Emily K. Abel.  Gluten Free for Life.  NYU Press, 2025. I was surprised to be asked to do a blurb for this book, since I don’t have to worry much about gluten and rarely comment on clinical medicine, but after reading it I was glad to do one.  It’s a really good book.  My back cover blurb: This

I’ve been interviewed a lot lately about ultraprocessed foods.  See, for example: New York Times Well Challenge: Day 4: Grocery shop like a nutrition scientist New York Times 10 Ways to Eat Better  The New Yorker:  Why is the American Diet So Deadly? And Gary Ruskin of US Right to Know sent me this

If you are a long-time reader, you will know that I have a particularly hard time understanding agricultural trade disputes.  I understand the basic principle: every country wants to protect its own.  Where I need help is with how the rules work and are applied. Here’s a good place to start on this

The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee did not make a recommendation about alcohol.  The agencies, HHS and USDA, will do that later based on two expert reviews. I wrote about the first, from the National Academies, last week: Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health. I also wrote about

In its scientific report, the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommends substituting plant proteins for animal proteins. The Committee recommends that the proposed Eat Healthy Your Way Dietary Pattern emphasizes dietary intakes of beans, peas, and lentils while reducing intakes of