Emily Monaco is a food and culture writer based in Paris. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Vice, and EatingWell, among others. You can find her on Twitter @Emily_in_France and on Instagram @Emily_in_France.
Good Catch, a plant-based tuna alternative, became available to consumers at Whole Foods and Thrive Market as of Wednesday. The product has been in development for two years, during which the co-founders spent time seeking to replicate the texture and flavor of tuna, but not the ...read more
California Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian announced proposed legislation last week that would provide financial incentives for public schools to offer plant-based meals and milk. AB 479, also known as the Healthy Climate-Friendly School Lunch Act, would also provide support for ...read more
Late last year, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service quietly reclassified the product known as “lean finely textured beef” or, more frequently since ABC News' 2012 exposé on the American beef industry, as “pink slime.” This product can now be sold simply as ground beef. ...read more
What do you get when you cross a vegan with a paleo dieter? No, this isn't the beginning of a bad joke. Rather, it's what bestselling author and functional medicine expert Dr. Mark Hyman asked himself in creating his "pegan" diet, a combination of the best of what paleo and ...read more
Ultraprocessed foods likely contribute to earlier mortality, according to a new study from France. Researchers found that with every 10 percent increase in an individual's intake of ultraprocessed food, his or her risk of early death also increased by 14 percent. The NOVA food ...read more
The FDA has posted 12 warning letters and five online advisory letters identifying 58 products that illegally claim to prevent, treat, or cure Alzheimer’s disease and other health conditions. These products have not been reviewed by the FDA and, the Agency notes, could be ...read more
We’ve all heart the old adage, "You are what you eat," but more and more, conventional medical professionals are encouraging people to actively turn to diet as a way to prevent disease and improve their health and wellbeing. Eating more whole foods – and more plants – is a great ...read more
Pope Francis has been offered a $1 million donation to the charity of his choice if he commits to eating a vegan diet for Lent. The challenge, first set in a letter to the Pontiff penned by 12-year-old Genesis Butler, is meant to encourage Catholics to cut animal products out of ...read more
Sleep deprivation has reached public health epidemic status – literally. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that roughly a third of Americans aren’t getting enough sleep, contributing to a host of other health and lifestyle issues, including weight gain, anxiety, ...read more
A new lawsuit claims that Monsanto violated antitrust laws when it introduced its dicamba-resistant GMO soybean seeds, marketed under trade name Xtend, to the marketplace in 2016. Over the past three years, the soybeans have taken over between 60 and 75 percent of the American ...read more
Country music star Willie Nelson has launched a hemp-infused coffee called “Willie’s Remedy.” The Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and long-time marijuana advocate announced the new product on Monday. Each eight-ounce cup of Willie's Remedy coffee contains seven milligrams of ...read more
Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association’s annual report, Heart and Stroke Statistics. The report, published Thursday in the medical journal Circulation, showed that 48 percent of Americans – nearly 121.5 ...read more
Ever had butterflies in your stomach or a vague feeling of nausea when you knew that something just wasn’t right? It’s no coincidence that the feelings we have in our head often manifest in our gut: they're actually evidence of the gut-brain axis, a theory taking root in modern ...read more
A record 250,000 people signed up for this year's Veganuary, a campaign that encourages people to try a plant-based diet for the month of January. Organizers say that the number of pledges for 2019 exceeded those in the previous four years combined. “With a quarter of a million ...read more
Nearly half of Americans who buy cow’s milk also buy plant-based milk, according to a new survey commissioned by Dairy Management, Inc. and conducted by global market research firm IPSOS. Of the 2,006 adults surveyed, 48 percent reported buying both dairy- and plant-based milk ...read more
Wings, sliders, and delivery pizza have long been the go-tos of game day festivities, but there's no reason your love of healthful, delicious food needs to get sidelined on the big day. Inventive plant-based and low-carb recipes designed to feed a crowd are the perfect way to ...read more
A recently published study in Nature Human Behavior has found that those who most strongly oppose GMOs -- genetically modified organisms -- tend to be those who know the least about them. The study was based on the survey responses of 2,500 randomly selected adults in Germany, ...read more
Seaweed was recently highlighted as a top food trend for 2019 by Whole Foods, and it’s not hard to see why. Sea vegetables are full of anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial benefits, not to mention tons of great flavor. With a plethora of seaweed recipes and snacks suddenly ...read more
Premiums on organic food and beverages are falling in the United States, according to recent market research. A new report from Nielsen shows that the average markup on organic products decreased from 27 cents per unit in 2014 to 24 cents per unit in 2017. Falling prices for ...read more
The Key West Commission has taken steps to ban the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, two ingredients that could be harmful to coral reefs. Studies have shown that these chemicals cause coral bleaching and damage and may even contribute to coral death. The ...read more