Food Capsules

A single 1968 letter to a medical journal helped launch fifty years of fear about MSG. The views clash over whether the panic was a baseless mistake, a product of anti-Asian bias, or a warning about real health risks that science has yet to close. Trace how the scare spread and decide for yourself what belongs in your food.

Paying extra for organic rests on health claims the evidence struggles to settle. The views split over how reliable pesticide residue data is, whether exposure during critical developmental windows changes the risk picture, and whether the studies behind the claims hold up to scrutiny. Decide how much of the premium is protection and how much is faith.