Nina Teicholz, PhD ✓

@bigfatsurprise · NYC · joined 05 Feb 2014

Science journalist challenging nutrition dogma and flawed dietary guidelines. PhD in nutrition. NYT bestselling author. Subscribe for uncensored insights 👇

209 100Followers

1 764Following

29 128Posts total

4.1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views14 773this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %7.07%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.20%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	14 773	21 891	0.67×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	7.07%	6.81%	1.04×
Engagement rate	1.20%	1.14%	1.05×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

85.7K28 Oct

37K4 Jun

3.8M7 Jun

31.1K

40.1K8 Jun

11K

9.6K

18.5K11 Jun

7.9K

9.5K4 Aug

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.42%28 Oct

0.33%4 Jun

0.50%7 Jun

1.31%

0.81%8 Jun

1.71%

1.49%

0.45%11 Jun

1.17%

1.23%4 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes89.1%19 592 in total

Reposts4.7%1 034 in total

Replies5.2%1 146 in total

Quotes0.8%181 in total

Bookmarks0.2%43 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Isn't this obvious? A science magazine should not be making political endorsements. 9.5K views · 101 likes · 11 reposts · 5 replies 04 Aug 2026 Why is weight loss with diet still so elusive and disputed? Learn about the history of obesity research--the dueling hypotheses going back more than a century 7.9K views · 68 likes · 14 reposts · 10 replies 11 Jun 2026 🚨Don't forget to join me TOMORROW at 1:30 pm ET for the next talk in the NIH Scientific Freedom Lecture Series, titled “Energy Balance or Fuel Partitioning? A History Lesson in the Science of Obesity Pathogenesis, and Its Implications.” NIH staff can attend in person in the http 18.5K views · 59 likes · 12 reposts · 12 replies 11 Jun 2026 🚨The history of obesity science coming to the NIH! So long overdue. Most researchers have no idea that the main theory for obesity pre-WWII found calories largely irrelevant 9.6K views · 115 likes · 20 reposts · 5 replies 08 Jun 2026 Type 2 diabetes can be put into remission forever! No one has done more in the UK than @lowcarbGP to bring this to light. 🙏⭐️ 11K views · 155 likes · 27 reposts · 6 replies 08 Jun 2026 Today in the @Telegraph Starting off a whole week on T2D we have a big piece on how our team have improved diabetes care for our UK NHS population 🥳 Just eat nutritious food that doesn’t put your blood glucose up!! 157 cases of drug free T2D remission @bigfatsurprise 40.1K views · 245 likes · 52 reposts · 16 replies 08 Jun 2026 Sandwiches are not considered "ultraprocessed" food (UPF) but a hamburger, which is basically a sandwich, IS. UPF is a mostly arbitrary, useless way to classify foods 31.1K views · 306 likes · 45 reposts · 55 replies 07 Jun 2026 What is the logic? https://t.co/NK4byDmWYY 3.8M views · 17.5K likes · 644 reposts · 1K replies 07 Jun 2026 🧐Be sure to join me June 12 at 1:30pm ET for the next talk in the NIH Scientific Freedom Lecture Series, titled “Energy Balance or Fuel Partitioning? A History Lesson in the Science of Obesity Pathogenesis, and Its Implications.” I’ll be joined by Gary Taubes, a science https:/ 37K views · 91 likes · 20 reposts · 9 replies 04 Jun 2026 In 2020, Nature magazine endorsed Joe Biden for U.S. president. A pre-registered, large-sample experiment found that the endorsement didn’t change people’s view of the candidates - but it did cause them to lose trust in Nature and in scientists in general. https://t.co/dni5GVCQZc 85.7K views · 982 likes · 189 reposts · 24 replies 28 Oct 2024