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.

Today, many scientific discussions are shot through with social justice rhetoric, and the debate over food security in the developing world is no ex
Beginning in January, we'll see many more products in grocery stores carrying the USDA's 'bioengineered' food label.
The study by the RAND corporation looked at soda consumption and health records from 2011 to 2016 in Mexico, probably the first place where a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) was instituted.
The easiest method I found to grade a web sites potential reliability was to do a word search for popular categories I was very familiar with, such as organic vs.
Let me restate the issue, seafood contains healthful nutrients, specifically omega-3 fatty acids, which are thought to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. The dietary guidelines recommend eating 8 ounces of seafood a week – two portions.
Despite a massive increase in population growth and a shrinking amount of arable farmland, food production absolutely exploded beginning in the middle of the 20th century.
With Christmas just around the corner, you're probably finalizing your dinner plans and wrapping those last few presents before sticking them under the tree.
What do we actually know about the global food supply? This infographic comes from Information is Beautiful.
I am well aware of the extensive junk science in the field of nutrition, and her article is just another reflection of it. It is the standard attempt