RIP Art de Vany You wouldn't be reading this if not for Art. In 2007, on my own initiative, I began getting a grip on my health by cleaning up my diet and hitting the gym. But it was the way I was doing the gym that caught the interest of a reader who commented, "you sound like Art de Vany," and that changed my world. My first post about him, May, 2007, so just shy of 20 years ago. He was nearly 70 at the time. Art de Vany. A quick scan of my archives shows that I either mentioned Art or wrote a title post about him 141 times over the years. He had penned an essay of about 26 pages called "Evolutionary Fitness." It was foundational for me, and I think that because of that, I got popular in the evolutionary-Paleo world, and to some small extent, I still am when I want to be. Art has always held a soft spot in my heart because of that, and also, he tended to keep it simple. Basics. He never engaged in long, mind-numbing posts about supplement minutiae. Basically whole food, brief episodic everything. I had the pleasure of meeting him in person over a few days at a conference he sponsored in Vegas. Also, the pleasure of talking over martinis in the bar. I dislike long, flowery eulogies. He was a good dude. Gone at 88 on the 13th of January, 2026. If you hit 80 in decent health, you win at life.