Nutrition
Red and processed meat: what "group 1" means
In October 2015, processed meat was placed in the same classification group as tobacco, and the headlines wrote themselves.
Blog
Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Nutrition
Seed oils: are sunflower, rapeseed, and soybean oils harmful?
For the past couple of years, sunflower, rapeseed, and soybean oils have been labeled as sources of inflammation and the primary cause of everything.
Allergies
Histamine intolerance: what is known about it
Histamine intolerance is a suspected condition in which the body cannot handle the histamine ingested through food.
Nutrition
Fermented foods: what happens inside
Fermentation is a preservation method invented long before the refrigerator: bacteria consume sugars and produce acid, and in an acidic environment, spoilage-causing organisms cannot survive.
Nutrition
FODMAP: what it is and who it is for
FODMAP is not a weight-loss diet or a list of harmful foods.
Ingredients and additives
Acrylamide: what forms during frying and baking
Acrylamide is not present in raw foods — it forms during the cooking process, in the same place where a golden-brown crust and its aroma appear.
Technology
Microwave: what it does to food
A microwave oven heats food in a single way — it makes water molecules in it oscillate.
Shopping
Organic products: what it means by law
Of all the labels on packaging, "organic" is a rare case where the word is backed by a legal document.
Shopping
How to store food at home
The expiration date on the package refers to an unopened pack under the specified conditions.
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