I had really bad gut issues when I was younger. I was crying every day, and it felt like all the foods I ate were destroying my body. Doctors diagnosed me with I.B.S. but told me there wasn't much they could do.
I love Trump. He's a great guy. I'm not really so politically I think in the future, you won't see me campaign. You won't see me actively involved in politics. I don't want to be it. I think it's a dirty game.
You may have heard that organic vegetables are right-wing now. That raw milk is the gateway to MAGA. That supplements are for fascists. You may be unsure just how this happened. It seems like only yesterday that vegetables were for hippies; that eco-communists-not MAHA momfluencers-were spreading the good word of pesticide-free potatoes.
Means is President Trump's controversial nominee for surgeon general, a role often described as the "nation's doctor." It entails being America's foremost spokesperson on public health, as well as educating the public using the best scientific information available. You're probably most familiar with the surgeon general's warning on cigarette packs and alcohol labels.
Most of the carbohydrates in these foods - as well as most of the calories - come from starch, of which there are two types: hard-to-digest amylose and easily digested amylopectin. The latter is processed quickly and spikes blood sugar. The former is processed slowly and moderates blood sugar.
Featuring a menu brimming with black bean and avocado-forward foods, Taco Bell has always been a frontrunner among the best fast food chains for vegetarians, but its animal protein-based dishes are particularly rich in fiber, too. For example, at minimum, menu items like the chicken soft taco have at least one gram of fiber. The dish with the highest amount of fiber, the beef nachos bell grande, has about 13 grams.
When we say we want to lose weight, we typically mean shedding fat but not muscle. Muscle helps us to look "toned" and supports our metabolism. To lose fat without losing muscle, eat enough protein and strength train regularly, two top trainers said. If you want to lose fat without losing muscle, there are three things you need to know.
Food trends for 2026 include sweet-and-spicy flavors, as well as bite-sized menu items. Cabbage and Indian food are gaining popularity on fast-casual and restaurant menus. Value meals and nostalgic foods, such as chicken tenders, remain important for fast-food chains. The new year brings a fresh crop of food trends, from sweet-and-spicy sauces to the hottest new vegetable hitting menus. We looked at trend reports from Tastewise, Pinterest, Yelp, and more to identify nine of the biggest food trends you can expect to see in 2026.
Diet culture norms have led to a multibillion-dollar industry promoting diets that each come with their own set of rules, with each claiming it's the only way to be healthy or lose weight. When access to nutrition information is at an all-time high online, people are often left digging through conflicting information when trying to figure out what to eat or what a healthy diet look likes.
In a recent appearance on the Katie Miller Podcast - hosted by the wife of Stephen Miller, who currently serves as homeland security advisor to the White House - Kennedy expressed astonishment that the president is even alive. "He eats really bad food," the health secretary dished. "Which is McDonald's, and, you know, candy and Diet Coke. But he drinks Diet Coke at all times. He has the constitution of a deity - I don't know how he's alive, but he is."
Well, there are also new alcohol guidelines to go along with it. The new guidelines remove the previous recommendation that men limit their alcohol intake to two drinks or less per day and women to one or less. Now, the guideline simply advises, "Limit alcohol consumption for better overall health."
Nutrition researcher Kevin Hall is both a committed scientist and a realist. He knows: it's pretty near-impossible for us to avoid ultra-processed foods entirely, given the food environment we live in. Hall has studied diet and metabolism for years. He spearheaded some of the biggest and most influential studies upending long-held nutrition dogmas in his lab at the National Institutes of Health, until he stepped down last year.
Trump also proposed to stop "sending big insurance companies billions in extra taxpayer-funded subsidy payments" and instead send the money directly to eligible Americans through their health savings account so they can purchase their own health insurance, according to a fact sheet. The plan would fund a cost-sharing reduction program for health plans and end kickbacks from pharmacy benefit managers to brokerage middlemen as well.
What they're saying: "The market has gotten comfortable, maybe naively," Trevor Slaven, global head of asset allocation at Barings, tells Axios, adding that investors seem to think 70% of Trump's policies are "just bluster." The other 30% is when Trump takes steps toward a more "aggressive approach" only to walk that back after getting checked by either the market or other advisors, Slaven says.
Grok's placement on the government website realfood.gov follows uproar over the chatbot's creation of millions of sexualized deepfakes of women and children in late December and its spouting of racist and antisemitic content last summer. Other government agencies are also using the chatbot made by xAI, Musk's AI company, but the prominent placement of Grok on realfood.gov over the weekend appears to be one of the first instances of the federal government pointing online visitors to Musk's chatbot.