By Dr. David L. Katz

What, exactly, does familiarity breed? Apparently glow-in-the-dark food is one possibility. That, in essence, is the message in a recent New York Times article by Gardiner Harris (Colorless Food? We blanch. 4/2/11) summarizing research and perspectives on the topic of artificial colorings and food dyes.

By Dr. David L. Katz

As you read this, I am likely on a flight back from Orlando, where I spoke at the Food Marketing Institute’s Health and Wellness Conference 2011. My general theme was that food is just about the best medicine we’ve got, provided we find the needed ways to make that medicine go down (and no, more spoons full of sugar is not the answer!).

By Dr. David L. Katz

The threat of a nuclear calamity in Japan appears to be receding, although thus far the news reports are about as unstable as the radioactive isotopes in question. A bit of good news is quickly followed by a bit of bad, so uncertainly will likely prevail for a while longer…