food science
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7 ‘Unhealthy’ Foods That Are Actually Fine
Scientific knowledge is ever-evolving and, ideally, self-correcting. Few fields demonstrate that better than the world of nutrition science. In the past, for instance, diet gurus and researchers have made declarations about the ills of having anything more than a little fat, no matter the kind; same with cholesterol. Nowadays, though, things are more nuanced. Low-fat…
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Can You Eat So Much That You Die?
Can you eat yourself to death in one occasion of very excessive eating? We know that our eating problem is bad, albeit gradual: No one’s ever died from eating three Big Macs, but plenty of people may have died from eating three Big Macs twice a week for thirty years (some, miraculously, have managed to…
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A Small Glass Of Red Wine Daily Could Be Good For Your Gut
Whenever a study emerges to herald the health benefits of drinking any kind of alcohol, it’s often met with a bit of scepticism. (Oh, I see that one’s from the University Of Robert Mondavi!) After all, when it comes to scientific assessments of what drinking does to the body, you tend to hear a lot…
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What’s The Most Dangerous Food Of All Time?
Surveying the whole scope of human history vis-à-vis food, a couple of themes emerge. One is that humans like their food to taste good. Another is that they like it to not kill them. These two qualities often cohere in the same foodstuff—apples, for instance, taste great, and are not to my knowledge toxic —…