Foods and Ingredients

“Formula for success…rise early, work hard, strike oil” J. Paul Getty Algae, Planet Earth, and Biofuels Rarely top of mind, algae are a major factor in this planet’s habitability for …

When the System Becomes Overloaded When biological signals repeatedly fail to align with expectations, the consequences do not appear all at once. They emerge gradually as the body attempts to …

Segment 2: The Grammar of Food Structure, Grammar, and the Meaning of Food The vocabulary is identical. The meaning is not. Consider two meals that appear nutritionally similar on paper. …

“If a man does not know to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” — Seneca If you listen long enough to the current conversation about food and health, …

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) Understanding Food As Information (FAI) requires …

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates One aspect of understanding Food as Information (FAI) that fundamentally moves it beyond …

Dark chocolate is constantly rebranding itself. What is usually treated as dessert suddenly becomes a cardiovascular ally, elevated by headlines that promise lower blood pressure, better circulation, and antioxidant protection. …

“It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.”— William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V The new guidelines often, if not precisely, speak about “highly …

Over the past year, initiatives like MAHA and renewed discussions around the Dietary Guidelines for Americans have signaled something important: a growing recognition that our dominant approach to food and …

“One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity.”  — Anna Quindlen No doubt you have heard that …