Nutrition
Weekend reading: the debate about ultra-processed foods
In a previous post, I wrote about the series of papers on ultra-processed foods published in The Lancet (I am a co-author on papers II and III) I. Science: Ultr…
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030: Progress on added sugar, protein hype, saturated fat contradictions
The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were released this week with the tagline “eat real food,” and a stronger stance on limiting added sugars and highly processed foods. But it also brought the return of…
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USDA is closing buildings, relocating staff, and downsizing—a lot.
When President Trump was elected, he promised to downsize government. He is doing that, for better o…
Nutrition
What’s going on at the FDA? Nothing good, apparently.
Two recent reports say that the FDA is a mess as a result of staff cuts, loss of expertise, and leadership vacuums—a national tragedy by any criterion. I. From …
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The latest push to get nutrition into medical education: maybe this time it will work?
Last week’s big announcement: Secretary Kennedy and Secretary McMahon Celebrate Medical School Commitments to Increase Nutrition Training for Future Doctors The…
Why the dietary guidelines matter: Avocado marketing!
I received this e-mailed message from the Avocado Nutrition Center, sponsored by the Hass Avocado Bo…
Sweet thought for the weekend: Reese’s v. Hershey’s
This story starts here with this post. Really? When I go to the Hershey’s site, I get this: Milk Cho…
Nutrition
Keeping up with chocolate; the crisis and what to do about it
The chocolate industry, it appears, is in crisis. Here’s my collection of recent items on the topic. Trends The future of chocolate: An era of bold innovation a…
How to explain glyphosate hypocrisy? Bayer’s lobbying and revolving door
Here’s one place where the MAHA and Food Justice movements agree: on glyphosate. Here is a post from…
Nutrition
More MAHA hypocrisy in action: Dicamba, Mercury, and PFAS
One of the major items on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s agenda has been to get toxic chemicals out of the food supply. He’s not doing a good job on that. La…
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The supplement industry: questions of safety, adulteration, corruption
Since passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, supplement products became basically unregulated. The FDA is no longer allowed to moni…
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