Food & Nutrition

The “story” of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has become a tale of horror, with an ominous, omnipotent corporate villain, “Big Food,” mapping mammalian dopamine pathways to turn vulnerable children and their parents into submissive consumers.

Bite on a caffeine tablet and be prepared for a number of reactions—all horrible. Such reactions include, but are not limited to:

Long before “wellness influencers” honed the art of spreading misinformation on the internet, the public was at the mercy of being befuddled by hoaxes through chain emails.

Many consumers today are shying away from soft drinks because of legitimate concerns about their sugar or artificial sweetener content and are gravitating towards plain carbonated water.

At the risk of being labeled as an extraterrestrial entity, I’ll make my disclosure up front: I don’t like beer. [1] Let the hating begin.

This is a video version of the original article by Dr. Charles Dinerstein.

They danced for hours, wildly and at times in uncontrolled gyrations, until one collapsed from exhaustion. Some of the dancers had convulsions; others hallucinated.

In fact, increasing calcium beyond basic needs only creates a small early improvement in bone density — while high-dose supplements may raise the risk of kidney stones, heart attacks, and strokes.