Vireo is an independent publication for people who want to think carefully about their health — nutrition, movement, mental wellbeing, and the science of aging well.
What to eat, why it matters, and how food shapes long-term health.
Strength, cardio, mobility, and the science of training your body.
Understanding mood, anxiety, therapy, and everyday resilience.
How rest works, why it fails, and what actually helps you sleep.
Screenings, checkups, and the habits that keep small problems small.
Reproductive, hormonal, and lifespan health across every stage.
Cardiovascular, hormonal, and preventive health for men.
The science of aging well and living longer, healthier lives.
Attention, breath, meditation practice, and the everyday quiet mind.
Managing diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune illness, and more.
Fifty years of research on the Mediterranean diet, from Ancel Keys to PREDIMED: what the evidence actually supports, where it wobbles, and how to apply it.
Protein, carbs, and fat explained without the moralizing: what each one does, how much you need, and why quality matters more than the category wars suggest.
Most adults eat about half the fiber they should. Here is what fiber does, why it matters for heart, gut, and metabolic health, and how to close the gap.
Ultra-processed foods are linked to worse metabolic, cardiovascular, and mental-health outcomes. Here is what the term means and what the evidence actually supports.
How to read a Nutrition Facts panel in twenty seconds: the numbers that actually matter, the tricks with serving sizes, and the front-of-package claims to ignore.
What intermittent fasting actually does, what the trials show, and who should approach it carefully or skip it entirely. A practical, evidence-first read.
You don't need to go vegan to capture the health benefits of a plant-based diet. The evidence suggests the dose-response curve bends early — here's what that looks like.
Sugar, insulin, and metabolic health explained: what the terms mean, why only about 12% of adults meet the criteria, and the daily choices that shift the trajectory.
Most adults don't need a multivitamin. Here is what the trials actually show, which supplements have real evidence for specific groups, and which to skip.
The gut microbiome and diet: what the science actually supports, where the hype gets ahead of the data, and the food choices that consistently support a diverse gut community.
The eight-glasses-a-day rule has no citation and no basis in official guidelines. What the evidence actually says about how much water you need, and when.
Chronic inflammation is real, but the ingredient-of-the-week hype is not. What actually lowers inflammatory markers, and what to skip.