Seed Oils Don't Cause Inflammation. Science Just Proved It Again.

A new randomized controlled trial compared soybean oil to palm oil in overweight adults. Here is what the data actually showed, and why your favorite wellness influencer still has it wrong.

Let's Talk About the Seed Oil Hysteria ...

Are GLP-1 Medications Destroying Your Muscle? Here Is What the Research Actually Shows.

The muscle wasting narrative around Ozempic and Wegovy has been everywhere. A 2026 study in Cell Reports Medicine just put it to the test with four preclinical studies and a human clinical trial.

If you or some...

Alcohol and Heart Disease: What the Science Really Says About Drinking and Your Heart

For decades, we were told that alcohol, particularly red wine, was “good for the heart.” This belief became deeply ingrained in both popular culture and even medical conversations starting in the 1990s. Multiple t...

Mediterranean vs Keto: A Cardiologist Compares Heart Health, Cholesterol, and Long-Term Safety

As America’s Cardiologist, I’ve spent my career studying how nutrition, cholesterol, and lifestyle choices impact heart disease, the number one cause of death worldwide. I spend countless hours a day educ...

The Actual Dietary Guidelines Approved By Cardiologist Dr. Alo

Comprehensive Dietary & Lifestyle Guidelines for Weight Management, Longevity, and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Based On The Consensus Of Scientific Literature

Based on the clinical framework of Dr. Mohammed S. Alo, DO, FACC and major...

What Are Saturated Fats?

Saturated fats are solid at room temperature; butter, bacon, cheese, lard, margarine, tallow, ghee, coconut oil, chicken skin, fat on steak, sausage, cocoa butter, and suet. But they can also exist in a more liquid form. Some liquid oils have a bit more saturated fat, like ...

Is The Carnivore Diet Safe or Good For Your Health? A Review of the Evidence and Studies

Just about every day I see a new doctor or influencer on social media touting these all red meat "ancestral diets" that are supposedly safer and healthier because cavemen and cavewomen used to eat this way. Ano...

Diet Trauma and Diet Culture

As someone who has struggled with their relationship with food and their body, I understand the toll that diet culture and diet trauma can take on your mind, body, and spirit. I've been there, feeling like I'm never enough, constantly trying to shrink myself to fit into...

Is Red Meat Bad For You?

With the popularity of the Carnivore Diet, many of my patients and attendees at medical conferences have questions regarding red meat and it's health benefits. Previously, we have seen similar fad diets like the Atkin's Diet in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and more recen...