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.

Tom Brady is one of the best (or the best) quarterbacks to ever play the game. On top of that, he is rich and hot and married to Gisele Bündchen, who is richer and hotter. 
If you'd  like to play Russian roulette, but don't have a loaded gun handy, you could also try drinking raw milk.
Gluten-free is one of the latest food fads to take America by storm — but does everyone who espouses a gluten-free diet really need one?
What do you say when a pretty wacky idea is ostensibly promoted by a well-respected scientist? Well, you (politely) have to say that the idea is rather wacky.
It's that time of the year when the Environmental Working Group produces its "Dirty Dozen List" - foods they believe you should fear the most.
Sure, we all know that it's important to be physically active to help achieve and maintain a healthy body weight and perhaps diminish the risk of heart disease, some cancers and overall mortality. But how much is enough?
Here we go again: From Yahoo: Bacon, soda & too few nuts tied to big portion of US deaths
In a recent documentary, religion scholar Reza Aslan ate a small piece of huma
They're "hooking" up. They've got more access to safe-sex and birth-control information – at their fingertips via their smartphone – than any generation in human history.
Here are the headlines: From UPI: Study links soy consumption to breast cancer survival.