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If you want to lower your Thanksgiving foodprint this year but still serve turkey, consider buying a pastured or heritage bird: foodprint.org/blog/your-gu...

Controversial & bitterly opposed by many nutrition researchers and many dietitians. It always bothered me that while salt and sugar are added to foods during cooking or baking, saturated fat is embedded in the dairy cell structure matrix and must be extracted. Anyone else bothered? #RealFood

Ultra-processed foods — what’s the impact? In a new @thelancet.com Series coauthored by Barry Popkin, experts warn a global rise in UPFs presents a growing public health threat. Read more about the evidence and policy recommendations ➡️ tinyurl.com/ya2wutpd #UPFAction #GlobalHealth

As I told the @nytimes.com, "it's not inevitable." It's not inevitable that ultraprocessed food (UPF) companies must dominate our food supply, harming our health. We simply apply our existing tobacco control regulations to UPF. We have the tools to fix this. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...

Must beans be soaked? Can they be salted? Are canned beans just as good as dried? We answer these questions (and more) in our ultimate guide to beans, featuring tips for cooking dried and canned beans and a rundown of some common varieties: foodprint.org/blog/the-foo...

Food is complex. Nutrition is wicked hard. So I’ve decided it’s okay to be comfortable with doubt and uncertainty. I keep thinking back on this quote from American journalist and social critic H.L. Menchken: ”For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."

Will dietary advice on dairy and saturated fat soon lurch from one extreme to another? Moderation falls to the wayside. This is one way to titillate MAHA fans. conscienhealth.org/2025/11/dial...

Out today: The Lancet series on ultra-processed foods Today, the Lancet publishes three major papers on ultra-processed foods and human health: science, policy, and politics (I am a co-author on the policy and politics papers).  Here's Peter Bond's photo, the logo for the series. THE PAPERS I. …

In our new podcast episode, we join @foodfixco.bsky.social founder Helena Bottemiller Evich and @thefern.org editor-in-chief Theodore Ross, the co-hosts of the podcast “Forked,” to discuss the MAHA movement and how it is — and isn’t — changing the way we eat. Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...

More AI-hijacking: this time, What to Eat Now! It's a brave new world out there and I'm not having an easy time with it. I've already told you about the DeepFake Instagram post using my image. Now, there's more! Would you believe DeepFake books? When I went on the Amazon book site on the…

The new book by @marionnestle.bsky.social reflects decades of insights gleaned from navigating the perverse economy of food. It is well worth your time, whether or not you agree with every word. Because her words offer clarity on the working of our #FoodSystems. conscienhealth.org/2025/11/deca...

Forgive us, but we are not buying the hype. Food is not medicine. Food is life. Good food is essential for good health. But it is not a substitute for medicine. A discerning look at data behind recent headlines. New study in @jama.com. conscienhealth.org/2025/11/real...

Listen to the episode: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...

When bean-inspiration strikes, there’s no faster way to scratch the itch than by opening up a can of beans. Stews, soups, salads, pastas, curries, toasts — there’s pretty much nothing a canned bean can’t do. Here’s how to make the most of this pantry staple:

The NOVA food classification system defines processed vs ultra-processed foods as summarized in this slide:

Industry funded studies of the week: Mango In case it's not obvious, I view studies claiming major health benefits from eating one food---mangoes in this case---to be about marketing, not science.  We don't eat just one food; we eat diets of enormous complexity.  This makes such studies inherently…

If you’re seeing this, this is your sign to make beans a regular part of your diet 🫘

Non sequitur Sunday: Olive harvest.

ALERT: Baby Formula 13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more. Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.

🔴 NEW: Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’ Data by @sustainweb.org reveals how councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data. 📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...

Due to rising costs, low crop prices and the effects of the trade war, economists project that growers could see roughly $44 billion in net cash income losses from their 2025–26 crops. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-f...

Oh fer crissake EAT THE NUTS YOU LIKE www.today.com/health/diet-...

worried about protein when you're going veg? here's my very first BuzzFeed list: 21 meals with tons of protein and no meat (it went viral! it was an exciting weekend for me.) tasty.co/article/deen...

or, try something a bit more dramatic and join me in not eating meat. qz.com/519360/there...

with SNAP benefits not coming tomorrow, I am sharing a few stories I've done over the past ten or so years on how to save money while cooking. first: waste less. tasty.co/article/deen...

