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.

Fructose is a much-maligned and misunderstood ingredient in foods.
Three hundred consumers participated in a study to test the effectiveness of educational
There's an odd disconnect between the way we talk about the causes of obesity and the solutions we employ to help people manage their weight.
“We were writing editorials back in ’15 calling for the use of HPAI vaccinations.” Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Last November CNBC published an article by Harvard nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo urging readers to “avoid these five foods to stay focused and sharp.” If that author and headline ring a bell, it's because ACSH published
Food production takes a toll on the environment.
We at ACSH never write articles about TikTok fashion celebrities or the benefits of sticking metal rods
The anti-GMO movement has lost much of its cultural relevance in recent years and it now appears that the political debate surrounding crop biotechnol