Food & Nutrition

In a recent documentary, religion scholar Reza Aslan ate a small piece of huma

They're "hooking" up. They've got more access to safe-sex and birth-control information – at their fingertips via their smartphone – than any generation in human history.

Here are the headlines: From UPI: Study links soy consumption to breast cancer survival.

ACSH followers are clear about the problems associated with fake science — from the promotion of supposed obesity "cures" by Dr. Oz to the nonsense of hydrogen-infused water, we've covered a myriad of pseudoscience.

http://cdn.nutrition.org/content/early/2017/02/08/cdn.117.000422

Soda taxes are many things. Obnoxious. Unscientific. An example of government overreach. The one thing they aren't is racist, yet precisely that case was made by Seattle Times reporter Gene Balk1. 

While small in scope, a recent study relating to anorexia nervosa supports one of the primary post-treatment concerns facing patients suffering from the eating disorder: the chances of relapse are high.

Canada recently (finally)

Because of their high cholesterol content, eggs were seen as dietary villains by many, in spite of their being sources of high quality protein, low levels of total and saturated fats, and a number of other nutritional benefits (for more on eggs, r

We've discussed the benefits of bariatric surgery (for different types, see here) for the obese with or without diabetes, and at this point it's been widely accepted that th