Food & Nutrition

For most of our evolutionary history, humans worried about food — finding and eating food were constant and dangerous struggles. Death was always near.

The head of the World Health Organization claims that trans fats - which are in things like margarine and donuts - are responsible for 500,000 deaths each year

Saunas, for the most part and for legions of adults, enjoy a warm reputation as being good for you. And a recent study, while not being totally conclusive, does tend to add more credence to the health benefits of sauna use.

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You, the one trying to get pregnant, put down the Big Mac and pick up fruit it could save you up to a month of effort – a least according to a study in Human Reproduction.

A few weeks ago, the media ran wild with an outlandish claim that an extra glass of wine will take 30 minutes off of your life.

Australian Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg met recently with his state and territory counterparts. Top of their agenda? The recycling crisis precipitated by the China “ban.”

It's practically universal for parents to look at their kids – and teen culture in general – and take issue with at least some of the questionable choices they make.

These days all that is green is good. Perhaps even holy. Cars, milk cartons, grocery bags, dry cleaners, cat litter. You name it, it's green. But here's an exception - potatoes. You might want to pass on the green potatoes.

It isn’t either a big or a polished study, but it raises interesting questions; can Home Econ improve our health and better yet is Home Ec, in reality, a STEM course?