Food banks are stepping up as millions of Americans prepare to lose federal food assistance, but it may not be enough. “The charitable food system is there to support families, but it is tiny compared to the amount of money that is available through SNAP" - @marlene-schwartz.bsky.social #Food #News

What’s affordable, climate-friendly, and delicious? Beans! 🫘 Stay tuned for our podcast episode all about beans, out next Tuesday, 11/4, wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a very good idea.

Big Food has taken the offense and declared war on state food regulations. Americans for Ingredient Transparency (AFIT) is campaigning for federal action to “correct a maze of state-by-state-laws” so business as usual continues uninterrupted buy disagreements sbout food safety. foodfightusa.com

👍😊👏🎯 YES = Food & Nutrition can stand on their own. Thats why the latest trend I’m seeing is a rebranding - Food is Health.

How well is #FoodAsMedicine holding up with scrutiny and actual data on outcomes. It turns out that it’s a mixed bag of diverse interventions with wildly variable effectiveness. HT: @jamainternalmed.com conscienhealth.org/2025/10/food...

If you’re hiding the fact that you gamble to your friends and family, do it when you’re stressed and experience mood changes, you may be showing warning signs of a gambling addiction.

How did ultra-processed foods come to dominate what the world eats, and what can we do about it? 🌍 Join the global launch of the @thelancet.com Series on UPFs & Human Health where experts will unpack the science, policy & politics. 🔗 Register: www.fsp.usp.br/nupens/launc...

For the first time in over a decade, the number of states with obesity rates of 35% or more has dropped. While this is an encouraging sign, cuts to federal staff and programs that address chronic disease could endanger this progress. #FoodPolicy #Health More from @jnaleccia.bsky.social:

“Over the past few years, I’ve found myself relying on TextEdit more as every other app has grown more complicated, adding cloud uploads, collaborative editing, and now generative A.I.” In a new column, @chaykak.bsky.social writes about the bare-bones Mac writing app.

It was a pleasure to join @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social on CBC’s The Dose podcast to talk about ultra-processed foods. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

For @wsj.com subscribers, I'll be doing a live Q&A on ultra-processed foods with Andrea Petersen & Jesse Newman this Thursday, Oct 23 between 2-3 pm ET. Post your questions here: www.wsj.com/health/welln...

If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple.

A cartoon by Benjamin Schwartz. #NewYorkerCartoons See more cartoons from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/pA1hwp

Without any effective laws curbing the use of plastic in packaging, companies have little incentive to choose other materials. But what if that were different? Read more about extended producer responsibility programs: foodprint.org/blog/extende...

These reasons make sense to me: • We’ve gotten used to the taste of too much salt & sugar. And folks like what ever it is they get used to. • Quality ingredients are expensive. Many food start ups are using #UPF technology to offer better quality food. But these products cost more than cheap crap.

This is a good quick history of ultra-processed foods. It does leave out an important point, one that's left out of nearly all the UPF conversations. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

All commercial crackers are #UPF. Common sense says they can’t all be bad. I’m looking for a tasty, nutritious cracker that is available off the shelf. Taste is what drives choice. After my first bite, the cracker seemed to disappear. Bottom line, I’m unlikely to get these crackers again.

At #FNCE the spotlight on #WeightManagment yesterday made it clear that #GLP1s are transforming the role of dietitians, and opening opportunities to focus even more on diet quality and health. conscienhealth.org/2025/10/glp-...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

To guide you as you sample your way through the season’s countless apple varieties, here’s a look at some apples old and new, and a peek at some that are still to come: foodprint.org/blog/from-lu...

Appreciate this thoughtful read and response (and love the photo)

What’s my top priority when picking new foods? ❌ gut health ❌global flavors ❌cleaner labels My top priority is freshly prepared ✅ #RealFood I’m okay with #UPG convenience products. And food shopping apps are fun & useful. The best thing I can do for my health is to spend more time #cooking.