Food Politics

The White House posted this video last week. I can’t figure out how to make it play on this site, but you can watch it at this link. It’s worth watching: It comes straight from the White House. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, does not recognize or know how to

Jim Krieger of Healthy Food America forwarded this email announcement sent to members of the American Society for Nutrition (I am a member, but somehow missed this).  It’s an example of how industry-funded research gets started. This is a sponsored message from the American Pistachio Growers,

I’ve written previously about the list of words that automatically disqualify applicants for federal grants, but the New York Times has now published a more complete list of about 200 forbidden terms, along with examples of editing of federal websites. These are perceived as “woke,” which the Trump

Several groups under the auspices of Healthy Eating Research got together to produce this guide for kids ages 5-18. To summarize: Drink: water or milk Limit: 100% juice (too much sugar), plant-based milk alternatives (except for medical reasons), flavored milk (too much sugar) Avoid: beverages with

I spoke on a panel last week in support of New York State bills sponsored by my local Greenich Village Senator, Brian Kavanagh, and assemblymember Dr. Anna Kelles, who represents the district that includes Ithaca, where I live part time. Their bill is S.1239/A.1556, The Food Safety and Chemical