Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

The diet-heart hypothesis just won’t die. Continue reading Magical Food: Mediterranean Diet Shown to Ward Off Heart Attack and Stroke

“Typically, a pizzeria charges $3 for a 2-liter bottle of Coke. But under the ban, customers would have to buy six 12-ounce cans at a total cost of $7.50 to get an equivalent amount of soda.” Continue reading Bloomberg would ban 2-liter sodas with pizza delivery

“But the largest weight-inducing food was the potato chip. Continue reading NYTimes: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

Reminds me of the “progress” reports on Stalin’s five-year plans. Continue reading White House Credits ‘Let’s Move’ for Halting and Reversing Childhood Obesity Trend

Sugar should be a “controlled substance”? Keep raving Mark Bittman! Continue reading NYTimes Food Nanny Slams Obama Surgeon General for NOT Tobacco-izing Sugar

Just an Internet rumor. Continue reading ‘Is diet soda making you sad? New study says yes’ — but there’s no actual study!

“Take another sip of that Diet Coke – a new study suggests diet soda drinkers don’t eat any more sugary or fatty foods than people who stick with water instead.” Continue reading Study: Diet Drinks Won’t Boost Your Appetite

“A large study of nearly half a million older adults followed for about 12 years revealed a clear trend: As coffee drinking increased, the risk of death decreased.” Continue reading Magical Food: Coffee decreases risk of death

“There is no evidence that low levels of drinking during pregnancy are harmful, and to say so risks stigmatising responsible drinkers.” Continue reading Advising pregnant women to drink no alcohol is counterproductive

The Food Police have been pushing this junk for almost 40 years, but no joy. This study doesn’t cut it either. A complex health outcome — e.g., birth weight — cannot be studied with unreliable, self-reported and/or partial data. Continue reading Claim: Caffeine linked to low birth weight babies

“Dieters who eat high-fibre foods consume more calories than they think because retailers’ calorie count system is out of date.” Continue reading UK: Food retailers underestimating calorie content of some foods, scientists say

But “the Public Health Department is still unsure whether such a regulation is prudent.” Continue reading Cambridge, Mass considering Bloomberg-style soda ban