Search
Nutrition
A growing movement is trying to turn energy directly into food — reviving an old dream of escaping the violence and inefficiency of eating.
Preindustrial life wasn’t simple or serene — it was filthy, violent, and short. The Industrial Revolution was imperfect, but it was progress.
In "The Microbiome Master Key," Brett and Jessica Finlay argue that we need to stop waging war on all germs and start working with the microbes that make us who we are.
Living longer is only half the equation. Here’s how to stay healthier for more of those years.
A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling.
“Having more stem cell activity is good for regeneration, but too much of a good thing over time can have less favorable consequences.”
"Fasting...should not be demonized for simply suggesting that we take a break from eating once in a while."
Waistlines are expanding in most countries, except for a skinny list of nations bucking the trend.
While GLP-1 agonists help people lose weight, different drugs could help them retain muscle at the same time.
Poor research can be worse than no research at all.
In the murder trial of Dan White, the defense touched on diet as a cause for White's actions. It has become known as the "Twinkie defense."
If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there's a good chance you have too much insulin.
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
The problem with carnivores turned omnivores.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
A new hypothesis accuses the simple sugar of wrecking energy metabolism.
A healthy lifestyle even protects those who are genetically predisposed to depression.
Just 12% of Americans account for half the country's total beef consumption.
This is especially true for three key groups.
Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.
Lab-grown meat may work better as a complement to animal agriculture rather than a replacement of it.
Unless you're drinking a dozen diet sodas per day, you have nothing to worry about — and maybe not even then.
Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.
Cancer likes glucose. So take it away.
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the "oinker diet."
Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.