Throughout history, pomegranates have meant different things to different people. To the Ancient Romans, they were a symbol of fertility. To the ancient Greeks, they symbolized death, thanks to their association with Hades, the god of the underworld. On Yalda Night, an Iranian festival that takes place on the longest, darkest night of the year,…

Shutterstock/Inkoly Loading up your plate has never seemed more complicated. Alongside appeals to avoid ultra-processed foods and “bad” fats, we are being bombarded by a growing array of sometimes conflicting dietary advice. Not only is it confusing, but it is hard to tell what difference these choices will really make in the long term. Social…

Shutterstock/Inkoly Loading up your plate has never seemed more complicated. Alongside appeals to avoid ultra-processed foods and “bad” fats, we are being bombarded by a growing array of sometimes conflicting dietary advice. Not only is it confusing, but it is hard to tell what difference these choices will really make in the long term. Social…

Once reserved for diabetics, CGMs (continuous glucose monitors) are now being pushed as a tool to help balance your energy levels, maximise your training output and even boost weight loss. But do fluctuations in blood sugar really matter that much? We asked an expert. What Causes a Spike Within a few minutes of tucking into…

The Food and Drug Administration’s Human Foods Program will focus on microbiological food safety, food chemical safety and nutrition in the coming year under its reorganization.  The program released its 2025 priority deliverables on Wednesday detailing the primary focus areas for its first year under the reorganization. The goals include issuing guidance on action levels for lead…

The Food and Drug Administration’s Human Foods Program will focus on microbiological food safety, food chemical safety and nutrition in the coming year under its reorganization.  The program released its 2025 priority deliverables on Wednesday detailing the primary focus areas for its first year under the reorganization. The goals include issuing guidance on action levels for lead…

Nutritional intake planning tool, Gretel Planner, is billed as the only technology for preparing nutrition strategies for trail running, road running, cycling, OCR or triathlon races. With more than 10,000 users, and working with races around the world, it has built a following among athletes and event organisers. Gretel Planner notes that… ‘Achieving a better…

Nutritional intake planning tool, Gretel Planner, is billed as the only technology for preparing nutrition strategies for trail running, road running, cycling, OCR or triathlon races. With more than 10,000 users, and working with races around the world, it has built a following among athletes and event organisers. Gretel Planner notes that… ‘Achieving a better…

For peanut butter and jelly sandwich snobs like myself, there’s only one way to make a decent PB&J: whole wheat bread, peanut butter and jelly on both sides, with the sandwich cut in half. But it seems the NFL has another preference. According to recent data from The Athletic, the league goes through 80,000 Uncrustables…

The Council for Responsible Nutrition announced the winners of its CAPS graduate student award program for 2024.  This year’s program took place on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as one of the lead-in events to CRN’s annual conference — Convergene at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.  In 2021, CRN joined with the American Society…