PinnedDr. David Ludwig·Sep 3, 2025Ultra-Processed Food, Retold by HC AndersenA Fairy Tale of Food Science, Stripped BareA response icon8A response icon8
Dr. David Ludwig·Apr 11Tastiness Is Not the ProblemThis essay is adapted from my piece in STAT First Opinion.A response icon3A response icon3
Dr. David Ludwig·Mar 9Why Nutrition Science StagnatesAnd a Path Forward, Informed by Thomas KuhnA response icon4A response icon4
Dr. David Ludwig·Apr 27, 2025Designed to Fail: Why Short-term Diet Trials Cannot Solve the Epidemics of Chronic DiseaseA version of this essay was published in STAT News First Opinion on April 22A response icon6A response icon6
Dr. David Ludwig·Jan 10, 2025Will a Low-Carb Diet Reduce Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities?Coauthored with Nicholas Norwitz, Diana Thomas, and Cara Ebbeling. Image modified from ChatGTP by Mr Andrew DegryseA response icon10A response icon10
Dr. David Ludwig·Aug 3, 2022When Scientific Paradigms CollideWhat if overeating doesn’t make you fat?A response icon18A response icon18
Dr. David Ludwig·Oct 21, 2021Calories, Carbs & Obesity: Physics for the Physician (and Everyone Else)This essay is adapted from an article in MedPage Today entitled: Let’s Focus More on What We Eat, Not How MuchA response icon5A response icon5
InBetter HumansbyDr. David Ludwig·Oct 20, 2021Back to the Future for DiabetesTechnology can take us only so far—and it often doesn’t address the fundamental problem behind diabetesA response icon5A response icon5
InBetter HumansbyDr. David Ludwig·May 6, 2021Has the Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity Failed?A response icon11A response icon11
InElementalbyDr. David Ludwig·Feb 12, 2020Time to Question Everything You Know About MilkWe reviewed over 100 studies and conclude that milk recommendations for Americans are not based in evidenceA response icon63A response icon63