Food & Nutrition

There is so much disinformation on the Internet, that debunking junk science and bogus health claims could be a full-time job. Indeed, debunkery is one of the main reasons why ACSH exists.

All across America, households prepared for Santa Claus by setting out a dish of his favorite late-night snack: Cookies and milk. But an increasing share of households probably set out a glass of soy, almond, or oat milk instead of dairy. Why?

Some 8,000 years ago, our ancestors struck a Faustian bargain with a creature wandering about in the neighborhood; we feed you, you feed us – it seems, at the time, to be a good collaboration.

The USDA released two reports that deserve a little recognition beyond the community providing and collecting the data. The first reports on pesticides and the second on antibiotics in our food supply. Pesticides

In honor of Thanksgiving, it is time to turn to the beloved cranberry.

One day, coffee causes cancer; the next, it cures cancer. One day, wine is good for you; the next it kills you. Given its self-contradictory wishy-washiness, can nutrition science be trusted?

By Lito Papanicolas, South Australian Health

Ah, our body’s microbiome, the bacteria living in symbiotic harmony in our gut, that newly discovered source of wellness, its mysteries only slowly being revealed. Our microbiome is an inner ecology of Planet Us.

America may be the most science literate country in the world, we may be dominant in Nobel prizes and science output, and at least we are not France, but a new survey by Harris shows that we still have a long way to go.

Some studies are so incredibly stupid, that one wonders how they managed to get published in any scientific journal, let alone a prestigious one. And yet, it has happened, once again1.