More evidence the public health nannies have been lying to us for decades.
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Category: Food, Beverages & Diet
FLASHBACK: Fear of Margarine — The Trans Fat Myth
The FDA finally banned trans fats in processed foods yesterday. Here is my original 1999 takedown of the junk science behind the trans fat scare.
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Study: Researchers challenge claims that sugar industry shifted blame to fat
Claim: Drinking soda, fruit juice hurts memory
The junk science-fueled war against soda continues.
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Claim: Diet soda causes dementia
Claim: Trans fat bans reducing heart attacks
Q: How do you know when trans fats researchers are lying?
A: They publish papers like this one.
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Fish oil-heart disease con exposed (again)
I featured the fish oil con in my 2001 book “Junk Science Judo: Self-Defense Against Health Scares and Scams.”
Claim: Unhealthy diets linked to more than 400,000 cardiovascular deaths
Junk science kills. Not food.
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Claim: Sodium intake high, rising among people with high blood pressure
The dietary salt scare rolls on despite reality.
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Claim: Lack of fruits & vegetables causes millions of years of life to be lost
Claim: Soy food consumption linked to prolonged survival in some breast cancer patients
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.
Food nanny nonsense: Calorie restriction lets monkeys live long and prosper
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.
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