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A (Qualified) Defense of Mike Taylor, the FDA's Food Safety Lead Wikimedia Commons

A (Qualified) Defense of Mike Taylor, the FDA's Food Safety Lead

Various groups are calling on the FDA to "fire Monsanto Mike," but give Taylor a chance to reduce outbreaks like he did at the USDA.

Access to Good, Healthy Food Should Be a Basic Human Right Shutterstock

Access to Good, Healthy Food Should Be a Basic Human Right

In an afterword to Prince Charles' speech on the future of food, Eric Schlosser and Will Allen make the case for a new, diverse food system.

Reward Good Food: Prince Charles on Healthy, Sustainable Farming Rodale Books

Reward Good Food: Prince Charles on Healthy, Sustainable Farming

Questioning conventional wisdom can be a risky business, but the Prince of Wales does it by calling for an overhaul of our food system.

Today in Research: Fructose's Bad Rap; Drinking Alcohol in Movies Creative Commons

Today in Research: Fructose's Bad Rap; Drinking Alcohol in Movies

A review of over 40 studies found no weight gain associated with ingesting fructose, the sugar commonly found in fruits and vegetables.

The Endless Controversy Over Organic Food Production Methods Shutterstock

The Endless Controversy Over Organic Food Production Methods

Experts can argue over whether organics are slightly or substantially less productive, but they are clearly better for soil and the environment.

Vital Signs: Refusing Patients Who Won't Vaccinate; a Healthier Candy Hershey's

Vital Signs: Refusing Patients Who Won't Vaccinate; a Healthier Candy

The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.

The Most Unhappy of Pleasures: This Is Your Brain on Sugar Shutterstock

The Most Unhappy of Pleasures: This Is Your Brain on Sugar

By all estimates, obese people are not happy. The question is whether their unhappiness is a cause or a result of their obesity. We don't know.

Today in Research: Moving Closer to the First Test-Tube Hamburger Shutterstock

Today in Research: Moving Closer to the First Test-Tube Hamburger

Researchers believe that they can generate a product identical to a real burger by using long strips of meat made out of stem cells.

Michael Pollan's 'Food Rules' as a Stop-Motion Animation Video Vimeo

Michael Pollan's 'Food Rules' as a Stop-Motion Animation Video

Created by Marija Jacimovic and Benoit Detalle, this animation is the most refreshing take on the classic since Maira Kalman's illustrated edition.

A Calorie Is a Calorie Is a Calorie: All Diets Work if You Stick to Them Shutterstock

A Calorie Is a Calorie Is a Calorie: All Diets Work if You Stick to Them

Adherence seems to be the hardest part of dieting, but if you can follow through with basic calorie restriction, you will lose the weight.

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