Food & Nutrition

Long before “wellness influencers” honed the art of spreading misinformation on the internet, the public was at the mercy of being befuddled by hoaxes through chain emails.

Many consumers today are shying away from soft drinks because of legitimate concerns about their sugar or artificial sweetener content and are gravitating towards plain carbonated water.

At the risk of being labeled as an extraterrestrial entity, I’ll make my disclosure up front: I don’t like beer. [1] Let the hating begin.

This is a video version of the original article by Dr. Charles Dinerstein.

They danced for hours, wildly and at times in uncontrolled gyrations, until one collapsed from exhaustion. Some of the dancers had convulsions; others hallucinated.

In fact, increasing calcium beyond basic needs only creates a small early improvement in bone density — while high-dose supplements may raise the risk of kidney stones, heart attacks, and strokes.

I was tempted to say, “Why don’t you buy the book?” but that sounded a bit too self-serving. So, let me dig into the science that centers around a small molecule called acrylamide.

Increased consumption of unpasteurized milk has raised safety concerns among food aficionados, public health experts, and government agencies.