In response to a reduction in workforce at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a coalition of consumer, industry, and public health stakeholder groups issues the following statement: “Ensuring the safety of our nation’s food supply is a shared responsibility,” the coalition stated. “Food companies are committed to producing safe... Read more →

For winter reading, Dani Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a think tank on food, offers another great reading list, this one on food books that answer the question why. Why bread, which cost a third of household expenditures in Europe 300 years ago, now costs less than 1 percent. Why... Read more →

It’s been quite a year, 2024, in many, many ways. Consumers have been pushed and pulled, then slammed to the ground with the election president who has a record of not acting in the interest of consumers. When he was president, Trump proposed doing away with the ability of states... Read more →

Packaged foods in the U.S. will be required to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. The “healthy” claim has been updated to help consumers find foods that are basic to a healthy dietary pattern and could... Read more →

“The future of the planet depends on the future of food,” says Danielle Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a think tank on food. Nierenberg believes the food and agriculture systems need to be central to solving the climate crisis. “These solutions need to be regenerative and socially just over the... Read more →

Updated guidelines for healthcare professionals to use as prevention strategies for people with no history of strokes includes new discoveries that have been made in the last 10 years. They were prepared by the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, and published Monday in the association’s... Read more →

A salesperson knocked on my door and told me I could get rooftop solar panels at little or no cost? He said government programs would cover most of the costs of solar installation. He said his company had installed them for one of my neighbors. Fortunately, since it sounded too... Read more →

Have you heard of “personalized nutrition?” It’s an approach to dietary advice that uses tests of a person’s genes, blood and other body fluids, and gastrointestinal tract, as well as questionnaires, to develop individualized nutritional recommendations. Personalized nutrition’s global value was estimated at $12 billion in 2022, and it’s projected... Read more →

Among the first articles I wrote as I began my journalism career was on salt. In 1982, salt was called “A New Villain” on the cover of Time magazine. Studies showed that high salt consumption led to high blood pressure. Now, more than 40 years later, government regulators still are focusing on voluntary targets rather than mandatory ones. Read more →

My daughter Mona is great at making salads. As part of a large farm family, she’s used to cooking for crowds. When she comes to visit, as she did for my July Fourth party, she always asks me to get out the large bowls. Then she peruses her vegetarian cookbooks, which she brings with her, and prepares her latest salad success. Read more →