Food & Nutrition

Science-backed reporting on diet, nutrients, food systems, and how what we eat affects health — cutting through trends to examine what the evidence actually shows.

The “story” of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has become a tale of horror, with an ominous, omnipotent corporate villain, “Big Food,” mapping mammalian dopamine pathways to turn vulnerable children and their parents into submissive consumers.
In today's "Are You Kidding Me?" feature, scientists at Stanford reported that they're using AI to create space-age burger recipes. Seriously? (Yes, seriously.
Join Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Cam English on the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:
For years, the face of this ritual has been the competitive eater known as “Jaws,” Joey Chestnut, a man whose name now belongs to the Fourth of July almost as much as fireworks, potato salad, and arguments about whether ketchup belongs on a hot do
Dirty soda starts with a standard fountain soda and offers near-endless customization with flavored syrups, fruit purées, heavy cream, and coconut cream.
A recent STAT article cataloged the promises Secretary Kennedy kept and those unkept.
Bite on a caffeine tablet and be prepared for a number of reactions—all horrible. Such reactions include, but are not limited to:
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.