Food Noise

Food Noise from Carrie Dennett What walking does for your brain, and cows do to your garden Notes on some very good health reporting November 7, 2025 Today's newsletter will be brief, because I didn't see any nutrition/health reporting that made me want to rant. Yay! So before I get to what is worthy of praise this week, I'm going to share my personal News of the Weird. Namely, a cow tromped all over my garden last week. We'd spotted the cow in question (photo above) twice at the top of our...

Food Noise from Carrie Dennett How often should you eat? Insights from new research Yeah, about those 'mini meals' October 28, 2025 One of my most vivid memories from back when I was working for a doctor and doing “non-diet weight loss”*was a discussion that popped up in an Intuitive Eating group I was leading.** The discussion was about how almost every woman in the room had had it drilled into their head that it was important to eat several small meals a day to “stay ahead of hunger.”...

Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Will weight loss make you healthier? Good question. October 21, 2025 If you’re trying to lose weight, is it for appearance, or is it for health? I encounter many people who on one hand, say they know that dieting isn’t good, but that’s OK because they want to lose weight to be healthier. But here’s the thing: when you count, track and limit calories, macros (typically fat or carbs) or points with the goal of making your body smaller or dramatically altering your...

Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Are we healthier yet? What is 'health,' anyway" The column The Seattle Times wouldn't let me print October 14, 2025 Am I serious with that subheadline? Yes I am. I wrote this column for the October 19 edition of The Seattle Times, but was told that it was “opinion,” not “nutrition,” and that it was too political. While I do sort of get it (it is political, after all), but it’s also firmly within the realm of public health, which I do have a master’s degree in…...

Food Noise from Carrie Dennett Myth Busting: Does eating at night cause weight gain? Taking a nuanced look at the research October 7, 2025 “Don’t eat after 7 p.m.,” “Close the kitchen after dinner.” This advice is so frequently repeated (typically directed at people who are trying to lose weight or avoid gaining weight) that it’s taken on a veneer of truth and common sense. Even among my patients who have put the pursuit of weight loss behind them (or are working on it), the idea of avoiding...