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Finally! Some good news on the food front: Red wine makes you live longer. Sort of. (OK, it’s not the wine but something in it, but why be picky?) Also in the news: socializing delays dementia. Probably, anyway. (Sometimes I wish these scientific studies were more definitive.)
Put these two together, and you get wine group. [...]

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Anybody who’s lived with me knows I love my popcorn—stovetop version, thanks, butter strictly optional.
Well, I’m happy to announce that this habit bodes well for my good health. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, in its May edition, reports, “People who eat popcorn have an approximately 250 percent higher daily intake of whole [...]

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Never mind what certain politicians say, broccoli is the it vegetable, as far as I’m concerned. And now, more than ever, I have science to back me up.
Scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles has published a study that suggests that broccoli restores immune function. From the UCLA press release:

[A substance in broccoli] switches on [...]

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No one has to persuade me that good food is critical to good health, but two studies announced this week reinforce the idea that eating well is worth it not only for pleasure but also for health. That most likely also means that cooking is good for you, too.

First, David Jacobs at the University of [...]

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There’s one advantage that the industrial tomato has over the homegrown variety—consistency, albeit tasteless, colorless consistency. Turns out the same is true for milk, among other foods.
We humans love consistency. How else to explain the proliferation of chains? Especially in this mobile world, we like knowing that if we buy coffee at Starbucks on Interstate [...]

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Here’s the latest volley in the carb debate. To quote from the press release from the University of Virginia about a study by its faculty member Glenn Gaesser:
…diets high in carbohydrates are almost universally associated with slimmer bodies. More importantly, Gaesser found that consuming lots of high-glycemic foods is not associated with higher body weights. [...]

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