Today, the Trump administration announced plans to roll back measures that mandated a certain amount of vegetables and fruits in the meals provided by schools to students. According to the Agriculture Secretary, he claims the new proposal will allow schools, "common-sense flexibility" to give students "nutritious and appetizing meals". What is the implication here? That the mandate, to include more vegetables and fruits resulted in less nutritious or appetizing meals? Of course, the changes are veiled under the pretense that "schools and school districts continue to tell us...

According to a new study by the National Institute for Health, processed foods (as we've long suspected) cause you to eat more than less-processed foods with equal amounts of calories and nutrition. The study enrolled 20 people whose weight had been stable. This is important because any changes during the study would correlate to the impact of the study on the person's body. The study created two diets, a processed-food diet and a non-processed-food diet. Both diets were similar in the amount of calories, protein, sugar, fiber, etc....