Or, more accurately, a rat's brain on potato chips.  Last week, PLoS One published a very interesting paper by Dr. Tobias Hoch and colle...

I'd just like to put in a quick word for a book that will be released tomorrow, titled  Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us , ...

This week, Food Reward Friday is going to be a little bit different.  I've received a few e-mails from people who would like to see me w...

I recently revisited a really cool paper published in the Lancet in 2009 on body fatness, biomarkers, health, and mortality ( 1 ). It's ...

This week's "winner"... the Banana Split!

This week's lucky "winner"... an unnamed hot dog-laden Pizza Hut monstrosity with tempura shrimp and mayonnaise!

In the (probably) last post of this series, I'll take the pieces that I've gradually outlined in previous posts, and put them togeth...