Home Food News and Trends This Week's Top Stories On Food Science & Healthy Eating, Vol.2 This Week's Top Stories On Food Science & Healthy Eating, Vol.2 March 13, 2015 Advertisement Pin FB Share Tweet Email Send Text Message Print Round 'em up! It's this week in the science of healthy eating. A cool infographic shows microbes at work in the gut. Here's how our body clocks affect our health and waistlines. A new study associates a vegetarian diet with a lower risk of colon cancer. The microbiome may lead to a new class of "psychobiotics" that treat mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Time for a clear-eyed reading of the science on fats in our diets. Going without sleep depletes compounds involved in metabolism. You can eat this tiny, 3-D printed garden. Some scientists think a "clean, old and 'healthy'" microbiome is the key to modern-day health. A committee of scientists says 3-to-5 cups of coffee a day won't hurt. Just go easy on the sugar and cream. Check out last week's top stories on food science and healthy eating.