Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

In a paean to Walter Willett, the Boston Globe reports: Continue reading Wife of food nanny Walter Willett complains of his nannying her about eating red meat ‘a couple times a year’

Discover Magazine reports: Continue reading Study: Iodized salt raised IQs of WWII recruits

The UK Salt Association stated today: Continue reading UK Salt Assoc: Government salt reduction strategy is misleading and potentially dangerous

PolicyMic reports: Continue reading Anthony Weiner calls Bloomberg soda ban ‘small-minded’

The Idaho State Journal reports: Continue reading Following salt nanny advice dangerous in hot weather

Politicker reports: Continue reading Nanny Bloomberg to force workers to take the stairs

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports: Continue reading Kansas county gets $930,000 from CDC to scare residents about salt

The Washington Times reports: Continue reading Indiana school district loses $300K because students refuse to buy first lady’s healthy meals

This is junk science because… Continue reading Claim: Obesity causes genetic changes that are passed on to offspring

Though I’m skeptical of the link with prostate cancer (weak statistical results), the important part of this study is… Continue reading Claim: Fish oil supplements increase prostate cancer risk

KFOR reports: Continue reading CDC admits long-standing error — there is no benefit in reducing salt