From the British Medical Journal: the horrifically effective chewing gum diet.

Taco Bell and Oklahoma City have formed an unlikely partnership to … wait for it … battle obesity.

The common curry ingredient may have more health benefits than you ever suspected.

Raw foodists believe that uncooked foods are healthier because beneficial enzymes are destroyed by cooking. New research shows those claims are half-baked at best.

This just in: You can eat fast food and still lose weight! It may be nonnews to most people, but to a drive-through-loving Slashfood blogger, the idea is a revelation.

A new diet pill promises weight loss through expansion.

A Straight Dope unlocks the reason why pot gives you the munchies.

Turns out your intestines have taste buds … and they like sugar.

Researchers find that two recent hypotheses about food and health just don’t stand up.

Breakfast ascends further into the firmament, thanks to a hot new probreakfast study.

There can be a fine line between enjoying wine and enjoying it too much.

Can we stick to our diets? Not really.

The bloggers at The Food Museum ruffled a few feathers yesterday with a snarky post about obesity rates in the U.S. that puts the responsibility for overweight squarely onto eaters’ shoulders.

ElasticWaist.com drops f-bombs like nobody’s business and seeks a healthy relationship with food.

I agree. Weight loss, granola testing..ok, but these issues have left those of us actually reading the slog sidelined.