Health Capsules

4 capsules

Sugar, Fat, and the Politics of Nutrition

Sugar, Fat, and the Politics of Nutrition

Sugar, fat, and public health have been shaped not only by science, but by industry funding, political pressure, and shifting policy priorities. This account examines how blame moved through nutrition debates, how research and regulation were influenced, and how to assess dietary advice with a clearer view of the interests behind it.

Sugar industry · 66 stops · ~132 minFree
Breakfast and Health: Marketing, Metabolism, and Personal Routine

Breakfast and Health: Marketing, Metabolism, and Personal Routine

Breakfast sits at the intersection of nutrition science, food marketing, metabolism, and daily habit. This overview explains how claims about the first meal of the day developed, what research suggests about skipping or eating breakfast, and why individual routines, energy needs, and health goals matter. Readers will be better equipped to evaluate breakfast advice and make deliberate choices that fit their own bodies and mornings.

Breakfast · 77 stops · ~154 minFree
A Practical Handbook to Eggs and Heart Health

A Practical Handbook to Eggs and Heart Health

Egg advice has flipped so many times that most people no longer know what's safe. These approaches range from limiting eggs over cholesterol to blaming saturated fat instead, questioning the studies themselves, or judging eggs by the whole diet around them. Sorting the differences tells you how eggs fit your own heart health picture.

Eggs · 79 stops · ~158 minFree
Ultra-Processed Foods: Classification, Nutrition, and Public Health Tradeoffs

Ultra-Processed Foods: Classification, Nutrition, and Public Health Tradeoffs

Ultra-processed has become shorthand for bad, but the label lumps fortified staples in with junk food. These claims challenge the panic from different angles: flaws in the NOVA classification, media oversimplification, and cases where processing genuinely adds nutrition. Reading them equips you to judge food quality past the buzzword.

Ultra-processed foods · 69 stops · ~138 minFree