This month, I’ve been reporting on the tough choices faced by pregnant women managing chronic diseases: Do they treat their symptoms (whether that’s physical pain or mental instability) even if it means accruing unknown risks for their babies? Or do …
I’m very thrilled to have the cover story in Scientific American‘s brilliant May issue, which is devoted to reproductive health issues. If you’re a newer reader of my work, you may think I’m all about food, but really, …
If you’re a regular podcast listener, you know that my co-host Amy and I have a favorite mantra: #FeedYourselfFirst. We started texting this to each other when we were both in the early days of new parenthood. Because we were …
The Facebook 10 Year Challenge appeared sometime last week, without any formal announcement or reason, as these things do. Our social media feeds simply began accumulating pairs of profile pictures, one at least ten years old, one brand new, accompanied …
Well, technically this is last October me, but other than not always having such a nice blow-out, nothing much has changed for me. The baby, on the other hand, is learning to talk. In case you’re new around here, I …
As I’ve been traveling around for the past month, talking about The Eating Instinct with different audiences, one question keeps coming up: But what about sugar?
I’m encouraged by how many people get that dieting doesn’t work. They get …
As I write this story, my 4-year-old’s preschool has been closed for two days due to a snowstorm. So she’s home on a weekday, along with her baby sister. But I’m squirreled away in our home office, typing furiously, …
There are some excellent food reads out there right now, so a round-up post seemed in order.
The Carnivore Diet is the Latest Fad to Ignore that Food Does More Than Just Feed Us. Oh man, everything about …
It was one of those Wednesdays. My older daughter had a doctor’s appointment right after school and then we were racing to sneak in a haircut before dinner. The baby was along for the ride; my husband was commuting back …
The restaurant in southeastern Virginia is the kind of place that makes its own fresh-squeezed juices and has kale on the menu in three different places. The waiter lets diners know that any grain dish can be made gluten-free. As …
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
