Food & Nutrition

We eat 1.28 billion kilograms of chocolate in the US annually, generating revenues of $23 billion.

Gatorade Water? Yes, such a thing exists. It has "no flavor" and costs about $20 for a 15-pack of 1-liter bottles.  Better still, it's alkaline! 

Cacio e Pepe, what could be simpler? A traditional recipe from central Italy. It consists of noodles in a creamy blend of pecorino cheese, pepper, and starch-enriched water.

Fourteen years ago, Michael Pollan published Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual which contained some rule-like aphorisms to guide our dietary choices. 

Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 102 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Commodity crops can be easily stored for years without significant loss in nutritional and caloric value; moreover, the infrastructure for their storage and long-haul movement is well established.

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.