Nutrition advice can sound very certain. Carbs are the problem. Fat is the problem. Seed oils are the problem. Sugar is toxic. Everyone should fast. Everyone needs more protein.
ultra-processed foods
A new meta-analysis in a BMJ Group journal argues for a dose-response association between ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and chronic illness.
I like to receive emails from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Given my work at ACSH, I think of it as opposition research.
"Natural," "minimally processed," "real food" — these labels encode the popular idea of healthy eating.
Recently, this video exposé on Burger King came across our desks.
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A recent STAT article cataloged the promises Secretary Kennedy kept and those unkept.
I have always been interested in anti-aging regimens from a historical perspective.
In the opening pages of The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith invites us into a pin factory. A single laborer, attempting to fashion pins alone, might produce only a handful in a day.
