Joining “Super Size Me” and “The Future of Food” in the fast-sprouting subgenre of we-are-what-we-eat documentaries, “King Corn” follows two young Yale grads, Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney, on a journey ...

Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, according to a team of researchers who said ...

Corn and flour tortillas are versatile staples used in everything from burritos and tacos to wraps and quesadillas. While both can fit into a healthy diet, these tortillas differ significantly in ...

In his encyclopedic tome Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), the Oxford don Robert Burton (1577-1640) wrote a great deal about how diet could have an impact on mental health. A sufferer of melancholia ...

Grains are a staple in most traditional diets, but a growing number of people are cutting out this food group. Some do so because of allergies or intolerances, while others opt for a grain-free diet ...

You'll be all ears: A doctor decided to eat corn every day and discovered some nutrition surprises (and a drawback) to this ...