12 foods that may trigger headaches and migraine

One in four American households has a member who experiences migraine, according to the American Migraine Foundation. “I get asked all the time about a migraine diet, [and] there is no one true migraine diet,” that can prevent symptoms, says Dr. Fred Cohen, headache specialist and assistant professor of medicine and neurology at the Icahn … Read more

The Atlantic Diet: Why Eating Local, Whole Foods May Improve Your Health

You’ve already heard of the Mediterranean diet, chock-full of heart-healthy benefits and links to general wellness. But have you heard of the Atlantic diet?  A study published this month in JAMA linked a diet plentiful in fish, dried fruits, vegetables, beans and minimally processed foods with a lower risk of metabolic syndrome, a term for … Read more

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Upside Foods Just Paused a Major Expansion

It has been a rocky year for plans for large-scale cultivated-meat production. In May 2022, another Californian startup, Eat Just, announced its plans to build up to 10 large bioreactors, each with a 250,000-liter capacity, with the bioreactor firm ABEC. The deal fell apart, with ABEC later filing an amended legal complaint in federal court … Read more

Planet A Foods whips up more capital to take its cocoa-free chocolate global

Planet A Foods, a B2B sustainable ingredients company, announced $15.4 million in Series A funding. The brother-and-sister founding team of Drs. Max and Sara Marquart started the Munich-based company to create a sustainable alternative to cocoa. When TechCrunch initially wrote about the company in 2021, it was going by the name QOA. The idea behind … Read more

Cancer doctors reveal their favorite healthy breakfasts — and 2 foods they avoid

Deciding what to eat for breakfast might be one of the first choices you make in a day. And that choice can have consequences for the rest of your day and your overall health, including your risk for cancer. Many of the same foods that help with heart health can also help reduce your risk … Read more

The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change

There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. Extreme weather spun up storms and floods, unseasonal freezes and baking heat waves, and prolonged parching droughts. In parts of the world in 2023, tomato plants didn’t flower, the peach crop never came in, and the price of olive oil soared. To be a farmer right … Read more

Healthy foods are often more expensive. Here’s why

Maria Korneeva | Moment | Getty Images Eating a healthier — or at least a more balanced diet — is not always as easy as it sounds, with food prices leading to large disparities between rich and poor communities in many countries. One piece of British research in 2023, the Broken Plate report by The Food Foundation … Read more

‘Unhealthy’ Foods That Are Actually Fine

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images (Getty Images) MSG, short for monosodium glutamate, is an ingredient commonly added to processed foods, most notably Chinese takeout, and is naturally found in tomatoes and cheese. It’s supposed to give food a more umami, or meaty, flavor, and was actually first derived from a commonly served seaweed broth in Japan … Read more