Nutrition science is one of the noisiest fields in consumer health. Below: what the published research actually describes — frame, not prescription.
Nutrition research is methodologically harder than almost any other field of human study. This page describes why: blinding is impossible, self-reported intake is unreliable, long durations are infeasible, and confounding is everywhere.
11 min read · 2026-06-01 Nutrition researchObservational research consistently associates ultra-processed food intake with adverse health outcomes. The single controlled trial (Hall 2019) demonstrated calorie overconsumption on UPF diets. This page describes what each has measured.
11 min read · 2026-06-01 Nutrition pattern researchThe Mediterranean diet has the strongest single-pattern evidence base in nutrition research. PREDIMED and large cohort studies have measured cardiovascular, cognitive, and mortality outcomes. This page describes what the research actually shows.
11 min read · 2026-06-01 Nutrition researchIntermittent fasting protocols include time-restricted eating, alternate-day fasting, and 5:2. Trials have measured weight, metabolic outcomes, and adherence. This page describes what the research actually shows.
12 min read · 2026-06-01 Nutrition researchThe gut microbiome research field is advancing rapidly. Consumer products often outrun the evidence. This page describes what research has established, what's provisional, and how to read microbiome marketing claims.
11 min read · 2026-06-01Proco Scanner reads any supplement label and surfaces what the published research describes for each ingredient — dose, evidence, and known interactions. Coming to iOS. Join the waitlist for early access.
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