In the scientific health world, you can do cutting-edge research or you can offer well established advice, but it’s challenging to do both. Personalised nutrition companies like Zoe try to ride both horses at the same time. On the one hand, Zoe is a research project, in the constant process of analysing its users’ data and looking for new insights. On the other, it is already giving users advice based on its work in progress.
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Being able to shop near your home can be good for the environment, the economy and a sense of community — all while boosting house prices. But how truly local are these businesses?
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A review of Ravenous by Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis and Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy by Anne Barnhill and Matteo Bonotti for the TLS (April 28, 2023) which explores the issues of food and public health.
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I contributed this chapter to the book Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future: Hope for Animals, Food Security and the Environment, edited by Philip Lymbery and Michel Vandenbosch. Despite the book's title, my chapter is quite sceptical. To the credit of the editors, they still included it.
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Why organic food is good, but not as god as many claim, plus latest news in the fortnightly Microphilosophy newsletter
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