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Dental health today, the role of teeth in winning wars, and the role of war in bringing dental health to America

Sugar in the first 1,000 days is strongly linked to many diseases later

Why we still don’t have an ultra-processed food definition

“Your morale on board is directly tied to food.”

Hooked on Food

Energy drinks + 30 foot cliffs and motorcycles

Kennedy and the FDA jacked up and about to strike another blow for America’s freedom of choice!

John Snow, the great disease detective, and how, even in its infancy, public health science struggled with the false beliefs of those in charge

Eating on Board: A seafaring celebration of the 250th anniversary of our freedom and food stories tied to Tall Ships

Pesticide makers are having a field day: Trump delivers 3 wins in 3 weeks.

The bite of the Lone Star

Coffee and the Ngäbe indigenous people in the mountains of Panama

Refining a highly-refined food definition

A travel tip for when little uninvited friends spoil the party. I don't mean monkeys.

A simple Highly- and Ultra-Processed Food definition

Alcohol causes cancer, Mr. President

Survivor, Surgeon General: who will be voted off next?

A horror story from long ago about industry-funded research that is still paying off today.

Car or bus to get groceries? Easy choice, if it’s even a choice.

Medicare is going to provide a GLP-1 benefit?

What’s going on with the FDA’s Generally Recognized As Safe, or GRAS, crippled system of food additive safety?

James Delaney, the original MAHA man

Iran, vaccines, Cuba, now cannabis - what’s the plan, Mr. President?

Ultraprocessed Cannabis: Potency, Policy, and Public Health in America

Smoking office smoked, two new GLP-1 pills, and Big Mac Gorske, an N of 1!

Ultraprocessed Cannabis: Potency, Policy, and Public Health in America

Ultraprocessed Cannabis: Potency, Policy, and Public Health in America

Ultraprocessed Cannabis: Potency, Policy, and Public Health in America, a 4-part series

GLP-1s: Why should you care?

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Jerold Mande on the USDA facility closures

Medical education nutrition training: RFK, Jr. twists arms and gets an increase in nutrition hours in med school

Beef has RFK, Jr. in its corner: but will the cow make a comeback?

Obesity: Still an epidemic, but is it growing or plateauing?

GLP-1s: managers tighten the screws and find new ways of limiting access

Milk: You will find at least 8 interesting or useful facts in this post, or your money back

Will the U.S. Food Pyramid be a monument or a tombstone for our global health leadership?

The food pyramid was always a crummy way to depict a balanced diet: too bad RFK, Jr. has resurrected it.