Canada and Mexico, the leading beef exporters to the U.S., claim it is uncalled for and a form of protectionism. Continue reading Meat labels will include where animal was born and slaughtered, irking Canada and Mexico
Category: Food, Beverages & Diet
FoodBabe fails to sway Kraft on yellow dye in Mac & Cheese
Kraft shrugs its shoulders to her baseless allegations that carcinogenic dyes are causing hyperactivity in children. Continue reading FoodBabe fails to sway Kraft on yellow dye in Mac & Cheese
Magical Food: Eating fish associated with lower risk of dying among older adults
Even if the statistical association is true (and it is weak), this is probably a socio-economic effect. Continue reading Magical Food: Eating fish associated with lower risk of dying among older adults
FoodBabe petitions Kraft to remove yellow dyes from mac-n-cheese; No scientific evidence of harm, though
Claim “petroelum-based food dyes in children’s food” cause hyperactivity. Continue reading FoodBabe petitions Kraft to remove yellow dyes from mac-n-cheese; No scientific evidence of harm, though
FDA to make green a protected color on candy bar labels?
Enviros claim “green labels on candy bars are designed to trick you.” Continue reading FDA to make green a protected color on candy bar labels?
Video: Salt Guru debunks Heart Association ‘body count’ study
Check out the latest from the Salt Guru about the claim that 2.3 million die annually because of their dietary salt intake. Continue reading Video: Salt Guru debunks Heart Association ‘body count’ study
Study: Strong genetic component to childhood obesity
So how might a progressive like Mayor Bloomberg try to regulate the genetic component? (Hint: The answer starts with an “E”). Continue reading Study: Strong genetic component to childhood obesity
Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to ‘infringe on your freedom’
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them…” Continue reading Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to ‘infringe on your freedom’
Bowdoin Prof in NYTimes: ‘Three Cheers for the Nanny State’
Bowdoin College’s Sarah Conly, the author of “Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism,” says we are too stupid to know what’s good for us. Continue reading Bowdoin Prof in NYTimes: ‘Three Cheers for the Nanny State’
Crazy: Salon article calls ‘Big Soda’ a ‘mass killer’
Salon also hits soda makers for defending themselves from junk science. Continue reading Crazy: Salon article calls ‘Big Soda’ a ‘mass killer’
Five Guys’ cheeseburgers aren’t killing anyone
NYTimes writer Timothy Egan spotlights what he doesn’t know about diet and health. The diet-heart hypothesis was debunked long ago. No doubt Egan missed that development because he was working within the NYTimes’ anti-science force field. Continue reading Five Guys’ cheeseburgers aren’t killing anyone
Bill Gates wants you to give up meat because of global warming and ‘brutal’ farms where animals ‘suffer needlessly’
Bill Gates = Thomas Malthus + Igrid Newkirk. Continue reading Bill Gates wants you to give up meat because of global warming and ‘brutal’ farms where animals ‘suffer needlessly’