US diet still contains too many low quality carbs

Refined grains, added sugar, and other low quality carbs still account for 42% of daily calories in the typical diet of U.S. adults, a new study finds.

How Animals Taste, And Avoid, High Salt Concentrations Has Implications For Humans

For consumers of the typical Western diet – laden with levels of salt detrimental to long-term health – it may be hard to believe that there is such a thing as an innate aversion to very high concentrations of salt…

More Healthful Foods To Nourish The Non-Human You?

The focus of nutrition for good health is quietly shifting to include consumption of food ingredients specifically designed to nourish the non-human cells that comprise 80 percent of the cells in the typical person, an authority on the topic said. Speaking at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, Robert Rastall, Ph.D…

Additional Evidence That Eating Together As A Family Improves Health

“Come and get it!” A phrase historically proclaiming that the communal meal is ready, is heard all too infrequently among contemporary American households, especially as children get older. Indeed, over 40% of the typical American food budget is spent on eating out, with family meals often being relegated to holidays and special occasions…

Autism Linked To Industrial Food Or Environment

A new study in Clinical Epigenetics, suggests that the epidemic of autism amongst children in the U.S.