The junk science-fueled war against soda continues.
Continue reading Claim: Drinking soda, fruit juice hurts memory
The junk science-fueled war against soda continues.
Continue reading Claim: Drinking soda, fruit juice hurts memory
This is crazy. Really.
Q: How do you know when trans fats researchers are lying?
A: They publish papers like this one.
Continue reading Claim: Trans fat bans reducing heart attacks
I featured the fish oil con in my 2001 book “Junk Science Judo: Self-Defense Against Health Scares and Scams.”
Junk science kills. Not food.
Continue reading Claim: Unhealthy diets linked to more than 400,000 cardiovascular deaths
The dietary salt scare rolls on despite reality.
Continue reading Claim: Sodium intake high, rising among people with high blood pressure
There is no such thing as magical food. Vegetarian breast cancer victim Linda McCartney is a case in point for this sort of junk science.
Here’s the problem: “This new insight appears to be particularly important in primates and likely is translatable to humans.”
IMAGE: A 2009 IMAGE OF RHESUS MONKEYS IN A LANDMARK STUDY OF THE BENEFITS OF CALORIC RESTRICTION. THE THEN 27-YEAR-OLD MONKEY ON THE LEFT WAS GIVEN A DIET WITH FEWER CALORIES.
Continue reading Food nanny nonsense: Calorie restriction lets monkeys live long and prosper
Feeding the false dichotomy of “healthy” food versus “unhealthy” food.
Continue reading Claim: Nutritional quality of kids’ menus at chain restaurants not improving
This study is a weiner — and not the good kind.
Odd… an accompanying editorial criticizes not the study’s science… but the funding of the study.
Continue reading Study: Daily sugar intake guidelines are based on low quality evidence