By: John Gleeson Who doesn’t love reading the label of a food product? If you are like me, you start thinking “What wonderful things does this fancy new health product offer me!? Calcium? Maybe super strength?”. Them bones, them...
BY: MORGAN REASE My final quarter at UC Davis I tried something I hadn’t done before, but had heard about. People were always talking about how good it was, but I had never actually had it myself. College is...
By: Ty Wagoner Move over, kale. See you later, açai. Turmeric is the new super food in town. In classic “old is new” fashion, food manufacturers (and the growing nutraceutical market) are turning to the foods of yesteryear as...
By: John Gleeson Food colorings are a common additive used in the production of foods and beverages. Additionally, they can be found in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. What are these colorants and why are they being used? And what about...
By: Elizabeth Clark Since childhood, most of us have heard our parents preach about the benefits of eating fruit. Fruits are, by definition, (usually) the edible reproductive body of a seed plant. And fruit is an essential part of...
By: Matt Teegarden It could just be that I’ve let my eavesdropping habit spiral out of control, but more and more I am hearing people say, “I can’t pronounce that ingredient, I don’t want it in my food”...
By: Stephanie Diamond Recently fueling the vilification of the food industry is Katie Couric’s documentary Fed Up (2014). It is reminiscent of Food Inc. (2008) but more focused, pointed at packaged food manufacturers, and frankly, better done. There are...
By: Gaby Talarico Coffee is a staple beverage in the United States for the average adult- a morning would not be complete without a steaming cup of deliciousness on the way to work. How do you like it? With...
By: Stephanie Diamond Today’s post is written in recognition of World Food Day – “a day of action against hunger.” On this day across the globe people take part in food drives, hunger walks, and awareness campaigns to draw...
Walter Willett is fifth in the Experience series, after Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Martha Minow, Steven Pinker, and E.O. Wilson. Interviews with Melissa Franklin, Stephen Greenblatt, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Helen Vendler will appear in coming weeks. This article was originally...