Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

Even on rainy days. Continue reading Employees abandon USDA ‘healthy’ cafeteria food for Energy Dept. fried fare

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lashes out at the NAACP for opposing Bloomberg’s soda ban. One would think, however, that the right to consume what you want is a basic right. Continue reading Paper: ‘Soda industry lays waste to communities’

CSI-Fast Food? Continue reading Burger King To DNA Test Its Beef After Food Processor Used Horse Meat

Imagine begrudging poor people a little enjoyment. Continue reading South Carolina nannies want ban on food stamps for soda

Where would we be without fortified bread? Continue reading Marion Nestle: Vive le Nanny State!

Sweetened beverages are safe when used according to common sense. Continue reading Oxford Prof: Cap calories per volume of beverage

On Landing Strip One, GPs are to be forced to hand over confidential records on all their patients’ drinking habits, waist sizes and illnesses. Continue reading UK: Big brother to log your drinking habits and waist size as GPs are forced to hand over confidential records

Don’t let the WHO kill you with their advice. Continue reading WHO reduces dietary salt guideline

Students pay the price for Ag Secretary’s personal weight issues. Continue reading Feds to dictate foods in school vending machines

“Their report in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine says dogma and fallacies are detracting from real solutions to the nation’s weight problems.” Continue reading Sex to burn calories? Authors expose obesity myths

Trans fats are harmless. Stephanopolous says they cause cancer in his report. The lawsuit is more conventional in its erroneous allegations. Continue reading Nestle Faces $5 Million Lawsuit Over Trans Fats in Frozen Pizzas

Self-reported, weak statistical garbage. Continue reading Claim: Vegetarianism can reduce risk of heart disease by up to a third