Nutrition
- Health & Medicine
Food supplements can make you sick
Drugs must past safety testing before they can be sold. But food supplements don’t have to meet the same standards.
- Chemistry
Explainer: Some supplements may not have what it takes
Dietary supplements made from plants may not contain all of the chemicals that usually make a particular plant healthy for humans.
- Health & Medicine
Missing gut bacteria linked to poor nutrition in children
The right mix of microbes in the gut could help prevent — or treat — malnutrition in children.
- Health & Medicine
Teens eating better but gaining weight
From 1999 through 2012, teens got heavier. But by downing less sugar and eating more healthy fats, their bodies also showed signs that these teens were somewhat healthier.
- Health & Medicine
From lime green … to lime purple?
Citrus with health-boosting purple plant pigments don’t usually grow in warmer climates. Genetic engineering could change that.
- Health & Medicine
To control overeating: Slow down!
Encouraging young people to eat more slowly — and to stop when they’re full — may help prevent obesity, a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Back off the bacon and cold cuts?
Here’s how to make sense of the World Health Organization report that has just linked certain meats to a dangerous cancer.
- Earth
Table salt and shellfish can contain plastic
Bits of plastic have turned up in sea salts purchased in Chinese supermarkets. The finding suggests all sea salts may be similarly tainted. Shellfish too.
- Health & Medicine
If you’re awake, you’re probably eating
The idea that we eat three meals a day is a myth. People eat nearly constantly, and that may not be good for our health.
- Earth
Cool Jobs: Finding foods for the future
What's for dinner... tomorrow? Scientists are developing new foods to meet the demands of the growing population in a changing world.
- Health & Medicine
News Brief: Stress may break diet willpower
A new study suggests stress can affect our behavior — and willpower — by making tasty foods look more irresistible.
- Genetics
DNA: Our ancient ancestors had lots more
Ancestral humans and their extinct relatives had much more DNA than do people today, a new study finds. It mapped genetic differences over time among 125 different human groups.
