r365 Research What we learned, shared and sourced. https://regional365.com/research/ 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z r365 Why We Still Don't Know What to Feed Half the Population — and What Honest Nutrition Does About It https://regional365.com/research/the-womens-health-research-gap/ 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z Women's health is under-studied, and menstrual-cycle nutrition is a case study in the gap. Here's what the evidence actually says, what the 'cycle syncing' industry overpromises, and why building for women's health honestly matters. The Knowledge Outlived the Engine — How a Discontinued Project Became Two, and Then One Brain https://regional365.com/research/two-engines-one-brain/ 2026-07-09T00:00:00Z A recipe optimizer that never actually cooked was shut down — but its knowledge didn't die. It forked into two engines, a nutrition one and a flavor one, built on the same substrate and the same rule: cite everything, guess nothing. This is how they came to be, and how they rejoined into one honest map of what we know. Local, Seasonal, or Plant-Based? What the Lifecycle Data Actually Says About Your Greenest Plate https://regional365.com/research/greenest-plate/ 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z Most people believe 'food miles' are what make a meal green. The lifecycle data says the opposite — what you eat swamps how far it travelled, and a heated local tomato can be worse than an imported one. Here's what actually moves the needle, and where the honest answer is 'it's complicated.' Your Tongue Is Being Lied To — And It's Delicious: The Real Reason Chili Burns, Mint Chills, and Sichuan Pepper Buzzes https://regional365.com/research/your-tongue-is-being-lied-to/ 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z The heat of chili, the cool of mint, and the buzz of Sichuan pepper are not tastes and not smells. They're your pain-and-temperature system being hijacked by molecules — a whole third chemical sense most people have never heard of. Here's the settled science, and the one part nobody has solved. The Pill Emptied Your Tank. Here's What the Evidence Says to Refill — and What It Doesn't. https://regional365.com/research/the-pill-emptied-your-tank/ 2026-07-10T00:00:00Z Hormonal birth control is one of the most-used medicines on earth, and it quietly shifts your micronutrient status. But the evidence that it *depletes* is much stronger than the evidence that *replacing* helps. Here's the honest line between the two — and why it matters most if you're coming off the pill.