Fast Take: Can Low-Calorie Sweeteners Increase Your Appetite?
July 14, 2016
Let’s make sure to keep perspective on what one recent finding may report versus the totality of science supporting low-calorie sweeteners.
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News Bite: Low-Calorie Sweeteners: A Sweet Solution to Lowering Your Calorie Intake?
May 31, 2016
Imagine sitting down for breakfast at a diner on a lazy Sunday morning. Sounds relaxing, right? Sure, until you are faced with the decision of what kind of sweetener to…
Why the Study Linking High Infant BMI and Low Calorie Sweeteners is Misleading
May 12, 2016
Another day, another study on low-calorie sweeteners. This latest study looked at associations between women who reported drinking beverages containing low-calorie sweeteners while pregnant and the body mass index of their…
Fast Take: Couples, Caffeine, & Healthy Pregnancies
March 25, 2016
The latest problematic study, rooted in spurious correlation and statistical manipulation, has sparked a round of headlines that connect couples’ caffeine consumption to miscarriages. It’s an incredibly painful topic, and…
Fast Take: Do Carbs Give You Lung Cancer? Here’s What Folks Are Missing About the Latest Study
March 9, 2016
This week, a new single-study is taking over the airwaves. Everywhere from the Today Show to Glamour magazine is featuring headlines touting serious panic, saying that carbs like white bread,…
Fast Take: Does the Latest Study Mean Organic Meat & Dairy Are Better for You?
February 16, 2016
This week, the British Journal of Nutrition released two new meta-analyses that looked at milk and meat products, sparking headlines like The Guardian’s ‘Organic meat and milk could offer health…
Fast Take: The Latest Iteration of Sugar Panic
January 5, 2016
This week, headlines were terrifying. Sugar has been the focus of a great deal of research and debate lately (our concerns regarding studies with a mypoic focus are well-established). But this week,…
Coffee & Health: What the Science Says
December 7, 2015
What does a morning without coffee sound like to you? If you answered “scary, sleepy, and confusing”, you’re not alone. Over 80% of U.S. adults drink coffee at least occasionally,…
Credible Click-Bait? 5 Ways Bloggers Can Communicate Science-Based Information
November 24, 2015
Flu season, afternoon snacks, your evening workout. It’s easy to forget that science is everywhere. It’s no longer in the hands of a few people, either. Every blog, tumblr, and Twitter handle communicates…
Science Stars Talk Biotech
October 30, 2015
Celebrities are known for a lot of things: great hair, spectacular public meltdowns, licking doughnuts … But “sound scientific insights” don’t always make the list. Unfortunately, there are some celebrities…