The MealCam blog

Eat the meal.
Notice the moment.

Practical, evidence-aware writing about rushed eating, attention, and why we built a speedometer for meals instead of another food diary.

Whiteboard summary of Casey Means’s Good Energy, illustrating the book’s ideas about cellular energy, metabolism and daily habits.

Book summaries7 min read

Good Energy Book Summary: What to Keep, What to Question

Good Energy by Casey Means with Calley Means: the metabolic-health idea, the 93% statistic, glucose monitors, and everyday habits, with evidence in context.

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Whiteboard illustration summarizing Michael Moss's Hooked, with panels on food design, reward cues, possible consequences, and practical food-environment choices.

Book summaries6 min read

Hooked by Michael Moss: How Food Giants Shape What We Eat

Michael Moss's Hooked shows how food companies shape cravings and repeated eating, with research on ultra-processed diets, addictive behavior, and industry influence.

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Whiteboard summary of The Every-Other-Day Diet by Krista Varady with Bill Gottlieb: alternating Down Days and Up Days, practical habits, potential benefits, challenges and suitability.

Book summaries6 min read

Scientists Tested the Every-Other-Day Diet for a Year. Here’s What Happened

A plain-English summary of The Every-Other-Day Diet by Krista Varady with Bill Gottlieb: the book’s rules, later trials and practical trade-offs.

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The Longevity Diet by Valter Longo: plant-centered meals, changing protein needs, meal timing, food quality, periodic fasting-mimicking diets, and what human research shows.

Book summaries10 min read

The Longevity Diet Book Summary: 7 Lessons on Food and Fasting

A plain-English look at ProLon, the five-day fasting-mimicking protocol, cell renewal, and Valter Longo's research.

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The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel: protective chromosome caps, stress responses, sleep, movement, nourishing food, and supportive surroundings. Longer telomeres alone do not prove longer life.

Book summaries8 min read

The Telomere Effect Book Summary: 7 Useful Lessons

A plain-English summary of The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel: seven lessons about habits, stress, and the limits of an aging marker.

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