health of human beings. There are typically...

Nick Hiebert
May 14, 202118 min read
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Plant-Based Diets and Health (An Independent Meta-Analysis of Intervention Trials)
On the back of my independent meta-analysis investigating the relationship between low carbohydrate/ketogenic diets and health markers in...

Nick Hiebert
Feb 5, 20218 min read
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