Food & Nutrition

As Fox Sports reported in 2016, the average weight of a starting NFL linesman was 315 pounds, aggregating to over 25 tons for

Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 98 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) is the market basket used by the government to calculate SNAP benefits. It is optimized to provide a nutritious diet at the lowest possible cost.

Marketing to our Fears or a Failure to Understand the Power of Water?

Much as it is said that even a blind squirrel finds a nut, California, the State placing Proposition 65 labels on all our products, has just passed a new food labeling law, Cal

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 93 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

On a relaxed evening with friends, one of them commented that he wanted to lose weight. He had already cut out sugar and was exercising regularly, but he wanted to know the most efficient diet to achieve his goal.

(This companion piece discusses the chemistry of erythritol and other sugar articles.

Numerous researchers have pointed out nutritional research’s worrying prevalence of poorly conducted studies and irrational conclusions.

It is nothing short of hilarious that people who drink excessively, to the point where they experience a hangover the next day, are overly concerned about their health.