“So lighten up, already. We’re all for reducing obesity, reining in health care costs and prudent spending of taxpayer dollars. But we don’t think the government needs to micromanage the grocery shopping habits of its citizens.” Continue reading
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Chicago Tribune: ‘Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food’
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Study: A soda a day increases T2 diabetes risk by 22%
It is a mystery how these researchers can show that the specific 150 calories from daily cans of soda can cause diabetes. No doubt if all factors for type 2 diabetes were adequately accounted for, this claimed result would vanish. Continue reading
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Crazy: Salon article calls ‘Big Soda’ a ‘mass killer’
Salon also hits soda makers for defending themselves from junk science. Continue reading
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NYTimes Food Nanny: Soda a ‘disease vector’; Next to tobacco as largest cause of preventable death; 7-oz limit
Insanity: “If this is about freedom, it’s about the freedom of marketers to sell vectors of disease; we should all be in favor of restricting that freedom.” Continue reading
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Statistical Malpractice Claim: Soda kills 180,000 globally
But not a single study credibly links soda consumption with diabetes, heart disease or cancer … all are multifactorial diseases, the precise causes of which rarely can be medically determined due to lack of data, biological understanding and/or resources. Because of these shortcomings, Continue reading
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NY Daily News: Judge who ruled against Bloomberg soda ban is ‘no one’
The New York Daily News says that Judge Tingling had no right to overrule the New York City Board of Health. Continue reading
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Mississippi lawmakers pass ‘anti-Bloomberg bill,’ await governor’s signature
Mississippi on the verge of rejecting soda nannyism. Continue reading
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CNN Emptyhead Mika Brzezinski: Soda is ‘killing our children… liquid poison’
As bad as the CNN emptyhead who said the recent meteor was caused by global warming. Continue reading
Report: Americans drink more water than soda; Flip from 1998
Earth to Mayor Bloomberg. Come in, please. Continue reading
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NYU Nanny Nestle on Soda Ban Decision: ‘Corporate health 1, public health 0′
“Many years hence, people will look back and think it was crazy for sugar drinks to ever be served in 32- and 64-ounce pails.” Continue reading
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Harvard Nanny Walter Willet: Soda ‘is all harm, no nutritional value’
But calories are the most important and basic form of nutrition. You can live a lot longer without vitamins/minerals than you can without calories. Continue reading
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Victory: Judge Halts New York City Soda Ban
“A state judge on Monday stopped Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration from banning the sale of large sugary drinks at New York City restaurants and other venues, a major defeat for a mayor who has made public-health initiatives a cornerstone of his tenure.” Continue reading
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Bloomberg Soda Ban Absurdity: (Banned) 20oz. Coke vs. (non-banned) Venti Mocha Frappucino
Starbucks says it doesn’t have to comply with Mike Bloomberg’s sugary drink ban because its large drinks contain milk. But how much sugar? We report. You decide — whether Starbucks will be skirting the law. Continue reading
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Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Obesity is killing more than 5,000 New Yorkers each year’; Links deaths to soda consumption
Bloomberg ignores socio-economic status in blaming sugary drinks for deaths. Continue reading
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Starbucks to defy Bloomberg sugary drink ban
“Monday is the last day New Yorkers will be able to buy super-sized sugary drinks in New York City” — except for brave and defiant retailers. Continue reading
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Ban’ on large sugary drinks ‘in the country’s interest’
Bloomberg: “This year, for the first time in the history of the world, more will die from too much food than from too little food.” Continue reading
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Dairy industry petitions FDA to permit sweeteners in milk
Four years after receiving the petition, the FDA finally gets around to asking for public comment. Continue reading
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NYC soda ban takes effect soon; You can buy a 20 oz. beer, but not a 20 oz. soda!
The ban does not apply to alcoholic beverages… Continue reading
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Study: Diet Drinks Won’t Boost Your Appetite
“Take another sip of that Diet Coke – a new study suggests diet soda drinkers don’t eat any more sugary or fatty foods than people who stick with water instead.” Continue reading
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