Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

Drum roll please… Continue reading Targeted: Top 10 Brands for Underage Drinking

Mango Cremes — yum! CSPI — yuck Continue reading Food Police attack Girl Scouts over cookies vitamin claims

The horror: “People given large bowls served themselves 31 percent more.” Continue reading Nanny-preneur Michael Seo: ‘Portion Distortion’ – Why the Soda Ban Makes Sense

“A San Antonio lawmaker wants to add a penny per ounce tax on sugary drinks like soda. He says the money would then help fund public education and promote a healthier lifestyle.” Continue reading Texas lawmaker Joe Farias proposes to tax soft drinks by the ounce

Diet soda drinkers are probably already at greater risk of diabetes — that’s why they’re drinking diet soda. Continue reading Study: Diet sodas cause diabetes

Current nutritional labeling is a fraud. Continue reading FDA proposes to extend food labeling (libeling?) rules to supermarkets

Beware of nanny-staters bearing statistics. Continue reading Nanny State: Sharp drop in drink deaths follows alcohol price rise

The tax may kill 80,000 jobs and (we might add) not produce any health benefits whatsoever. Continue reading Report: Indonesian soda tax would cost gov’t revenues, kill jobs

The diet-heart hypothesis gets another body check. Continue reading Oops: PUFAs may actually increase risk of death in patients with heart disease

We don’t recommend that you drive or operate heavy machinery after consuming 4 drinks in 10 minutes — regardless whether the mixer is diet or regular. Continue reading Alcohol and diet soda may be a bad mix

Uh… did anyone ask whether he brushed his teeth? Continue reading Claim: Soft-drink addiction caused Australia man, 25, to lose teeth, get blood poisoning