Food & Nutrition

By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, co-founder and president of the American Council on Science and Health from 1978-2014.  ###

By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, co-founder and president of the American Council on Science and Health from 1978-2014.  ###

The greatest good is often that which is unnoticed and unknown. Not least among our blessings are the bad things that do not happen and are therefore invisible to us.

Turns out there’s nothing quite like a pandemic to bring out the nutrition crazies.

 One of the most frightening scenarios that one may face in life is the loss of the ability to eat or eat enough. As it is, the horrific happening of Covid-19 may compromise oral and other routes of gastrointestinal nutrient repletion.

Pick just about any newspaper or journal and during the course of a year, one or more articles will be devoted to the benefits (or not) of organic foods and the downsides (or not) of conventionally grown food with pesticides and herbicides.

Scaring old people is a time-tested strategy to scrounge up votes ("He'll take away your Medicare!") or to steal money ("Your Social Security number has been compromised. Please send payment.")

Let's consider liquor stores. They are considered essential services in New York. As someone who enjoys "an adult beverage," I'm down with that. But what about that other popular "adult pastime" marijuana.

Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper is an old nutritional adage that at first glance would seemingly be supported by a recent study published in the Endocrine Society's

When your dog looks longingly at you as you eat breakfast, out of compassion and sympathy, do you ever find yourself pouring some orange juice into his bowl? Of course not. You might get bitten. Or, at the very least, you'll get a puzzled look.