Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

Sugar Hysteria: ‘The most dangerous drug of the times’ — ‘Like alcohol, tobacco… use should be discouraged’

The Telegraph reports: Continue reading Sugar Hysteria: ‘The most dangerous drug of the times’ — ‘Like alcohol, tobacco… use should be discouraged’

Kooky food nanny Walter Willett: Ads for kids ‘exploitation, same as sweatshops’

But isn’t exploiting kids to advance the food nanny agenda also exploitation? Willett also slams capitalism. Continue reading Kooky food nanny Walter Willett: Ads for kids ‘exploitation, same as sweatshops’

Salt nannies admit no evidence for universal salt reduction — they just want a simple message

Martin Kurlansky writes in the New York Times: Continue reading Salt nannies admit no evidence for universal salt reduction — they just want a simple message

Study: More evidence low salt diet can kill — Low chloride level associated with mortality

“The results we see from this study are confounding against the knowledge that excess salt is a bad thing.” Continue reading Study: More evidence low salt diet can kill — Low chloride level associated with mortality

Greek yogurt maker Chobani issues recall — ‘No preservatives’ caused food poisoning

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: Continue reading Greek yogurt maker Chobani issues recall — ‘No preservatives’ caused food poisoning

Population-wide salt reduction makes no sense, according to latest worldwide clinical trial

… and the effect of salt reduction in the salt-sensitive isn’t really anything to write home about. Continue reading Population-wide salt reduction makes no sense, according to latest worldwide clinical trial