Give A Gift
Displaying all articles tagged:

Studies

  1. Science
    Depressing New Study Says Living on a Loud Block Can Make You Gain WeightGreat news for New Yorkers.
    By Clint Rainey
  2. Science
    Extremely Reassuring New Study Says Coffee Could Help Prevent Erectile“The best part of waking up … “
    By Clint Rainey
  3. The Chain Gang
    America’s Restaurant Workers Receive $9 Billion Per Year in WelfareEach Olive Garden location costs taxpayers $196,970 a year.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. Studies
    A New Report Suggests Yet Another Excellent Health Benefit of CoffeeResearch from the World Cancer Research Fund finds “strong evidence that drinking coffee is linked to a decreased risk of liver cancer.”
    By Clint Rainey
  5. The Chain Gang
    Turns Out Nobody Actually Cares If Chipotle Is UnhealthyThe company sure doesn’t. And it seems customers don’t really, either.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. Good News
    Grub Street’s New Favorite Study Says Red Wine Helps Burn FatResearch shows wine grapes may lower blood sugar and make livers healthier.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. Pizza! Pizza!
    Study Proves America’s Kids Basically Live on a Pure-Pizza DietOn any given day, one in five eats the stuff.
    By Clint Rainey
  8. Crumbs
    Americans Eat 24 Percent Fewer Cookies Than They Did a Decade AgoCakes, pies, doughnuts, and all kinds of other pastries, too.
    By Clint Rainey
  9. News
    A New Study Says Guys Who Eat Spicy Foods Have More TestosteroneResearchers found alpha males are attracted to the hot stuff.
    By Clint Rainey
  10. Studies
    A New Study Says the Color of Your Mug Can Make Your Coffee Taste WorseSurprisingly, this isn’t a joke.
    By Clint Rainey
  11. Chin Chin
    World’s Best Study Says Most Heavy Drinkers Aren’t AlcoholicsNine in ten overdrinkers just need a good scolding, the CDC says.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. The Chain Gang
    A New Study Explains Exactly How Fast-Food Chains Target Black ChildrenIt’s all about pushing toys instead of salads, or any food, really.
    By Clint Rainey
  13. Discoveries
    Meet the Father-Son Team Who Discovered Truvia’s Fatal Effects on FruitPossibly the world’s sweetest insecticide.
    By Raven Snook
  14. Studies
    Are Fossil Fuels Making Our Food Less Nutritious?Staples like wheat lose protein when they grow in more carbon dioxide.
    By Clint Rainey
  15. Party Politics
    Right-Leaning Group Tries to Discredit Left by Claiming Liberals Prefer VodkaDo tea-party people drink oolong or what?
    By Belle Cushing
  16. Superbugs
    Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Thrive in Supermarket ChickenConsumer Reports says your chicken is sick, and may make you sick, too.
    By Belle Cushing
  17. Receipts
    Fast-Food Customers Reportedly Respond Well to Nagging ReceiptsA study shows that people take calorie-cutting suggestions on receipts seriously.
    By Belle Cushing
  18. Studies
    Cheering for a Bad Football Team Will Make You FatterA study says fatty-food intake spikes in cities after their respective football teams lose.
    By Alan Sytsma
  19. Studies
    Soda Makes Kids More Violent, Says a New StudyFive-year-olds who drank four sodas a day were twice as likely to get into fights and break stuff.
    By Lauren Elkies Schram
  20. Studies
    Study: Half the World’s Food Gets Thrown AwayIt’s partly because we insist on our produce looking pretty.
    By Jay Barmann
  21. Studies
    Nursing the Bottle: New Parents Drinking MoreInfants aren’t the only ones hitting the bottle.
    By Jenny Miller
  22. Studies
    A Night Out: Gay People Drink More and Eat Better Than StraightsUnsurprisingly, vodka remains a big hit, too.
    By Jay Barmann
  23. Studies
    Lonesome, Ladies? Eat up!Eat with abandon and you, too, could land a guy on the verge of a breakdown.
    By Kara Baskin
  24. Bag Up
    That Red Bull–and-Vodka Will Lead to Unprotected (Yet Energetic) SexCaffeinated cocktails could lead to sex, babies.
    By Kara Baskin
  25. Studies
    Hitting the Bottle: Study Finds Lots of Women Keep Right on Drinking WhileDidn’t science just inform us that this was okay, though?
    By Alan Sytsma
  26. Food Politics
    Artisanal Brooklyn’s Next Hurdle: DistributionA new study from Pratt and the City Council looks at the various distribution models available to small-scale, local food producers.
