diet trends
How Pork Rinds Ditched the ‘Junk Food’ Label
The shift to “wellness” and changing class signifiers have turned fried pork skin into a “healthy” snack that's earned space on Whole Foods shelves.
Once Again, Everything You Knew About High-Fat Diets Is Wrong
They say that the low-fat food craze of the 80s and thereafter has had "disastrous health consequences" on the nation and should be nixed.
Hershey's Plans to Start Selling Dried Meat Bars
What’s a 122-year-old chocolate conglomerate to do when it finds itself on the wrong side of swelling public opinion? How does a blueberry barbecue beef protein bar sound?
Americans No Longer Want Any of Your Filthy Orange Juice
Oranges are like the mom jeans of the fruit world. If any fruit screams 1994, it is the orange.
Chick-Fil-A is Pushing An All-Chicken-Nugget Diet
The Georgia-based fast food chain would like its customers to know that a diet of straight-up chicken nuggets isn’t such a bad idea.
Did the Meat and Egg Industries Influence New US Dietary Guidelines?
The US Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services have just announced the new US Dietary Guidelines for 2015-2020. The influence of lobbyists on these guidelines is pretty evident, say critics.
This Man Claims He Lost 24 Pounds On a Pizza-Only Diet and Says You Can Too
Matt McClellan, a 40-year-old restaurateur turned diet and lifestyle advocate, not only lives the dream of owning and operating his own pizzerias, he has also built a diet around his lifestyle.
Chinese Women Are Staring at the Sun to Lose Weight
Every day, a group of women in Hong Kong head down to the beach to stare at the sun and cut their appetite.
The Gluten-Free Backlash Has Begun on Social Media
In a land before time, there was Atkins. Then South Beach. Then Paleo. Now there is #hotgirlseatingpizza and @girlswithgluten.
Getting Real About the Fear Behind Raw Milk
Lately, there's a rising fear in food—people have developed a strange aversion to anything that isn't shrink-wrapped with a barcode on it. But when the issue behind raw milk bubbles to the surface, the cheese world is swimming in a sea of it. Here's...