My distant but dearly loved cousin, Michael Kravit, has scored again: “Not Healthy.” According to the company’s website, these things are “Tasty purffs.  Five flavors.  No health claims…So unhealthy, I bought 15 bags for my family and friends…If you are worried about FFUPs being healthy, you’re

Every now and then the internet gets thrown into a tizzy over a life hack food video that goes viral usually for one of three reasons. Those reasons are because (a) it blows so many people’s minds, (b) it makes people angry, or (c) it starts an argument. Today, we have an example of the rare

Members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics get SmartBriefs sent to their email addresses. The subject line of this one: “A Surprising Sodium Reduction Tool for Your Clients”   It is an advertisement; it even says so.  But it does not say who paid for it. To find that out, you have to

New York City is taking big steps to improve its food system.   Two reports are worth noting, one from the Mayor’s office and one from the Health Department. I.  Mayor Bill de Blasio and Kate MacKenzie, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (MOFP) have released Food Forward NYC: A 10-Year

Michael F.  Jacobson.  Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet.  MIT Press, 2020. Michael Jacobson was one of the founders of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which he directed for more than 40 years. His book comes with an introduction by Tom Frieden,