Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

Yesterday’s Institute of Medicine report exposing the lack of evidence behind calls to reduce sodium intake has dumbfounded the activists into silence. Continue reading Anti-salt activists silent in wake of major report debunking anti-salt campaign

How many people have suffered needlessly because of the junk science-based food nanny jihad against salt? Continue reading Institute of Medicine Panel Chairman: ‘Lowering sodium intake too much may actually increase a person’s risk of some health problems’

Only a very small percentage of driving fatalities (maybe around 1.5% at most) occur among those with blood alcohol content between .05 and .08. It seems that scarce public resources could best be used elsewhere. Continue reading Anti-alcohol extremists move to lower driving limit from .08 to .05 — MADD crusade runs into law of diminishing returns

“Measuring the ratio of someone’s waist to their height is a better way of predicting their life expectancy than body mass index (BMI), the method widely used by doctors when judging overall health and risk of disease, researchers said.” Continue reading Study: Waist to height ratio ‘more accurate than BMI’

A very bad day for salt nannies continues. Continue reading Medical expert on IOM salt report: ‘Earth-shattering,’ ‘Changed the paradigm’

What can one expect? The Center for Science in the Public Interest has been attacking dietary salt since its inception in the 1970s. Continue reading Food Police join dead-enders on salt: “It would be a shame if this [expert] report convinced people that salt doesn’t matter”

“In a report that undercuts years of public health warnings, a prestigious group convened by the government says there is no good reason based on health outcomes for many Americans to drive their sodium consumption down to the very low levels recommended in national dietary guidelines.” Continue reading Bad Day for Salt Nannies: NYTimes headline — ‘No Benefit in Sharply Restricting Salt, Panel Finds’

“An unusual medical brawl erupted on Tuesday when the influential Institute of Medicine issued a report questioning the basis of years of advice for Americans to cut their salt intake in half.” Continue reading NBC: Heart Association, Institute of Medicine disagreement over dietary salt an ‘unusual medical brawl’

An expert committee of the National Institute of Medicine concluded today that there is no evidence supporting drastic reductions in dietary salt intake. But the dead-enders at the American heart Association don’t care. Continue reading Junk Science Dead-Ender: American Heart Association vows to defy new salt report

Keep sharp objects away from food nannies today! Devastating for 1500 mg/day nanny recommendation. Continue reading Food Nanny Earthquake: Institute of Medicine admits no evidence for reducing sodium intake below 2300 mg/day

“Many Americans worry needlessly about their salt intake because national sodium guidelines are too strict, a Creighton University scientist said Monday.” Continue reading No need to stress out over salt; guidelines too strict, Creighton University prof says

So it wouldn’t be “corporate power” if Michael Jacobson’s Center for Science in the Public Interest was successful in pressuring the FDA to make food taste worse? Continue reading Food Police chief says ‘corporate power’ stops FDA from banning salt, sugar, fat; Guess what — CSPI is a $17 million ‘corporation’!