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Food Science
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World’s thinnest spaghetti won’t please gourmands but may heal wounds
The pasta nanofibres Beatrice Britton/Adam Clancy Scientists have produced the world’s thinnest spaghetti strands, 200 times slimmer than…
How to Feed the World review: Vaclav Smil’s take on future food supply has one big flaw
Are fish farms like this one in Greece truly becoming more efficient? Elena_Alex_Ferns/Alamy How to Feed the WorldVaclav…
We must use genetic technologies now to avert the coming food crisis
There are two monumental problems with the world’s food system. Firstly, hundreds of millions of people can’t afford…
Food security: Is the climate change food crisis even worse than we imagined?
Роман Заворотный/Adobe Stock You have probably already noticed that the price of many of the foods in your…
Is personalised nutrition better than one-size-fits-all diet advice?
Each of us has a different metabolic response to eating the same bread Matthew Ashmore/Alamy Consider two slices…
How to cut through the latest nutritional fads
Loading up your plate has never seemed more complicated. Alongside appeals to avoid ultra-processed foods and “bad” fats,…
Fibre: The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health benefits
New studies are showing ever more reasons to eat up your greens Alvarez/Getty Images When it comes to our…
Hormone-balancing diets: Can we really balance our hormones by eating certain foods?
Spend more than 5 minutes on Instagram or TikTok – especially as a woman of a certain age…
The surprising truth about the health benefits of snacking
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images We are often told not to eat between meals, and there is a general perception…
Could when you eat be as important as what you eat?
It is close to midnight and I am bingeing both on a Netflix show and leftovers from the…