Joel Kahn, someone who happens to fall on the other end of the same coin as Dr. The only evidence I could find of him debating anyone was on a TV show called The Doctors, where he engaged in a short debate with vegan Dr. They are the best source of unbiased reviews of nutrition books available today. The book reviews are all done by a primary reviewer and a secondary reviewer, all of whom have at least a master’s degree or higher (several of them also conduct reviews for scientific journals). All of their reviews are transparent and open to the public so they can see their process. Stephan Guyenet to provide systematic reviews of nutrition books and the veracity of their claims. Fung’s books, including Red Pen Reviews which gave The Obesity Code a shocking score of 31% for ‘Scientific Accuracy.’ For context, Red Pen Reviews was founded by Seth Yoder and Dr. While the books sold very well, they certainly have not been embraced by academics and experts. This article won’t be a debunking of those books. Jason Fung? He is a Canadian Nephrologist (Kidney doctor) whose website says he is “a world-leading expert on intermittent fasting and low carb, especially for treating people with Type 2 Diabetes.” He originally came into notoriety after writing The Obesity Code and has since written The Diabetes Code and The Cancer Code. As of now, all attempts at a formal debate have been unsuccessful as he hasn’t acknowledged them. His mountains of false, fallacious, and otherwise ridiculous claims have resulted in me attempting to engage him in a debate along with creating various posts and videos to address his claims. Jason Fung is someone who has repeatedly gotten on my radar over the last five years. And the industry is filled with vile, repugnant charlatans who are willing to make any claim so long as it makes them money and builds their following.ĭr. More often than not, the content ends up being garbage because this is the fitness industry. But because of my reputation, people end up sending me tons of fitness content and asking for my opinion on the information itself along with any claims. As I said, this isn’t what I go out looking for.

When I say ‘misinformation,’ I mean information that directly contradicts the overwhelming body of evidence and then being packaged and sold as truth. I’m not talking about differences in preference based on a few cherry-picked studies. When I say ‘misinformation,’ I’m not talking about a difference of opinion. That said, I feel it’s essential to call out misinformation when it occurs because it always harms people, no matter how noble the INTENTIONS are.

Typically, the return on investment yields quite a bit of hate and nasty comments. Despite all appearances, I do not set out to find people to debunk or call out. Over the years, I’ve become known as the guy who debunks fitness dogma and nonsense.

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