Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

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“Dieters who eat high-fibre foods consume more calories than they think because retailers’ calorie count system is out of date.”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

Wacky Walter Willett once said that soda is dangerous to keep at home. Continue reading ‘Health experts’ in bitter war on sugar

“The analysis did not pinpoint precisely how many of the 125,000 participants actually developed the disease.” Continue reading Study: ‘High-glycemic’ foods tied to diabetes risk

New York City mayor, Michael “Regulate the Pain Away” Bloomberg, is expected to propose a sweeping ban on plastic foam food packaging that immortal scourge of the 20th-century. Continue reading The Atlantic: Michael Bloomberg Is Coming for Your Coffee Cup

Routine supplementation of vitamin C in the general population is not justified for the prevention of colds. But athletes may benefit. Continue reading Cochrane: Routine Vitamin C effective in preventing common cold — in athletes