Since there’s not a single study that shows consumption of salt is dangerous to healthy people, these epidummyologists have attempted to concoct a meta-analysis to prove their pre-determined point. They get a “Fail” because 0n=0. Continue reading Claim: Eating too much salt led to 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010
Category: Food, Beverages & Diet
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 NYTimes Food Nanny: Soda a ‘disease vector’; Next to tobacco as largest cause of preventable death; 7-oz limit
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 Statistical Malpractice Claim: Soda kills 180,000 globally
Claim: High-carb intake in infancy has lifelong effects, UB study finds
“Lifelong” — in rats, that is. Continue reading Claim: High-carb intake in infancy has lifelong effects, UB study finds
Activists Ratchet Up ‘Food Addiction’ Campaign
The use of inflammatory words such as “toxic,” “poison,” “manipulation,” “addictive,” and “inherently dangerous” signal the trial lawyers and state attorneys general are coming for the food industry. Continue reading Activists Ratchet Up ‘Food Addiction’ Campaign
Prof Tells Students to Lobby for Soda Bans to Get an ‘A’
“George Washington University prof John Banzhaf assigned his students some unusual homework this week:” Continue reading Prof Tells Students to Lobby for Soda Bans to Get an ‘A’
Striking Down Bloomberg’s Soda Ban: A Matter of Law, Not Activism
“… But everyone agrees the question properly before the court was not whether the judge agreed with the ban. It was instead whether the ban could pass muster under the relevant New York precedent…” Continue reading Striking Down Bloomberg’s Soda Ban: A Matter of Law, Not Activism
Magical Food: Does Greek coffee hold the key to a longer life?
Only 0.1% of Europeans live to be over 90, yet on the Greek island of Ikaria, the figure is 1%. Continue reading Magical Food: Does Greek coffee hold the key to a longer life?
Judas: Former Kraft exec says food industry conspired to make people eat more
Michael Mudd tries to curry favor with the forces of political correctness. Continue reading Judas: Former Kraft exec says food industry conspired to make people eat more
Putin out-nannies Bloomberg: Urges revival of Soviet-era fitness tests
At least Bloomberg declined to mandate exercise. Continue reading Putin out-nannies Bloomberg: Urges revival of Soviet-era fitness tests
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 NY Daily News: Judge who ruled against Bloomberg soda ban is ‘no one’
Mississippi lawmakers pass ‘anti-Bloomberg bill,’ await governor’s signature
Mississippi on the verge of rejecting soda nannyism. Continue reading Mississippi lawmakers pass ‘anti-Bloomberg bill,’ await governor’s signature