The saying “All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not poisonous” is correctly attributed to the Renaissance physician and alchemist Paracelsus. This idea is foundational to modern toxicology and is commonly condensed into...

Overview of the Eight Food Systems  Food System I — Hunter–Gatherer Societies (>10,000 years ago)  Human diets were shaped directly by local ecosystems through hunting, fishing, and foraging. Diverse, minimally processed, and seasonal diets supported metabolic...

The above video references 56 names of sugar. We have now identified 262 names for Added Sugar. The Added Sugar Repository (ASR) was initially developed by the Eradicate Childhood Obesity Foundation (EChO), in collaboration with an innovative start-up called Perfact,...

On 27-28 March, Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought together global leaders across sectors to accelerate progress in the fight against malnutrition. On the eve of this event, ATNi, GAIN, and the Paris Peace Forum convened a high-level event Private Sector and...

The Toxicology Trap: Why Nutrition Science Needs a New Paradigm In her thought-provoking article, "The Toxicology Trap: Why Nutrition Science Must Move Beyond Causal Thinking and Include Neurodiversity and Stress Models," Lori Hogenkamp challenges the way we approach...

Fixing Our Broken Food System: Why We Need a Science-Based Framework for Metabolic Health “No system can be fixed by people who do not know why it is broken.” Our global food system is broken. Chronic diseases are skyrocketing, obesity and diabetes are at record...

The “Energy Balance Hypothesis” as Applied to Nutrition Is Marketing Mythology Debunking Junk Science Used to Sell Junk Food Eight primary diseases related to metabolic dysfunction account for a staggering 75 percent of healthcare costs in the U.S. To escape...

Ultra-processed foods are understood to be detrimental to human health across several parameters, including macronutrient and micronutrient composition, fibre, effects of food additives, toxins, heat exposure, and packaging.[1] They are only cheap (as promoted by...

Re-engineering ultra-processed foods can feed the gut, protect the liver and support the brain, study flags 03 Apr 2023 | By Jolanda van Hal   03 Apr 2023 --- Ultra-processed foods can be much healthier with a little re-engineering, according to an international team...