Food & Nutrition

JAMA has a report today on the relationship between organic food consumption and subsequent cancers.

   

Is it possible that our children inherit more from us than genes and a home?

On October 4th, Australians who switched over to daylight saving time got an hour less of sleep as they moved their clocks forward. Changing the clock causes a temporary state of misalignment in our internal biological time.

I would have expected better from Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the head of the FDA. He is both sharp and knowledgeable. Which makes it even more astounding that the ban of 7 food additives (artificial flavors) could happen on his watch.

   

One thing is for sure: the fast-food industry sure knows how to market its burgers, fries and breakfast sandwiches.

The marathon race has long been considered the ultimate test of human endurance. But the last few decades have seen growing numbers of runners regularly tackling distances exceeding the traditional marathon.

A few years ago I was giving a talk at an event along with Brent Smart, CEO of advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi's headquarters in New York, who had managed their General Mills campaign prior to that.

If you do a Google search of "Oz superfoods" you will get more than 40,000 hits. The good doctor really likes superfoods. One small problem - there is no such thing, his self-serving proclamations notwithstanding.