New dietary guidelines for Americans? Nobody cares

Latest News December 10, 2023

by Bobby Ghosh News that the U.S. government’s next set of dietary guidelines for 2025-30 may include warnings against ultra-processed foods should be greeted with ultra-cautious optimism. The committee that revises the guidelines every five years, appointed by the Department of ...

Big Food wants us addicted to junk food

Latest News June 13, 2021

by Michael Moss Robert Goldstein, a hedge fund manager in New York, was getting huge cravings for sweets when he came across a tropical plant called Gymnema sylvestre that works a little like methadone for heroin addicts. Compounds extracted from the woody vine keep the brain from ...