The New Yorker5d
Is Social Media More Like Cigarettes or Junk Food?
Lawmakers attempting to regulate children’s access to social media must decide whether bans or warning labels are the optimal ...
Into the Shadows on MSN5d
The Food Pyramid is a Giant Scam Paid for by Big Corporations
Discover the surprising history of the USDA's nutritional guidelines—from humble beginnings to the infamous food pyramid shaped by politics, corporate interests, and questionable science.
Artnet26d
This Mysterious Pyramid Dominated a Prehistoric Mexican City—and Still Guards Its Secrets
In 1785, a Spanish official named Don Diego Ruiz was looking for illegal tobacco plantations in the Papantla region of Mexico (then called New Spain), near the modern-day city of Veracruz, when he ...
The Tufts Daily1mon
The new food pyramid
Cereal box readers likely recognize the Food Guide Pyramid, a graphic designed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as an easy-to-follow guide to healthy eating. The pyramid's designers thought ...
The American Conservative2y
Stuck Under the Food Pyramid
Did Americans of all economic levels have better choices in the ’50s than now? Did the supposed “food desert” problem get worse? When Nina Teicholz wrote her book The Big Fat Surprise ...