    By Hugh Merwin
  27. Strange Phenomena
    On Frank Ocean, Channel Orange, and Taste SynesthesiaTurns out people can taste words and see food — and we’re jealous!
    By Alan Sytsma
  28. Sweet News
    Dr. Oz Pushes for a High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup-Free AmericaThe TV doctor resorts to Reagan-era scare tactics to inform people of the sweeteners.
    By Collin Keefe
  29. Studies
    Americans’ Big, Fat Appetites Putting the Rest of the World at RiskThe United States, which makes up only 5 percent of Earth’s population, accounts for nearly a third of all the word’s weight.
    By Collin Keefe
  30. Studies
    Get Less Sleep, Crave More DoughnutsNew studies say sleep-deprived people can’t make healthy food choices.
    By Alan Sytsma
  31. Studies
    Bedbugs Would Prefer It If You Would Lay Off the SauceThey’re really not into boozy blood.
    By Jenny Miller
  32. Studies
    Super Foods: Watermelons Can Save Your LifeA good way to wash down those burgers this summer.
    By Collin Keefe
  33. Studies
    Study Confirms That Organic-Food Lovers Are Self-Righteous JerksBut brownies make you nicer.
    By Jenny Miller
  34. Studies
    Fat People More Likely to Die in Car Crashes Than Skinny PeopleAs if diabetes, heart disease, impotence, and gout weren’t enough to worry about.
    By Collin Keefe
  35. Studies
    Newsflash: Rachael Ray Wields More Sway Than the World’s Best ChefsKeller, Achatz, and Redzepi can’t touch Ray-Ray.
    By Collin Keefe
  36. Experiments
    New Report: Yogurt Gives Mice Big Balls, Lots of SwaggerJust think what it could do for you.
    By Kara Baskin
  37. Studies
    Yet Another Reason to Drink at WorkScience discovers drinking makes you smarter!
    By Alan Sytsma
  38. Studies
    Researcher: Food Is More Addictive Than Crack CocaineGreat, one more reason to go to rehab.
    By Kara Baskin
  39. Studies
    Study Shows Philly Is Pennsylvania’s Unhealthiest CountyEating bad food is only one piece of the puzzle.
    By Collin Keefe
  40. Mediavore
    Hershey and CDC Discover the Benefits of Chocolate; Wendy’s Unseats BurgerPlus: Andrew Zimmern wants us all to eat more donkey; and Campbell’s Soup teaches kids how to make kale pizza, all in our morning news roundup.
  41. Studies
    ‘Mars Mission’ Looking for Food LoversTwo universities want to study food consumption … on the red planet.
    By Alan Sytsma
  42. Studies
    Study: Restaurants Treat Female Employees Even Worse Than They Treat DudeAs grueling as the work may be, it’s even worse for women.
    By Collin Keefe
  43. Mediavore
    El Wingador Goes Back Into Retirement; Most Fun Foods Are Bad For DigestionPlus: Puerto Rico plans to kill iguanas and export their meat; and friends that eat together put on the pounds together, all in our morning news roundup.
  44. Mediavore
    Politicians Line Up to Blast Corbett Over Food Stamp Assets Tests; Don’tPlus: USDA’s gardeners’ guide shows warm zones have drifted North; and Burger King’s latest concoction packs more than 1,000 calories, all in our morning news roundup.
  45. Studies
    Pork: Your New ‘Nasal Tampon’Maybe it’s a red meat after all.
    By Kara Baskin
  46. Oeno-File
    We May Soon Have a ‘Sobriety Pill’; EU Grudgingly Accepts WhiteAlso: one red-wine-loving researcher has been found out as a fraud, and more, all in our weekly wine-news roundup.
    By Jay Barmann
  47. Mediavore
    Research Shows Soda Taxes Can Save Lives; Sushi Makes Men for FertilePlus: Quizno’s expands to the Philippines; and Food Lion will close more than 100 stores nationwide, all in our morning news roundup.
  48. Normal People
    American Refrigerators Overflowing With Eggs, Cheddar, and Soy SauceUgly American or average fridge?
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  49. Booze You Can’t Use
    New Study: Drinking Sometimes Leads to Ill-Advised Sex-HavingHint: Stop at five drinks at the holiday open bar.
    By Kara Baskin
  50. Trends
    The Rich Still Dining Out; the 99 Percent, Not So MuchFine dining booms while the rest of the restaurant industry suffers.
    By Jay Barmann
Load More