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 "five-second rule" suggests dropped food is safe if picked up quickly, based on one of two ideas.
ACSH has published several articles criticizing the misuse of supplements and the industry itself.
Christmas is around the corner, and that means a bunch of bad gifts are heading your way. Some will be merely bad, like a calendar with a different cat hairball for every month.
Many health influencers and integrative doctors have decided to demonize milk, creating a parallel reality that could rival the imagination of any sci-fi screenwriter.
With the ongoing seasonal overindulgence between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it won’t be long before our waistline dictates that we shed a few pounds and ease up on the kitchen food raids.
There is a LOT of misinformation when it comes to our foods, especially how our foods are grown and the farming technologies used.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, disorganization, and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity, significantly impacting daily life.
As Fox Sports reported in 2016, the average weight of a starting NFL linesman was 315 pounds, aggregating to over 25 tons for
Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 98 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) is the market basket used by the government to calculate SNAP benefits. It is optimized to provide a nutritious diet at the lowest possible cost.
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