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
Category: Food, Beverages & Diet
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
CNN Emptyhead Mika Brzezinski: Soda is ‘killing our children… liquid poison’
As bad as the CNN emptyhead who said the recent meteor was caused by global warming. Continue reading CNN Emptyhead Mika Brzezinski: Soda is ‘killing our children… liquid poison’
Report: Americans drink more water than soda; Flip from 1998
Earth to Mayor Bloomberg. Come in, please. Continue reading Report: Americans drink more water than soda; Flip from 1998
NYU Nanny Nestle on Soda Ban Decision: ‘Corporate health 1, public health 0’
“Many years hence, people will look back and think it was crazy for sugar drinks to ever be served in 32- and 64-ounce pails.” Continue reading NYU Nanny Nestle on Soda Ban Decision: ‘Corporate health 1, public health 0’
Harvard Nanny Walter Willet: Soda ‘is all harm, no nutritional value’
But calories are the most important and basic form of nutrition. You can live a lot longer without vitamins/minerals than you can without calories. Continue reading Harvard Nanny Walter Willet: Soda ‘is all harm, no nutritional value’