We don't have a farm-to-table food safety system. I keep saying this. It came as a big surprise to the FDA that tomatoes were being grown in the Unit….

Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods..

The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question..

To speak only of food inspections: the United States currently imports 80% of its seafood, 32% of its fruits and nuts, 13% of its vegetables, and 10%….

These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories..

The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more c….

When you have a food safety system that's voluntary and not mandatory, you're in a situation in which everybody wants everybody else to go first. So ….

BASICS OF DIET AND HEALTH The basic principles of good diets are so simple that I can summarize them in just ten words: eat less, move more, eat lots….

Food safety oversight is largely, but not exclusively, divided between two agencies, the FDA and the USDA. The USDA mostly oversees meat and poultry;….

What it requires is that first of all you identify the hazards: Where in your production chain can contamination occur? This could be a simple matter….

The real reason for health claims is well established: health claims sell food products..

It's a completely reasonable diet -- heavy on fruits and vegetables and fresh, seasonal foods. I'm totally for it. It's common sense in a nice packag….

The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science is that it takes the nutrient out the context of the food, the food out of the context of the….

We don't really have any that protect the food supply from farm to table. We have a food safety system that's piecemeal, largely divided between two ….

Unbelievable as it may seem, one-third of all vegetables consumed in the United States come from just three sources: french fries, potato chips, and ….

The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council. Why ….

There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and produced over such a ….

FDA, which regulates the safety of vegetables, doesn't have those kinds of rules because Congress doesn't want it to. It's not that the vegetables th….

Restaurants that have health-conscious consumers will pay attention to this..

What we know about diets hasn't changed. It still makes sense to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, balance calories from other foods, and keep calor….

Here we have the great irony of modern nutrition: at a time when hundreds of millions of people do not have enough to eat, hundreds of millions more ….