How to Design a Misleading Study
Imagine working for the now defunct Twinkie division of Hostess and wanting to take the...
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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
Caramel coloring may be the most widely consumed food coloring in the world. Unfortunately, its manufacture can sometimes lead to the formation of a carcinogen called methylimidazole, which was identified as a cancer-causing chemical in 2007. For the purposes of...
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Food Dyes and ADHD
There are currently thousands of additives in our food supply. Some are good—like supplementing foods...
Citrus to Reduce Muscle Fatigue
The lactic acid that makes yogurt tangy is the same lactic acid that builds up...
Dietary Guideline Graphics: From the Food Pyramid to My Plate, Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate, and PCRM’s Power Plate
In last week’s New England Journal of Medicine, Walter Willett, chair of the Department of...
Vitamin B12: How Much and How Often?
Vitamin B12 is not made by plants or animals, but by microbes that blanket the...
Can Antioxidant-Rich Spices Counteract the Effects of a High-Fat Meal?
In this month’s Journal of Nutrition, researchers at Penn State report on their experiment in...
