The study of diet, long plagued by inaccuracies in self reports, is entering a new age of precision with the methods of metabolomics.

Nutrition researchers are beginning to use metabolomics to determine how healthy subjects’ diets are, and even to reveal specific properties of the foods they eat.

NASA’s vegetable production system, known as Veggie, may help pave the way for more sophisticated systems that could supplement astronauts’ diets during long trips to space.

Men had better fat-burning results when they had breakfast after cycling instead of beforehand.

Services promising scientifically tailored supplements or advice abound. Experts say their claims are largely unfounded, although some solid evidence is beginning to emerge.

Mycale grandis teams up with microbes housed inside it to gather nutrients.

The Purdue University nutrition researcher delves into the details of how fat tissue affects tumors.

Calories aren’t enough to correct malnourishment, but eating foods that spur specific microbes to grow in the gut can.

Bonobos eat their aquatic greens, perhaps to get their daily dose of iodine.