Food & Nutrition

Anyone who regularly reads ACSH's writings knows that we look askance at the practice of many Americans to gulp down vitamin and/or mineral supplements (VMS), in the belief that even if one isn't deficient they will provide some sort of

In case you've run out of stupid stuff to do to yourself, like, juggling chainsaws, taunting pit bulls, or clamping your genitals in a hot waffle iron, this is your lucky day.

In 2008 New York City became the first to require the posting of calorie counts in restaurants.

In addition to the numerous metabolic problems (e.g. diabetes) associated with obesity, we can add problems with lung function.

"The Quack is a personage too essential to the comfort of society to be deprived of his vocation.  He is, in fact, the Physician of the Fools, a body whose numbers and respectability are by far too great to admit of anything o

It's well established that the basic formula for healthier living and improved physical strength is achieved through a combination of sensible eating and regular exercise, where some lifting of weights is an integral component.

You best get your drink on this week, while beer and wine consumption is good for you!

The question of which diet is best for which people has led to some strange prescriptions, such as the worthless Blood Type Diet (see here for our take on this one).

A recently published story in the BMJ  links the risk of breast cancer and all cancers to consumption of what are termed "ultra-processed" foods.

The Trump administration has recently proposed a rather drastic change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).