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Going Down the Junk Food Rabbit Hole
Alice Callahan, a reporter for the Well desk, explored the history of ultraprocessed foods and how they became a major threat to our health.
Food benefits set to expire for 41 million people as US shutdown continues
Department of Agriculture says no benefits will be issued in November and it would not draw on emergency reservesThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country’s biggest social assistance programs w…
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid PshenichnovAntarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important?A diplomatic row has erupted …
RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts
Guidance from health and human services secretary contradicts decades of dietary recommendationsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary, is planning to issue guidance encouraging Americans to eat more saturated fats, contradicting …
California to set aside $80m and deploy national guard to assist food banks amid shutdown
Gavin Newsom criticized Trump for ‘endangering people’s lives’ as shutdown sets stage for delayed food benefits Gavin Newsom warned this week that Donald Trump’s increasingly long government shutdown will impact those who rely on federal food support, …
Why Peter Thiel Can’t Tell the Truth as Churchill Rolls in His Grave
The other night I lay awake staring at the stars, contemplating Peter Thiel being catastrophically wrong about history. He was selling a giant bag of fraud, as people literally pay to hear his backwards history in talks, but why… why lie about Ch…
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy pollsters and ‘anti-woke’ influencersMajor US soft-d…
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … look away now
Club and Penguin bars are now ‘chocolate flavour’ after owner McVitie’s cuts cocoa content amid soaring pricesIf you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit you can no longer join our Club or pick up a Penguin, as the lunchbox favourites have reduced t…
The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy
Tourism has turned some Italian streets into monochromatic eating zones. Some officials have banned the opening of new restaurants.