Food marketing in 2021: Replace added sugar with fruit powders or risky sweeteners; add protein, vitamins, or “superfoods”; slap on “immunity” or “hydration” or “keto” claims; steer shoppers away from…
“Companies are all about maximizing the allure of their products,” says Michael Moss, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter whose new book is titled Hooked: Food, Free Will,…
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Nothing says summer like a frosty glass of lemonade or iced tea So here are some summery drinks that don’t top 10 calories or 1 gram of sugar. Some are…
“Calorie density is the number of calories in a given portion or a given bite of food,” explains Barbara Rolls, director of the Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive…
“Coffee consumption has been consistently linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes in cohort studies from across the world,” says epidemiologist Rob van Dam of the National University…
In a recent study, researchers analyzed 17 brands of weight loss or sports products labeled as supplements that listed deterenol (or a synonym) as an ingredient. All contained either deterenol…
At typical intakes, caffeine doesn’t raise your risk of heart disease. But some methods of brewing coffee—regular or decaf—could harm your heart by raising your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. Fortunately, that’s…
The best way to avoid microplastics—and to curb our contribution to microplastic pollution—is to use less plastic. (To learn more about microplastics, click here.) “You don’t need to get rid…
We can’t always see them, but tiny particles of plastic are everywhere. Microplastics have been found in the most remote parts of the globe…and in humans. Scientists are still uncovering…
