Articles by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

10 Forgotten Superfoods (that Nobody Talks About!)

August 11, 2016

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

It seems like every few months someone discovers some new superfood from the rainforest, the health benefits of which are said to eclipse any other plant, juice, berry or powder on earth. This new food/ juice/ berry is quickly labeled a “superfood,” given a ton of publicity and sold for...

Everyone Says Grilling Meat Causes Cancer: Read What To Do About It

July 14, 2016

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

Bar-B-Que season has arrived, which brings me to my annual message on healthy grilling. See, there’s a smart way to grill, and a dumb way to grill. The first helps protect your health, the other does exactly the opposite. I recently had the opportunity to discuss healthy grilling when I...

So Who’s “The Biggest Loser”?

June 3, 2016

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As I watched the first ever episode of The Biggest Loser back in 2004, I remember one question popping immediately into my head: Who’s going to turn out to be the real biggest loser here: the contestants? Or the audience? Well, it’s 12 years later and the answer is clear: It’s...

Fourteen Health Books That Will Change Your Life!

April 15, 2016

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

In anticipation of my upcoming free Truth About Fat Loss Summit—(which, by the way, is going to be AWESOME)—I decided to put together a dream “reading list.” These are books that I think are really important and have changed the national dialogue about health and nutrition. And, I have a...

Misleading Nutritional Product Labels

March 15, 2016

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

Having just returned from the trade show Expo West—that Roman orgy of “natural” food products put on annually at the Anaheim Convention Center—I feel compelled to take on a subject that was very much on my mind as I surveyed the thousands of products on display: the utter BS that...

Why I Hate the New Dietary Guidelines, Part One

January 14, 2016

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

Before I get to what’s wrong with the new USDA Dietary Guidelines, let’s talk for a minute about a bigger issue. Why the heck are we taking nutritional guidance from the government in the first place? Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not an isolationist, anti-government radical. There are many...

Smart Fats

December 14, 2015

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

If you work at Whole Foods, sooner or later someone is going to ask you about Smart Fat. And I, for one, think that’s a very good sign. My book, Smart Fat: Eat More Fat, Lose More Weight, Get Healthy Now (co-authored with Steven Masley, MD) is about to drop...

Bacon, Bacon, Who’s Got the Bacon?

November 5, 2015

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

I’m tempted to start this article with the words, “Here we go again.” The World Health Organization (WHO) recently came out with a resport resulting in a glut of headlines all sounding something like this: “Bacon Causes Cancer.” And, since I’ve made my love for bacon pretty well-known—in fact, I’m...

The Bulletproof Coffee Phenomena

October 13, 2015

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

This last weekend, I attended a seminar in San Diego, and one of the sponsors was Bulletproof Coffee. What is bulletproof coffee, you ask? The short answer is that it’s coffee with butter in it (more on that in a moment). The long answer is that it’s the brainchild of...

Magnificent Magnesium—And Why You Need It!

September 9, 2015

Jonny Bowden and Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS aka The Nutrition Myth Buster™

Here’s a quick question for you: Can you name three supplements that almost everyone on the planet could benefit from taking? Most of you would probably list fish oil as one of the top three, and you’d be right. Many of you might also suggest vitamin D (also right). But...