Food

Is there really a list of foods you must eat every day? Here's the honest answer behind the superfood hype — and what actually matters on your plate.

February 28, 2012 · 2 min read

This week's Friday table took us to Le Siam in Naperville for Tom Kha soup, crazy noodles, and Massaman curry — plus a home-style Tom Kha recipe to try

February 25, 2012 · 2 min read

A stranger's cruel get down to the gym, fatty remark in a nightclub pushed 26-year-old mother Sarah Gould to lose six stone in time for her wedding.

February 22, 2012 · 1 min read

A Tel Aviv University study found a protein-rich breakfast including dessert helped dieters lose more weight and keep it off over 32 weeks than a strict diet.

February 22, 2012 · 2 min read

Are whole eggs or egg whites better for you? The science on dietary cholesterol has shifted, and the yolk carries nutrients the white lacks.

February 22, 2012 · 1 min read

The Friday cooking column continues with Mrinalini Sen's Easy Breezy Bhindi, a Bengali Sorshe-Posto style okra preparation with mustard-poppy paste.

February 19, 2012 · 1 min read

This Friday: slow-simmered black lentil dal with a buttery tadka, roasted cauliflower with a spiced yogurt marinade, and a fresh kachumber on the side.

February 11, 2012 · 1 min read

A viral video by competitive eater Furious Pete showed how before-and-after fitness photos can be faked in five hours with chips, soda, oil, and a tanning bed.

February 8, 2012 · 1 min read

Maitreyee Das launches her Friday food column — a Bengali fish lover's quest for an easy recipe inspired by a restaurant spinach-and-cod dish.

February 3, 2012 · 1 min read

Lunch decides your afternoon. Six healthy lunch formulas — Indian and global — built on protein, fiber, and vegetables, each ready in 20 minutes or less.

November 18, 2011 · 3 min read

From turmeric to methi to cumin — twelve everyday Indian foods with real research (or long tradition) behind their weight-management reputation.

November 6, 2011 · 2 min read

Leicester's Dalwara Singh received a 12-month suspended sentence for secretly lacing his wife's food with steroids — until his teenage daughter caught him.

November 2, 2011 · 1 min read

Psychology studies link a taste for sweet foods with agreeableness and helpfulness — embodied cognition ties the sensation of sweetness to sweet behavior.

October 24, 2011 · 1 min read

Curcumin, turmeric's active compound, matched ibuprofen for knee osteoarthritis pain in some trials. What the research really says — plus the dose and

October 21, 2011 · 2 min read

A landmark 2011 NEJM study found that low-income women who moved to less-poor neighborhoods via a housing-voucher lottery had lower rates of extreme obesity

October 20, 2011 · 1 min read

Diwali is October 26th — here are three easy, no-fail sweets to make at home: Sandesh, Kesar Shrikhand, and Coconut Ladoo.

October 20, 2011 · 1 min read

In September 2011, Jensen Farms cantaloupes contaminated with Listeria sickened 72 people and killed 13 — the deadliest US foodborne outbreak in a decade.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min read

Some US cities moved to keep snack trucks away from schools during school hours to fight childhood obesity. Do vendor restrictions work — and are they fair?

September 15, 2011 · 1 min read

Kim Robinshaw lost eight stone after 'virtual gastric band' hypnotherapy in 2011. A remarkable anecdote — but anecdotes are not evidence.

August 30, 2011 · 1 min read

Toning shoes, green tea extract, diet pills — the weight-loss industry sells shortcuts the evidence doesn't support. What actually works is unsellable.

August 27, 2011 · 1 min read