How Extreme Diets Go Mainstream
Note: I wrote this piece for Men’s Health in 2019, at the height of the keto diet. It looks at how the diet rose in popularity. But
Note: I wrote this piece for Men’s Health in 2019, at the height of the keto diet. It looks at how the diet rose in popularity. But
My German Shorthaired Pointer, Stockton, and I were recently on a run in the Mojave Desert behind our home. I remember saying something like, “I feel a
I was working at Esquire magazine a a decade and a half ago when I received an incredibly valuable lesson about learning and research. A senior editor gave
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Noon on a Thursday, my new friend Andy emails to ask if I want to join him and some pals at a local sports bar for dinner.
A few hundred years ago, life frequently required performing challenging tasks: hunting and gathering, migrating great distances over dangerous terrain, and more. Quitting could lead to dire
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