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Got Night Milk? A Possible Treatment for Anxiety, Insomnia
Drinking cow’s milk produced at night may be a treatment for anxiety and insomnia, suggests an animal study in the Journal of Medicinal Food. A glass of milk at bedtime has long been touted as a sleep...
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'Eat Up': How Cultural Messages Can Lead To Eating Disorders
When Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodríguez was a graduate student in psychology at the University of Puerto Rico in the early 1990s, she learned there were no studies of how many Latinos suffered from anorexia,...
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The Past Is Littered With Foods Of The Future
Arthur Radebaugh imagined gigantic crops in his syndicated Sunday comic strip Closer Than We Think, which ran from 1958 until 1963. Arthur Radebaugh hide caption It is 2015, and jetpacks do not fill...
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A Clear Call for Healthy Snacks at School
Copy the below code to embed this infographic into your blog or website A Clear Call for Healthy Snacks at School by RWJF on RWJF.org This December marks the fifth anniversary of the passage of the...
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The Ultimate Holiday Cookie Plate: 4 Essential Recipes
GO AHEAD, call me a Grinch. I realize what I’m about to say is heresy, especially at this time of year. But here goes: I do not like baking cookies. Are you still there? I could get you a drink to calm...
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An Iowa farmer depends on pesticides. His son asks: Is there a better way?
Jon Bakehouse, who grows corn, soybeans and a little alfalfa in a setting worthy of a landscape painting, is talking fervently at the dining room table once again. About chemicals and death. His...
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How The Food Industry Engineers The Need To Eat
It is no secret that the rise in obesity in America has something to do with food. But how much? And what role does the food industry as a whole play? As part of Here & Now’s series this week on...
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Obesity 'biggest threat to women's health' in England
Obesity is the biggest threat to women's health and the health of future generations, warns England's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. In her annual report, which focuses on women, she said...
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Dispatch From COP21: The Convenient Truth About Soil
As the climate talks in Paris draw to a close, climate activists have taken note: Soil restoration is our ally in the fight against global warming. It is inexpensive (or even profitable), effective and...
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Tyson Foods’ Secret Recipe for Carving Up Workers’ Comp
Over the past 25 years, the giant meatpacking company has taken a lead in pushing for changes in workers’ comp in state after state — often to the detriment of workers. Over the past 25 years, the...
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Baltimore to give big tax break to attract more grocery stores
The Rawlings-Blake administration is banking on a new strategy to bring fresh food to disadvantaged Baltimore communities: an 80 percent break on the taxes grocery stores pay on their cash registers,...
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FDA Is Cracking Down On Added Sugars: How Will Big Food Companies Respond?
Americans spread it on their toast, sprinkle it on desserts, pour it over salads and gulp it down at Starbucks. Sugar is everywhere in today's food supply, yet it’s linked to a host of health problems,...
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Why you can’t call nuts, avocados, olives, or salmon “healthy”
Earlier this year, the FDA sent the maker of Kind Bars a stern message. The company, which sells granola bars, among other things, was using the the word "healthy" on its packaging. And that wasn't...
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Happy Fifth Anniversary to the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act!
Five years ago, on December 13, 2010, a bipartisan Congress passed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA)—which brought nutrition standards for schools into accord with federal dietary guidelines....
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All Politicians Lie. Some Lie More Than Others.
Washington — I’m a political fact-checker, which is usually an automatic conversation starter at parties. These days, I get two questions repeatedly: “Is it worse than it’s ever been?” and “What’s up...
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French Parliament Unanimously Approves Law to Cut Food Waste
Officials in the French Parliament voted unanimously to put an end to food waste by forcing large grocery stores to donate unsold food. The rule, part of another law passed in May, was initially...
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Fighting Slave Labor in America's Food Supply Chain
In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair zeroed in on the terrifying lack of standards in the meat industry. The progressive journalist related gruesome stories of gangrenous, diseased cattle arriving in the...
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15 Minutes with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
What would you ask the Secretary of Agriculture if he offered you 15 minutes of his time? Earlier this week the USDA reached out to Modern Farmer asking if Secretary Tom Vilsack, the only member of...
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Public to FDA: Just Say No to GMO Voluntary Labeling
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors Associate Professor & Program Director, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences at Hunter...
View ArticleBurying the Snackwell Myth
The fat-free cookies were garbage ‌ but too much of everything made us fat. Over the past few years, an inaccurate story about food and public health has gained momentum. Food writers and some...
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