Introducing HuffPost Food

The Huffington Post has added a Food channel to its lineup of hot topics.

All things food are discussed by the leading experts in areas such as food business, nutrition, food art, politics and more.

Food news and opinion drives much debate and is involved in everything from insurance issues to public policy and taxation.

Frank Sesno Planet Forward

Books, video and articles keep you on top of the most timely food info and how it effects your life.

Follow the Huffington Post Food Channel for the latest in Food News!

The battle for our health includes sugar!

Watch this video to see the role that sugar plays in disease and obesity.

Dr. Robert Lustig’s video, in which he argues that the current obesity epidemic is due to the marked increase in people’s consumption of fructose over the last 30 years. He also points out that fructose is toxic in large quantities, because it is metabolized in the liver in the same way as alcohol, which drives fat storage and makes the brain think it is hungry.

Study finds that FAT is the sixth “taste”.

Read this article to learn more about your tastebuds and how they influence your weight.

Those sensitive to fatty foods tend to eat less and weigh less.

Courtesy of the New York Times, December 30, 2009, just some of the exciting food news to usher in 2010!

New York Dinning News features gastronomic finds such as, THE POMMES ALIGOT AT MINETTA TAVERN and THE MAPLE BUDINO AT LOCANDA VERDE.

Sam Sifton knows how to make our mouths water!

The McNuggetini from the book This Is Why You’re Fat introduces us to a new low of debaucherous gluttoney!
How far will we go until someone says enough?