Food & Nutrition

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.

ACSH followers are clear about the problems associated with fake science — from the promotion of supposed obesity "cures" by Dr. Oz to the nonsense of hydrogen-infused water, we've covered a myriad of pseudoscience.

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