The past year in foods, nutrition, medicine, and health brought us extremes. There were exciting, almost magical advances in applied biology and food technology, yet there continued to be fundamental and widespread misunderstanding and oversimplification in many Americans’ pursuit of well-being.
• Looking Back. Last year was a year of good science and outrageous myth. Reducing risk and preventing illness were and continue to be two important objectives within the health care system. These objecti…