Fast Take: Sucralose & Health
November 2, 2018
Every so often, we read a new study that challenges what decades of research have demonstrated. While it makes for great headlines, we’re often left wondering: is it credible? The…
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Fast Take: Stop Pitting Macronutrients Against Each Other
August 30, 2017
Low-fat, high-carb: new data from the PURE cohort study The internets are abuzz with a new study from the journal Lancet surrounding an age-old controversy in the nutrition community: low-fat…
Fast Take: Are you frying your health with french fries?
June 15, 2017
Each time a nutrition study descends upon the internet I cringe internally. I have to brace myself as I click through the various news outlets covering it, knowing that I may…
Newsbite: Can Science Survive Without Reproducing?
April 20, 2017
It’s pretty easy to find an article touting the latest one-off study saying “X food will cure cancer” and then find another article saying “X food will cause cancer.” While…
Fast Take: What You Need to Know about a New Study Linking Beverages to Stroke or Dementia
April 20, 2017
A new study has examined the associations between consumption of beverages sweetened with sugar and/or low-calorie sweeteners and stroke or dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. This particular observational study (drawing on…
Peer Review: Referees Without Whistles
April 5, 2017
If you’re a sports fan like me, then you were glued to the couch watching the Final Four and National Championship game this past week. March Madness is one of…
Sound Science: Cozy Up with Some Caffeine
January 18, 2017
Aging in humans is often accompanied by chronic, low-grade inflammation. This inflammation poses a risk for the elderly as most age-related diseases start due to inflammation. Scientists aren’t sure what…
Fast Take: When Bad Headlines Overshadow Good Science
January 12, 2017
It only took two weeks into 2017 to have splashy, click bait headlines from a new study, generating a swirl of confusion about food. Even more troubling is the complete disregard…
Sound Science: Consuming Unsaturated Fats May Help Those With Diabetes
July 28, 2016
We’re all about breaking down scientific findings, especially when the research focuses on nutrition. Most of the time, we are providing important perspective to particularly popular studies, working to ensure…
Sensationalized Science
June 2, 2016
Science communication is at the heart of what we strive to do here. When new scientific results are oversold and/or sensationalized, it can leave us with all.the.feels. And it’s not…