There are few things people hate more than old people rattling on about their health status and various ailments. Amirite? Well, I know I felt that way…
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Editor’s Note: By Process of Illumination
When it comes to processed foods, some people talk about “elimination.” While it’s a good idea to limit foods that are lower in essential nutrients and higher…
Editor’s Note: Three Decades of Facts … and Three Years of FACTS
For more than three decades, the International Food Information Council and IFIC Foundation have been providing consumers with the best information on nutrition, food safety, and health,…
Editor’s Note: Eyes on the (World Food) Prize
I’m not the type of person who gets overly excited to meet celebrities, at least in terms of entertainment and sports types. (Sir Paul McCartney was a…
Editor’s Note: Survey Says …
The month of May is always a particularly busy and interesting time here at the IFIC Foundation: It’s when we typically release our annual Food and Health…
Editor’s Note: March for Science a Day for Renewal
April 22 was a rainy, especially chilly day for this time of year in Washington, D.C. Yet hundreds of thousands of people marched here and, reportedly, in…
Editor’s Note: Forking It Over
Behold, the humble fork: It is a deceptively genius means of nutritional conveyance, and not just the implement I fall back on after fumbling undexterously with a…
Editor’s Note: There’s Good News, If You Know Where To Find It
As a former journalist, I still look ruefully on what some view as the prime directive in news rooms: “If it bleeds, it leads.” That is, lurid…
Editor’s Note: Kicking the Holidays Up a Notch
I was interested to learn the other day that the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve fall on the same day this year for the first…