Drug policy and microbiology might seem like completely different worlds. But both are shaped by the same evolutionary ...

We’ve reached the Final Four of our nutrition bracket, so it’s time to break down some of the hottest claims in nutrition right now. Our contenders? “Cane Sugar > HFCS,” “Fewer Ingredients = Better,” ...

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Perhaps Netflix should stick to science fiction. It has gotten very good at sci-fi series—but real science? Not so much. Its new documentary, The Plastic Detox, follows a familiar formula: take a real ...

Physicians don't receive enough training in nutrition. This has become a flashpoint in Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) and ...

Science has improved our lives in countless ways. Our food is safer than ever, once-deadly diseases are now preventable, and ...

Every so often, nutrition makes claims that require readers to suspend not just disbelief but basic understanding of ...

Protein, protein everywhere…with plenty of drops to drink! You can guzzle protein shakes, drink protein pop, or even protein water. Then there are the protein-fortified foods. Protein cereal, protein ...

The terms “synthetic” and “ultra-processed” are widely (and opportunistically) used as warning labels and marketing strategies. Although they sound scientific, both rely on the same flawed logic: ...

Bring out your dead” may be Monty Python’s medieval call, but counting them is still modern and often messy. Death certificates are less purely objective records than narratives assembled under ...