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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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
We’ve talked about the issue with ‘single study syndrome’– promoting the results of a single study without including the context of the full body of science. We’ve talked about when…
This week, with the release of Soda Politics, the Food Insight team consulted our e-readers. ‘Soda’ is one of those words that can be very divisive among dietitians, like those…
Bites of information from a single study, and a few sensational headlines, can have tremendous impact on how consumers perceive health, nutrition and food safety. These are among the conclusions…
“How Americans can lose a lot of weight without giving up a single calorie” is a headline that should be setting off significant mental warning alarms. In fact, in War…