Diet and Health

Diet and Health (January 2004)
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If you're like many people, your New Year's resolution was to change your diet--whether by cutting back on quantity or improving quality, or both. In our fast-food era it is harder than ever to strike a healthy balance. And with new fad regimens springing up constantly, that balance is increasingly difficult to discern in the first place.

In this issue prominent researchers and journalists examine what we consume and how it affects us. Just how did our species find itself in such a nutritional predicament? Whatever happened to the food pyramid? Is moderate drinking good for you? Does caloric restriction actually promote longevity and youthfulness? Our authors tackle these questions and more. We think their writings will give you something to chew on. --The Editors

Cover; Diet and Health; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; Diet and Health; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Food for Thought; Diet and Health; by William R. Leonard; 9 Page(s)

Dietary change was a driving force in human evolution (originally published December 2002)

Birth of the Modern Diet; Diet and Health; by Rachel Laudan; 6 Page(s)

Ever wonder why dessert is served after dinner? The origins of modern Western cooking can be traced to ideas about diet and nutrition that arose during the 17th century (originally published August 2000)

Rebuilding the Food Pyramid; Diet and Health; by Walter C. Willett and Meir J. Stampfer; 8 Page(s)

The dietary guide introduced a decade ago has led people astray. Some fats are healthy for the heart, and many carbohydrates clearly are not (originally published January 2003)

Drink to Your Health?; Diet and Health; by Arthur L. Klatsky; 6 Page(s)

Three decades of research shows that drinking small to moderate amounts of alcohol has cardiovascular benefits. A thorny issue for physicians is whether to recommend drinking to some patients (originally published February 2003)

Gaining on Fat; Diet and Health; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 6 Page(s)

As a costly epidemic of obesity spreads through the industrial world, scientists are uncovering the biological roots of this complex disease. The work offers tantalizing hope for new ways to treat, and prevent, the health risks of excess weight (originally published August 1996)

The Serious Search for an Anti-Aging Pill; Diet and Health; by Mark A. Lane, Donald K. Ingram and George S. Roth; 6 Page(s)

In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolong life and youthful vigor. Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way (originally published August 2002)