Fitness & Nutrition

Cattle that are grass-fed and free of antibiotics and growth hormones are seen at Kookoolan Farm in Yamhill, Ore.

FDA Wants To Pull Back The Curtain, Slightly, On Farm Antibiotics

9:16pm May 20, 2015

by Dan Charles

The Food and Drug Administration wants to know which farm animals are getting treated most heavily. But the FDA's proposal still falls short of the best European data practices.

When it comes to almonds, raw may not mean what you think.

What Does 'Raw' Mean? When It Comes To Almonds, You Might Be Surprised

6:15pm May 20, 2015

by Lesley McClurg

By law, all California almonds must be pasteurized or treated with a fumigant — processes aimed at preventing foodborne illness. But critics say the treatments taint flavor and mislead consumers.

Demonstrators march on McDonald's corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., on Wednesday, demanding a wage increase to $15 per hour.

Health & Safety

McMadness: Activists Pile On At McDonald's Shareholders Meeting

6:08pm May 20, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

From workers calling for higher wages to teachers blasting McDonald's for marketing to kids in schools, a bevy of critics have descended upon the company's headquarters in Illinois this week.

A whole range of foods in common in the Mediterranean diet — from fish to nuts to fruits and vegetables — are rich in antioxidants and may protect against cognitive decline.

Health & Safety

Brain Boost: Mediterranean Diet May Fend Off Memory Loss

6:44pm May 19, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

People in their 60s and 70s who followed the Mediterranean diet for four years held steady on cognitive tests, a study found. But the test scores of people following a lower-fat diet went down.

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Do food-laden environments really contribute to obesity or is it the other way around?

Health & Safety

How We Store Food At Home Could Be Linked To How Much We Eat

6:40pm May 19, 2015

by Angus Chen

Could keeping food out of sight be a way to keep it out of your mouth? A new study points to a possible tie between how food is stored, how visible it is in the home and obesity.

Assault On Salt: Uruguay Bans Shakers In Restaurants And Schools

1:33pm May 19, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

The tiny nation has some of Latin America's highest rates of obesity, hypertension and heart disease. The capital Montevideo has tried to intervene by making salt on the table illegal.

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What would happen if Americans and South Africans switch diets for a week? Hint: It doesn't turn out that well for the South Africans.

What If Americans Ate Like South Africans And Vice Versa?

11:43am May 16, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

In a two-week diet swap, they got burgers and fries. We got kale salad and corn porridge. Guess whose bowels fared better?

Kale is not only loaded with nutrients, but it's become a emblem of a healthy lifestyle that's increasingly appealing to Americans ready to move away from processed, high-calorie food.

From Scornin' It To Lovin' It: McDonald's Tests Out Kale On Its Menu

6:31pm May 15, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

The green health halo hovering over kale glows brightly, and the company is putting it in breakfast bowls in nine Southern California locations. Will it help brighten up the Golden Arches?

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Inside a Brown's Super Store. Brown's operates seven profitable supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

4:57pm May 14, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because he figured out what communities needed in a neighborhood store.

Chef, cookbook author and owner of Washington, D.C.'s Restaurant Nora, Nora Pouillon, in the restaurant's garden.

In 'Organic Life,' The Making Of America's First Certified Organic Restaurant

12:56pm May 12, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Nora Pouillon writes about her lifelong devotion to food in a new memoir, My Organic Life. Her restaurant has been a fixture in the Washington, D.C., food scene since 1979.

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