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.

I love Chinese food, and as a foodie, I have made my pilgrimage to both The French Laundry and Per Se (in its day). While I was duly impressed, other food professionals were not.
In the opening pages of The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith invites us into a pin factory. A single laborer, attempting to fashion pins alone, might produce only a handful in a day.
Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 156 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:
Both genetics and “environmental risk factors” play roles in our longevity.
The real evidence-based keys to a longer, healthier life aren't secret: it's called preventative care-- something your primary doc has been advocating for years!
Two women in California are unhappy about phosphates and carrageenan in Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken. I'm fine with them. I mean the additives, not the women.
While the relationship between diet and health is complicated, there is scientific consensus that a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and that excessive intake of ultra-processed food increases it.
Who's trying this with their sweetheart? ❤️🍓🍷
Rant: Aren't you just plain sick of people telling you what to eat? Enough already!
Body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant method for classifying obesity for more than half a century.