Nutrition

  1. Health & Medicine

    Gut-brain communication failure may spur overeating

    Restoring a depleted molecule in obese mice repaired their abnormal response to food.

    By Cristy Gelling
  2. Health & Medicine

    Mediterranean diet may offset genetic risk for stroke

    Compared to a low-fat diet, eating fish and olive oil kept blood sugar levels lower in people with a common diabetes risk factor.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Chemistry

    Sweet Confusion

    Does high fructose corn syrup deserve such a bad rap?

    By Laura Beil
  4. Health & Medicine

    Exploring the science of cooking

    By Roberta Kwok
  5. Health & Medicine

    Tricks Foods Play

    Most people would never equate downing a well-dressed salad or a fried chicken thigh with toking a joint of marijuana.