Food & Nutrition

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.

That message, repeated everywhere from official recommendations to cereal-box packaging, is that whole grains are a straightforward upgrade over refined grains: slower to digest, gentler on blood sugar, and protective against ch

Bacteria are everywhere. Most are harmless but some are “pathogenic,” meaning they can cause disease. They can carry out their mischief in two ways.