Food & Nutrition

      “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” - Hippocrates  

Introduced in the 1990s, crops genetically engineered (GE) to withstand exposure to the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup) were a game-changer for agriculture.

In March, anti-GMO groups across the US launched a last-ditch effort to halt the commercialization of AquaBounty's transgenic AquAdvantage salmon.

The microbiome

“If you are obsessed with sugar-sweetened drinks, then you need to think twice before having them regularly,”

There is a lot of food wasted in the US.

Russell Brand is a genius comedian. I'm especially fond of his character in the film “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” a self-absorbed rock star named Aldous Snow who writes cliche ballads about saving the planet.

A new study in the British Medical Journal seeks to decipher the effect of long-term dietary patterns on the microbiome and their subsequent effects on us.

Diets

The explanation can be found in the School of Public Health’s website in an article entitled The Problem with Potatoes.