Nicholas Norwitz Nicholas Norwitz
Hi friend. I’m Nick! I believe that balancing scientific skepticism and open-mindedness is the key to progress. Data over dogma, right? I’m currently pursuing PhD at Oxford University in ketone body metabolism and neurodegenerative disease, as well as an MD from Harvard Medical School. I most enjoy writing about nutrition science because I believe the standard dietary recommendations are misleading, at odds with the data, and contributing to the obesity and chronic disease epidemics. To your health and wellbeing!
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DP 0 – Online “Obesity” Epidemic – Click Reply? (<150 words)

  During evolution, humans lived in small tight-knit communities in…

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DP0 – The Fatome

  What is the best source of fat on a ketogenic diet? The ketosphere is pretty segregated, almost in a…

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DP 1- Saunas for Alzheimer’s

  Alzheimer’s disease, the world’s most common neurodegenerative disease and form of dementia, is partly a disease of protein misfolding.…

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DP 1- Vitamin C for your Artery

  A car is driving along the highway when… SMASH… car crash! It’s a 10-car pileup and the road is…

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DP 1 -The Not-So-Sweet Truth about Artificial Sweeteners

There’s been a debate over whether you can have your…

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DP 1 -ApoE4s, your Genes Aren’t Your Fate

  Alzheimer’s disease is perhaps the scariest of all human…

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DP 0 -10 Nutrition and Fun Facts about Avocados

  1. One avocado has more potassium than two large…

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DP0 – Why do Lefties Exist?

I want you to imagine you’re writing in a notebook with a slow-to-dry pen. See anything wrong with that? If…

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DP1 – How Yo-Yo Diets Damage Metabolism and What to Do About It

It’s common knowledge among yo-yo dieters that when you lose…

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DP0- Why do we Yawn?

We all do it, that involuntary universal gesture of fatigue in which your mouth slowly opens and you give a…

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DP 1 -Moving Towards Personalized Nutrition

This 2015 study, published in the prestigious journal Cell, set…

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