Metabolical
The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL
The research databases we draw from
Every citation on this site traces back to a real, verifiable source. These are the primary databases and journal networks our research library pulls from, and how many studies we've drawn from each so far. Smaller sources make up the rest.
2,662
PubMed
837
PubMed Central
771
DOI resolver
66
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
49
Wiley
44
Springer
40
MDPI
25
Nature
21
NEJM
20
Oxford Academic
17
NCBI
15
Frontiers
11
SAGE
11
APS Physiology
10
PLOS
10
The Lancet
10
FDA
8
AJCN
8
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
8
Taylor & Francis
7
JAMA Network
7
AHA Journals
5,127 verified studies and growing
Drawn across international journals and many fields — not just the English-language mainstream, and not just one corner of science. The 4,657+ above come from the primary sources; the rest span smaller journals and networks.
Search the libraryThe book library
Books don't always make it into a citation database, but they've shaped the thinking behind this site just as much as any study. These are the source deep-dives we draw on, loosely grouped the way the rest of the site is organized.
Cell & Metabolic Health
Good Energy
The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Casey Means, MD (with Calley Means)
Never Be Sick Again
Health Is a Choice, Learn How to Choose It
Raymond Francis, DSc, MSc, RNC
The Aging Myth
Unlocking the Mysteries of Looking and Feeling Young
Dr. Joseph Chang, PhD
Phytonutrient Powerhouses
How Carotenoid and Flavonoid Phytonutrient Superfoods Work
James Paul
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson
The Iodine Crisis
What You Don't Know About Iodine Can Wreck Your Life
Lynne Farrow, foreword by David Brownstein, MD
The Mineral Reset
Caroline Alan, foreword by Dr. Mindy Pelz
Healing with DMSO
The Complete Guide to Safe and Natural Treatments for Managing Pain and Inflammation with Dimethyl Sulfoxide
Amandha Dawn Vollmer
Breath
The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor
Mind & Nervous System
The Body Keeps the Score
Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
How to Do the Work
Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Dr. Nicole LePera
Atlas of the Heart
Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brene Brown, PhD, MSW
Lighter
Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
Yung Pueblo
An End to Upside-Down Thinking
Dispelling the Myth That the Brain Produces Consciousness
Mark Gober
Meaning & Worldview
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
Charles Eisenstein
The Well-Lived Life
A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age
Dr. Gladys McGarey, MD
An End to Upside-Down Living
Reorienting Our Consciousness to Live Better and Save the Human Species
Mark Gober
An End to the Upside-Down Cosmos
Rethinking the Big Bang, Heliocentrism, and Where We Live
Mark Gober
The StorySelling Secret
Jim Edwards
Systems & Questioning the Narrative
An End to Upside-Down Medicine
Contagion, Viruses, and Vaccines — and Why Consciousness Is Needed for a New Paradigm of Health
Mark Gober
Vaccines, Amen
The Religion of Vaccines
Aaron Siri
Turtles All the Way Down
Vaccine Science and Myth
Ed. Zoey O'Toole and Mary Holland, J.D.
The Invisible Rainbow
A History of Electricity and Life
Arthur Firstenberg
Beyond the Pale Horse
The Strange Case of Milton William Cooper
Gray Barker and Andrew B. Colvin
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